Tesco - Bags of milk

everett_psycho

ampafc wrote: »

We bought a jug and a couple of bags the other day - thought this was quiet a novel idea, help the environment etc. Jug cost £1 and the bags of milk £0.50 each.

Am I right in saying that the bags don't normally cost 50p each though? I.e. this was an introductory offer? If so, don't know how keen we will be to continue buying them, if they cost significantly more than 50p.

Nice idea though

At the moment though it's a hell of a lot cheaper than cartons and they do seem to have been on offer for about 6 months in our tesco (we go to one of the stores that was trialling them)

mymerrywidow wrote: »

yes intro offer, they will be around the same price as the normal plastic bottles.


and you dont need to buy 4 jugs, just one will do, it can be washed!

I'd recommend 2 jugs, i know you can wash them but when the bag runs out and you only have half the milk you need it's faff washing up the jug, we had a spare on standby and just put the new bag in there amd washed the used one up afterwards.

hadjab wrote: »

A quick question - do you put the bag in the jug and use it that way or do you empty the contents of the bag into the jug?

I ask because we use both full fat and semi skimmed in our house, and was just wondering how you'd identify which is which.:p

You're supposed to put the bag in the jug and then a spout pierces it, if the bag leaks it becomes a pain because the jug isn't very watertight, it's just the bag that makes it pour out the spout not the side. We personally have decided we dont like the jug it jug anymore and invested in a normal milk jug and just empty the bags in to it, works just as well, we save the same money but we aren't screwed if the bag has a small hole in it.

Jennifer_Jane

3cheekymonkeys wrote: »

You don't empty the milk into the jug, just put the bag in then the spout will pierce it letting the milk through hth

Yes, agree, but just to add that rather than piercing, we cut off an angle from the top corner - and some people like to cut both top corners. (Am unsure if that's what you were saying. If so, apologies).

South Africans and Australians are used to buying milk in this way, and I think the bags are better for the environment, lighter to carry home - or to the car, plus South Africans like to freeze the milk and then unfreeze it overnight in the fridge. Very occasionally there would be a burst bag from freezing which is a pain.

I wouldn't go out of my way to buy milk this way if it was the same price or more expensive than other milk, but if it's cheaper, then I would be quite content to do so.

Jolaaled

Finally managed to track down the 1pm 'jugit' jugs in Tesco (Barcode ending in 421..with a blue, not white, barcode sticker).

Has anyone tried to freeze the bags of milk??...worried in case they burst..although they do seem quite sturdy.

Thanks all

Issyc

I am using one of these jugs and I hate it. Milk always comes out of the bottom of the lid.

dimummy

Jolaaled wrote: »

Finally managed to track down the 1pm 'jugit' jugs in Tesco (Barcode ending in 421..with a blue, not white, barcode sticker).

Has anyone tried to freeze the bags of milk??...worried in case they burst..although they do seem quite sturdy.

Thanks all

Yes I have frozen the bags, and defrosted them overnight in the fridge. I just lay them on a shelf and no problems at all.

mymerrywidow

Jolaaled wrote: »

Finally managed to track down the 1pm 'jugit' jugs in Tesco (Barcode ending in 421..with a blue, not white, barcode sticker).

Has anyone tried to freeze the bags of milk??...worried in case they burst..although they do seem quite sturdy.

Thanks all

they dont burst at all. but you have to wait until its properly defrosted until it will fit in the jug

*debbie*

I just find they are too small. We have 6 of us for breakfast each day and I had to refil it, even though it was a new bag. Until they do 6 pints in bags, I won't be bothering. Surely it is as environmentally friendly to buy fewer bottles rather than heaps of bags?

Oh and on the eco front, why is is cheaper to transport it in bags than bottles? Not doubting it, just not sure why or how it is? Because they can't presumably stack them say 100 to a big box as the ones at the bottom would be crushed, wheras they can do that with the bottles with only card between each layer.

lovetopaint

Just to chip in, we bought the bags and jug when launched in Sainsbs. A bag slow-leaked into a really awkward space at the bottom of our fridge. The horrendous smell was the first we knew it had happened, as we had used the milk bag without realising it had leaked previously. Poor OH flat on his belly with a long stick, tissues, wipes, cotton buds, anti-bac you name it, just trying to get the congealed milk out.

Then lo and behold, I noticed them launched in tescs, and there was a pool of milk under the bags of milk in there. Now there is always loads of blue tissue under the the trolley of bagged milk.

I am all for the environment, but there has to be a better way!

miss_mollie_2

Why not just an old plastic 2L milk container (you know the ones that have a screw top and a side handle).

When you have used the milk that originally comes in the container - wash it out, then pop in the top a little funnel, snip the corner off your milk and pour it in.

Thats what I do .. 'tis simple !!!

Mollie

cyclura

miss_mollie wrote: »

Why not just an old plastic 2L milk container (you know the ones that have a screw top and a side handle).

When you have used the milk that originally comes in the container - wash it out, then pop in the top a little funnel, snip the corner off your milk and pour it in.

Thats what I do .. 'tis simple !!!

Mollie

thats what we do