Milk delivered to your door step

You've hit the nail on the head. The site they sell in supermarkets is not real milk, it's coloured and flavoured water. Daily Mail will be revealing this sometime soon. Support real milk. Support your local milk man

This.

How foolish do those who turned their backs on their local milkman look now!? :lol:
 


Plus I had some of my best times whilst working as a Milk lad. Getting up at 5:30 every morning, doing 2 hours graft before going to school.

Me too .. 1.5 hrs Billy Cooks round in Peterlee 1974 to 1976 and a bit of O.T on Friday tea time doing the eggs and tatties run . Paid ok - seem to think it was £1 a day - according to Google thats £8.72 in todays money . Mind the winter were harsh - missed school once as the laces on me Doc Martins had frozen solid :) Summer mornings were great though
 
Me too .. 1.5 hrs Billy Cooks round in Peterlee 1974 to 1976 and a bit of O.T on Friday tea time doing the eggs and tatties run . Paid ok - seem to think it was £1 a day - according to Google thats £8.72 in todays money . Mind the winter were harsh - missed school once as the laces on me Doc Martins had frozen solid :) Summer mornings were great though

Really enjoyed it, paid well when compared to a paper round as I only worked mornings. Only packed it in because I got a saturday job that paid the same at a furniture store in town.

Then I got the job in the Roker Park suite that paid more and I got to watch most of the match for free.

In fact, I reckon I've had a job since I was 13.
 
For those wanting a milkman, this looks like a decent site to find one:
http://www.milkandmore.co.uk

My local milkman will deliver on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (time not specified). He can drop off 2 pints of semi-skimmed Country Life milk (generic milk from big mixed vats as part of a nationwide network, just the same as supermarkets) for only £1.56 a bottle. The alternative is to pay 75p for 2 pint bottles on a Tuesday when I almost always need to call into Tesco for bread.

The milkman can deliver dry white sliced kingsmill bread for £1.55, which would save me the Tesco trip completely. At Tesco I pay £1.10 for a fresh baked bloomer or seeded loaf, which I find quite nice. I drive past the door on my way home, so petrol is not an issue, but the milkman can save me the 15 minute inconvenience for just over twice the price for milk and 50% more for far poorer quality bread.

I'm not sold on the idea to be honest.
 
For those wanting a milkman, this looks like a decent site to find one:
http://www.milkandmore.co.uk

My local milkman will deliver on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (time not specified). He can drop off 2 pints of semi-skimmed Country Life milk (generic milk from big mixed vats as part of a nationwide network, just the same as supermarkets) for only £1.56 a bottle. The alternative is to pay 75p for 2 pint bottles on a Tuesday when I almost always need to call into Tesco for bread.

The milkman can deliver dry white sliced kingsmill bread for £1.55, which would save me the Tesco trip completely. At Tesco I pay £1.10 for a fresh baked bloomer or seeded loaf, which I find quite nice. I drive past the door on my way home, so petrol is not an issue, but the milkman can save me the 15 minute inconvenience for just over twice the price for milk and 50% more for far poorer quality bread.

I'm not sold on the idea to be honest.

Just get a delivery from tesco and save money. ;)
 
Not enough to produce the amount the supermarkets stock.
With the loss of the MMB (Milk marketing Board), dairy farmers are now highly vulnerable to global free trade. Britain is only 81% self-sufficient in dairy produce, so it may seem strange that farmers are going out of business. But with access to global milk supplies and deregulated prices, retailers can source dairy products from wherever they are cheapest. Britain imported 132 million litres of milk in 2013. This means British farmers must accept lower prices in order to compete.

Another brilliant idea from Mrs T.
 
With the loss of the MMB (Milk marketing Board), dairy farmers are now highly vulnerable to global free trade. Britain is only 81% self-sufficient in dairy produce, so it may seem strange that farmers are going out of business. But with access to global milk supplies and deregulated prices, retailers can source dairy products from wherever they are cheapest. Britain imported 132 million litres of milk in 2013. This means British farmers must accept lower prices in order to compete.

Another brilliant idea from Mrs T.
I find that pretty amazing really. Why on earth would we need to import milk?

Was reading an article about cheese the other day and we're now making more cheese in this country than the French. The reason why is because farmers simply aren't getting the money from dairy cows they need so are getting cute with their milk. I suppose you could say that side of things is now on the up and times change.
 
With the loss of the MMB (Milk marketing Board), dairy farmers are now highly vulnerable to global free trade. Britain is only 81% self-sufficient in dairy produce, so it may seem strange that farmers are going out of business. But with access to global milk supplies and deregulated prices, retailers can source dairy products from wherever they are cheapest. Britain imported 132 million litres of milk in 2013. This means British farmers must accept lower prices in order to compete.

Another brilliant idea from Mrs T.

I wonder if this will change if we leave the EU. Could we put import duty on all milk?

We will have to agree a general EU trade deal, so it might be difficult to exclude certain thinks like milk.
 
Well, SMB. We have done it. We have hit new levels of faux snobbery that no other website will ever achieve.

Never thought I'd see milk referred to as a drink for Scratters, but here we are.
You have obviously not understood the point I was trying to make but I'm not going to
waste my time trying to explain it.
faux snobbery ffs.
 
