This is a challenge for me, given my experiences with delivered milk. Often, while growing up, the milkman milk lasted a couple of days in the fridge while the supermarket stuff lasted a week.

At work we get it delivered, and it *still* only lasts a couple of days. We can't leave it over the weekend. It's more expensive but is greener (sometimes literally!!!!)

So, do folk here get milk delivered or get it from Aswaitesbury's?

moonbells

(supermarket I'm afraid. I get through stupid amounts of milk each day, and a four pint carton takes up less fridge room than four milk bottles)

what makes me think is why does the milkman milk not last as long..............................or in other words...................what has the supermarket milk got in to make it last longer ......

we get ours delivered once a week, but its only been out the cow less than a day as its local and organic. Its semi skimmed and sometimes on the last day the cream is just starting to turn, but not a problem

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Fraid it's the supermarket for me too . Never had a milky that would reliably deliver early enough down south . Now I just get a weeks supply on my weekly run to the supermarket, and stick it in the freezer

When I was a kid we used to have a weekly delivery of 4 crates of sterilised milk (I'm from a big family)

They sacked our milkman of many years, who was luvly, even used to do the shopping for little old lady next door Now only deliver about twice a week, if you're lucky! , at around 10 or 11 am.... Don't use them any more

We had huge big eagles coming down and taking the milk bottle tops off and supping the top third off the bottles every morning up and down the street

The real thief was caught and it was my great big alsation lab

Do you know some cancer specialist are recommending milk in glass bottles as the benzine comes out of the plastic and effects the milk. Or did you hear about the pallet of spring water and antifreeze, the benzine had passed through both plastic bottles from the antifreeze to the water.

Wardy: OOOPS!

(LOL though)

Another thing that annoys me: supermarkets give farmers less than the production cost for the milk and the only way that they make anything is the remaining subsidies.

Why can't the Fair Trade organisations, who are trying to sort out exploitation in the Third World, bring British milk producers into their labelling system?

Now Fair Trade Milk in bottles - that I'd *have* to buy!

moonbells

madness innit

We had ours delivered but the milkman retired and they didn't replace him. deb does get some milk from Bastos but I buy it from t'corner shop.

Hmm can't edit a poll... was going to add 'Other' to the options but it won't let me. Ho hum.

moonbells

I used to deliver milk when I were but a lad....(4am star.....finish for
8 30 am...rush n get ready for school.........6 days 30/- a week) reason
is with home delivery milk your milks going on to 2 day old milk when its
delivered.........but I think likes of tesco's and such must add something to milk to make it go further.......I buy skimmed milk by the carton
tesco style............have tried it straight from the cow..........but its not like milk as we know it..........I hate things too creamy...to go back to when I were a lad..........the co-op used to have all its stuff in a massive
big yard.............top left corner were the creamery used to watch it being bottled tis fasanating to watch........but what a bloody stench

ah - that's why. Ta Jags.

I can imagine the smell - boiling full fat milk in a pan's bad enough...

moonbells (another skimmed user)

The family used to own a commercial laundry ...

... you haven't smelt anything till you've smell the cheese cloths that used to come in for 'decontamination' !!!

As for delivery - supermarket too - no point getting milk delivery at lunch !!

I'm another supermarket milk buyer Mostly due to the cost. We go through so much milk that I don't think I could afford to buy it from a milkman, Oh and where I live it would be nicked before you got to it I'm not going to buy it for someone else to drink

I get mine from the supermarket too - we only use 1 carton per week OH doesn't drink tea or coffee and I only drink black coffee or green tea (without milk). We get a carton at the weekend in case anyone pops in for a cuppa, then if it's not used I have cereal for breakfast on Mon/Tues to use it up

super market dont like frozen milk anymore was a bugger trying to get it out the frozen bottles for me weetabix or tea

Supermarket. No deliveries round here anyway.
In London stopped deliveries beacause we didn't get it delvered until lunchtime. At that time I worked locally and used to go home to take it in but in the summer it was often undrinkable. For many years before that had had early deliveries but they closed the local depot and then the timing changed

Long life (in tetra pack) or soya milk. Sometimes get fresh milk if we have sunday lunch, for Dad as he ''doesn't like that plastic crap''.

Supermarket - only buy organic milk though, not keen on the idea of non-organic milk from cows fed with GM stuff

Horse's hooves & peroxide, ah yes, I'd forgotten about that, Jags!!! (Thanks for reminding me...) lol.

We have local milk here from a farmer in the village. I've read all the other comments, and the one thing I've noticed is that it doesn't last more than 2 days usually, whereas supermarket milk can go up to 4. I do get the local stuff though, cos he gets a bit more money per pint and it's only come 1/2 a mile down the road. It's in the same plastic containers as other milk, but costs the same, and hey, if he's enterprising enough to sell local, I'm all for it. It's only small local shops that stock it too, so I'm doing my teensy bit to help them anorl.

Voted milkman but also top up form the supermarket when needed I wouldn't have a clue if is better worse, last longer or less cos its very very rare that I use the stuff!