I was shocked when I went to the shop this morning for a bottle of MILK

DM7

Yesterday, 4 pints from Tesco (full fat) £1.29.

silverwhistle

Haven't a clue: I go in to Aldi or Lidl and buy 2.272 litres of organic semi-skimmed, and if it goes up I hope it means the farmers stay in business.. I occasionally by full fat organic in Waitrose for custards and the like, and I don't know what that costs either, but definitely more expensive pro-rata!

Frogletina

I buy Arla lactose free milk...the price has increased such a lot recently.

My local co-op sells it for £2 a litre. Most places don't sell it any lower than £1 85.

I've tried other makes, but I don't like the taste.

sarah1972

Hi everyone, could we please keep this thread on topic please. 

Political or non milk price comments will be reported so let’s keep on the topic and be friendly. 

Brie

Deleted_User said:

A reasonably price milk man would be nice but they have been out priced by the supermarkets. 

I didn't realise the supermarkets sold men of any sort!  I must be using the wrong stores!!!

  

Brie

Sorry if my previous with off topic.....

Our favourite place to buy milk is from the dispensing machines that have popped up around the county.  Originally there was only the one at a farm shop where you could see the cows in the field.  You would buy a litre bottle for £1 and fill it for £1.  In the last 3 years this has increased to £2 for the glass bottle (fortunately we still have the 6 from 3 years back) and the milk can be £1.20 or £1.30 depending on which location you go to as they are now a number of farmers that are utilising these.  

The taste of the milk is wonderful - the best this side of the alps in our opinion.  But this obviously has the same problem as when we've baked our own bread - you go through it twice as quick as it's lovely.  Not very MSE.

milkyway_4

Frogletina said:

I buy Arla lactose free milk...the price has increased such a lot recently.

My local co-op sells it for £2 a litre. Most places don't sell it any lower than £1 85.

I've tried other makes, but I don't like the taste.

Thank you very much for buying Arla. 

Arla is a farmer-owner dairy cooperative.

Being a coperative mans that the dairy farmers who own the cows, are also the owners of Arla Foods business, which processes our milk into bottled milk & other dairy products - so when you buy Arla dairy products you are buying *direct* from us, the dairy farmers.

There are 2,200 British Arla dairy farmers & we produce 1/4 of all British fresh milk.

As well as Arla lactofree, not only do we also produce Cravendale, Arla BoB, & Arla Big Milk, but a lot of our cow's milk goes into the supermarket own brand milk bottles, eg Asda, Aldi & Morrisons.

Asda & Morrisons have a 'Farmers Milk' where the consumer is given the choice to pay a bit more for their milk. Be assured that this extra does go back to a specific group of farmers who follow extra animal welfare & business standards to receive the extra money.

Once a retailer buys the milk & dairy products from us, it's up to them what price they offer it to the customer.
In the UK, milk is used as a loss-leader, meaning that the price on the shelf is usually lower than that they've paid us for it - they bargain on customers coming into their stores for 'cheap' milk & recouping any loss on other goods bought while they're in the store.

Recently we've had to ask the supermarkets, etc, to pay us extra for the milk they buy from us.
In the past, short term fluctuations in prices & profitibility have been absorbed ... however, for the sustainability of our businesses & the welfare of our cows, these recent extreme cost rises of mainly feed, fuel & fertiliser, are unfortunately having to be passed on to the supermarkets.

Thank you to everyone who supports British farmers - it is greatly appreciated! 

Grabs39

85p a pint form our local milkwoman.  Went up from 80p about a year ago. 

She has had to recently cut deliveries from 5 days a week to 4, due to the cost of diesel.

Zinger549

Grabs39 said:

85p a pint form our local milkwoman.  Went up from 80p about a year ago. 

She has had to recently cut deliveries from 5 days a week to 4, due to the cost of diesel.

Our milkman still uses and electric milk float.

MiserlyMartin

sarah1972 said:

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

I won't. You'll never meet a poor farmer.