Funny but I just started getting milk delivered a few weeks ago. Got a terribly worded letter through door (with no contact details on) trying to drum up extra business. When they came knocking I was glad to help by signing up (and telling them to include contact details next time). Mind there cashflow must be terrible as they've not collected a single payment yet.

Why can't more of us help local & British businesses? We're leaving the EU so let's also start helping each other!!

I buy all fish from North Shields Fish Quay. Its fresh so better quality & cheaper!

All my meat comes delivered from a British butcher in Smithfield market.
 
For those wanting a milkman, this looks like a decent site to find one:
http://www.milkandmore.co.uk

My local milkman will deliver on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (time not specified). He can drop off 2 pints of semi-skimmed Country Life milk (generic milk from big mixed vats as part of a nationwide network, just the same as supermarkets) for only £1.56 a bottle. The alternative is to pay 75p for 2 pint bottles on a Tuesday when I almost always need to call into Tesco for bread.

The milkman can deliver dry white sliced kingsmill bread for £1.55, which would save me the Tesco trip completely. At Tesco I pay £1.10 for a fresh baked bloomer or seeded loaf, which I find quite nice. I drive past the door on my way home, so petrol is not an issue, but the milkman can save me the 15 minute inconvenience for just over twice the price for milk and 50% more for far poorer quality bread.

I'm not sold on the idea to be honest.

Tesco fuck over the suppliers though. That's the reason they can afford to make a loss on some products. Because people will flock to their tills to buy produce. Even if they charge 1p profit on every line item they'll be laughing all the way to the bank. Shame on their customers. Every beep you hear in that store is profit for the fat cats and is a nail in the coffin of local businesses. I wouldn't step foot in the place.
 
Don't have milk deliveries round here, which is a shame. Well done all the lads who get their milk delivered though. My mate has a massive round in Sunderland and has been through thick and thin. They need support.
 
Don't have milk deliveries round here, which is a shame. Well done all the lads who get their milk delivered though. My mate has a massive round in Sunderland and has been through thick and thin. They need support.
I used to accompany my first girlfriend on the milk payment collection round in Bournmoor and Shiney Row. Thinking back to what she used to wear.... I'm glad I did!
 
I'd much prefer to get my milk delivered but not sure how I'd go about it. Anyone know any in murton?
 
We did until they decided to change from silver top in glass bottles to supermarket type plastic bottles. Milk just didn't taste the same so wasn't worth the extra coin, f***ing shame mind because the top off glass bottled silver could make all bran taste lush.
 
Why can't more of us help local & British businesses? We're leaving the EU so let's also start helping each other!!

I'm up for supporting local businesses up to a point. I use my local butcher because they are very nice and friendly, have very good quality meat and at a decent price. We have a fairly local astronomy shop and I have bought most of my kit from there, because it is great to have a local expert selling in a niche market. He has given me some great advice in the past. For some things, I use a local hardware shop which has the traditional buckets of every type of screw and bolt imaginable - a far better range than B&Q and well priced, though they are a bit grumpy. These people are all offering something better or different than on-line or the big chains so I'm happy to support that and use these businesses.

My local corner shop is very expensive and does not seem to stock much half the time. Every time I have been in there, I have been disappointed with what they were selling and shocked at the price. I do not go there, and actually Tesco is closer. Same with a milkman, I will not pay more for worse just because someone has a 1920s business model. This weekend I will be harvesting my home grown taties. Some near the surface will be a bit soft or green. If I went round the doors trying to sell these crappy ones for more than Tesco, would I have any right to whinge just because I'm British trying to make some money? No, I'd be selling overpriced crap and would not deserve to make any money from it.

There was uproar in my town when a local restaurant went out of business, but a couple of chains like Zizi's are thriving. I went to that restaurant once and it was awful. We didn't stop for dessert because we just did not want any more food in that place after a disappointing starter and a very poor main. They were the lowest rated on Trip Advisor. Local business will never be able to compete with a supermarket offering the same service. They need to offer something different, something unique or just quality.

In terms of Tesco themselves, my fairly bright brother-in-law was lazy after doing his a-levels and much to our despair sat on his arse at home all day claiming dole. One day he had a meeting at the job centre where they said "If you do not have a job by the end of the month, we will find one for you. If you do not take it, all funds are stopped". The next day he got a job at Tesco. They recognised him as someone with a bit of nouse and when they opened an opticians they pushed him to take that on in a more senior role. After a bit they said they would like him to become a fully qualified ophthalmologist and would completely pay for all the training and his degree. My local Tesco is actually open when I'm not at work (unlike most of the local businesses, so I can actually get there without taking time off) and employs over 100 local people. Every time I hear that beep at the till, I know that is paying wages for locals and directly supporting my brother-in-law's professional development.

We did until they decided to change from silver top in glass bottles to supermarket type plastic bottles. Milk just didn't taste the same so wasn't worth the extra coin, f***ing shame mind because the top off glass bottled silver could make all bran taste lush.

As a kid I used to love it when you had a lump of rice crispies in the middle of your breakfast where they had all clagged together with the cream of the top of the bottle. My sister knew this and would often shake the bottles in the fridge each morning to make sure it didn't happen!
 

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