I was shocked when I went to the shop this morning for a bottle of MILK 6 May 2022 at 12:04PM edited 6 May 2022 at 2:13PM in Food shopping & groceries 132 replies 15.8K views

ThisDudeKev

So I woke up and went to make a coffee, great no milk. I know prices on items are going up due to the war, but I was shocked when I went to get a 2 Litre bottle of milk and its normally 1.60 today it cost me 2 pound. curious to know on anyone else's prices and I hope I posted this in the right place.

fatbelly

I can still get 2 litres of (Cornish) milk for £1 from my local Poundland.

Not sure for how much longer

ThisDudeKev

Oh I actually never thought about going to poundshops. Might have a look the next time I am in town. Thanks.

sarah1972

I will happily pay more for milk ‘if’ the money goes to the dairy farmers.

tizerbelle

I get milk delivered direct from a local farm 3 times a week. It costs £1.25/litre or £0.68/pint. 

Yes, its more expensive than from any of the shops but all the money goes to the farm, there are no middle-men / brokers / supermarkets taking their cut, the food miles are much less than milk from any other source (the farm is only 5 miles away), they sell full-fat, semi-skimmed or skimmed but probably most importantly of all - it tastes so much better than the milk from the shops.  

savefortherain

When did we stop using "pints"?

fatbelly

savefortherain said:

When did we stop using "pints"?

We haven't, not completely anyway. 

Some shops do 4-pint bottles

2 litres is 3.5 pints so it's a little easier to keep the price down

Peter999_2

6 pints for £1.70 in tesco and lidl so 28.3p per pint.  Was £1.50 a couple of months ago.

sarah1972 said:

I will happily pay more for milk ‘if’ the money goes to the dairy farmers.

We have local milkmen who work directly for the dairy farmers.  Costs about 90p a pint.  They also deliver yogurts and eggs etc. (though foxes steal the eggs and then hide them in plant pots in people's gardens, haha).   A lot of people in my street get stuff delivered from them and they swear by them.     I swear about them when they wake me up at 3am delivering.

Rosa_Damascena

ThisDudeKev said:

So I woke up and went to make a coffee, great no milk. I know prices on items are going up due to the war, but I was shocked when I went to get a 2 Litre bottle of milk and its normally 1.60 today it cost me 2 pound. curious to know on anyone else's prices and I hope I posted this in the right place.

The UK is self-sufficient wrt milk supplies. The price hike is associated with infrastructure costs, and yes the war plays its part.

I'm a high milk user but am no longer gung-ho in my usage - these days I try to use just enough to make things palatable.

jon81uk

ThisDudeKev said:

So I woke up and went to make a coffee, great no milk. I know prices on items are going up due to the war, but I was shocked when I went to get a 2 Litre bottle of milk and its normally 1.60 today it cost me 2 pound. curious to know on anyone else's prices and I hope I posted this in the right place.

Where from?
4 pints (2.2 litres) from Tesco is £1.25 for regular and £1.50 for filtered.
Independant corner shops have been around £1.50 for 2 litres for a long time I think.

LeeUK

savefortherain said:

When did we stop using "pints"?

What's funny is the corner shop has a tatty hand written poster in the window which reads "4 Pint Milk £1" but when you go in they are actually 2 litre bottles.