Morrison's "Farmer's milk"

catkins

I would pay more for milk, in fact I already do as I have a milkman.


Almost everyone in this country wants things dirt cheap. Oh who cares about the poor milk farmers I want my milk for 1p. Who cares about the poor battery hens - just repeat for other food items.


I only ever buy organic eggs - they are not that much dearer and taste far far better than cheap battery hens' eggs. If people genuinely cannot afford to buy something like organic eggs that is different but how many of them manage to find the money for drink, cigarettes etc?


I won't have a choice with the milk mentioned as there is no Morrisons near me.

catkins

Lynsey wrote: »

I agree with that.
Aldi and Lidl and of course others, like Farmfoods, Iceland and even Home Bargains etc are all gaining.
But I think Aldi and Lidl are playing the tunes and the BIG 4 are doing the dancing!! For the time at least.
I know from local staff that Morrison's in my area are suffering, maninly at the expense of Aldi. Aldi have and are opening up more stores and some pretty close to Morrison's. Is that their main target??
Complacency is a thing of the past!!

Lynsey

If I had to choose between Morrisons and Aldi I would choose Morrisons. As much as I would struggle to buy the items I buy in a normal shop I would struggle much more in Aldi. Personally I can't see the attraction of Aldi. Lidl is better but I still can't do a full shop there

NorthernNige

dandelionclock30 -
Yes and the females cows taken to the 'rape rack'.

Shouldn't get a penny for their awful practices.

KxMx

If I can buy milk that gives a better price to the farmer I will do so happily.

The fresh milk industry in the UK is not sustainable and most cannot see past cheap prices to think of the consequences.

Eliminate UK dairy and you have to have milk flown in, old by the time it gets to the shelf and from animals with low welfare standards, not to mention questionable hygiene during processing and shipping.

Or so many farmers go out of business that the few remaining have a stranglehold on the SM's and charge the earth, guess who the SM will pass that high price on to?

I can see one row of UK milk at a very expensive cost being the preserve of the rich, and everyone else having to buy cheap imported milk.

It's the same with fruit & veg, imports are cheap because they compete with UK produce, take the UK produce out of the equation and imports can charge the earth because they have no competition.

B_M

KxMx wrote: »

If I can buy milk that gives a better price to the farmer I will do so happily.

If only Morrisons thought the same as you.

mickaveli2001

If I can, I'll buy it raw and direct from the farm. Far better than the processed white water we buy from supermarkets. Money goes direct to the farmer

antrobus

KxMx wrote: »

If I can buy milk that gives a better price to the farmer I will do so happily.

The fresh milk industry in the UK is not sustainable and most cannot see past cheap prices to think of the consequences.....

People have been saying that for years. The number of dairy farmers in the UK has fallen from 23,000 in 2003 to 13,000 in 2013 but hey, guess what, we have a surplus of milk, and the farmgate price has fallen. Go figure.

KxMx wrote: »

...Eliminate UK dairy and you have to have milk flown in, old by the time it gets to the shelf and from animals with low welfare standards, not to mention questionable hygiene during processing and shipping.

Or so many farmers go out of business that the few remaining have a stranglehold on the SM's and charge the earth, guess who the SM will pass that high price on to?

I can see one row of UK milk at a very expensive cost being the preserve of the rich, and everyone else having to buy cheap imported milk.....

How can the "few remaining" farmers have a "stranglehold on the SM's" if there is "cheap imported milk"? If UK milk can be sold at "a very expensive cost" why aren't people doing just that?

KxMx wrote: »

....It's the same with fruit & veg, imports are cheap because they compete with UK produce, take the UK produce out of the equation and imports can charge the earth because they have no competition.

Yehhhs.

If the UK was obliged to pay a premium price for imported food due to the lack of any domestic competition, how come bananas are so cheap?

snowcat75

frugalkid wrote: »

Don't make me laugh. I am a farmers daughter, when my dad died my brother got 3 million and me and my sisters got nothing. They get so many government subsidies it is unreal, he gets £12,000 a year to not cut his hedges because of wildlife preservation. Farmers also get so much per hectare they own to stay in farming, my brother gets £18,000. Where I am sitting he gets £30,000 a year before he even gets out of bed. I certainly wont be buying any. No way!!!!

To put that into perspective, on my farm that 30K would keep me in business for little less than 3 weeks!!!!


Subsidy is a whole different topic, but if the industry as a whole was paid a little more than production costs then the BPS could go completely.

[Deleted User]

Makes me laugh jo public whinging on and saying they back the farmers blah blah.... I worked in a supermarket and the cheap milk always sold out first. Jo public would be happy for milk prices to go even lower if it wasn't for the recent media coverage.

Lynsey

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/agriculture/farming/11804429/Respite-for-dairy-farmers-as-supermarkets-agree-to-pay-more-for-milk.html

Britain’s struggling dairy farmers have been offered some respite after a string of supermarkets bowed to pressure to improve the amount they paid processors for milk.
Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons on Friday all made new commitments to pay a minimum level for their milk, following a similar move by Asda on Thursday night.
Morrisons committed to pay at least 26 pence per litre, while Aldi and Lidl moved to 28p, matching the level set by Asda.
The moves follow a week in which dairy farmers herded cattle through supermarkets in protest at low prices they were receiving for their milk they produce.
Farmers say they have been receiving less than 24p for milk that ends up on these supermarket shelves – well below break-even prices estimated at between 28 and 30p.
By contrast some supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Marks and Spencer have deals in place to pay at least 30p per litre.

Morrison's seem to be paying the farmers less per litre than other supermarkets, well apart from when passing on the contribution made by Morrison's customers for the premium paid for the "Farmer's Milk" - if and when it happens.

If you want to help the farmers, then boycott Morrison's, until they fall in line!!

Lynsey