Morrisons Milk for Farmers

lisa110rry

I heard an announcement yesterday that Morrisons will start selling "Milk for Farmers" at 10p more than their normal milk and situate the two types of cartons beside each other. This will be an interesting survey of the feelings of members of the public I think.

I still have my milk delivered (only three pints a week now) and these pints cost something in the region of 60p+ each, but my milkman has been my milkman for 28 years. When/if he retires I'll probably purchase milk at the Co-op or at Booths which has a fair-price policy.

For my office I purchase four-pint containers from Co-op at £1.45 (iirc). I could purchase this milk at Aldi for 89p.

Anyone care to comment?

enfield_freddy

yup , so the announcement , 10p to (some) farmers , however they are adding an extra 23 or 24p per carton ,


how does that work?

lisa110rry

That's interesting, the report I heard said 10p more, going "straight to farmers".

enfield_freddy

and the report from the bbc said 10p to farmers but the price is going up from 89p to £1.12


see here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33857629


so where is the other 13p going?

lisa110rry

Ah........ (sorry for all the dots, computer said "message too short")

WestonDave

Fairly obvious - a carton/bottle is generally 2.2 litres so 23p extra per bottle is about 10p extra per litre.

motorguy

enfield_freddy wrote: »

and the report from the bbc said 10p to farmers but the price is going up from 89p to £1.12


see here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33857629


so where is the other 13p going?

Its a swindle!!!! :eek: :mad:

Or it could be 10p per litre, not per bottle

enfield_freddy

The Milk for Farmers brand means a four pint bottle (2.27 litres), which now sells for 89p, will cost an extra 23p


Morrisons will sell a new milk brand which will see 10p per litre extra paid to farmers, the supermarket says.


I stand corrected

marleyboy

So long as its full fat - milk is milk. I tend to go for the cheapest on the shelf, I imagine a lot of people do likewise.

enfield_freddy

the 10p per litre should have come from morrisons coffers , not the general public

Ebe_Scrooge

Call me cynical, but how do we know the extra 10 ppl is actually going to the farmers, and not just going to fund the Morrisons staff Christmas party ?