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    #62
    up for anything
    Registered Users Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭up for anything


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    They're get 6 every week, not 4

    Monday, Wednesday, Friday

    My blind. Still a profit on own brand milk though.
    Andremac96 wrote: »
    its 6 and in the shop 2l avonmore is about 2 euro so thats 12
    we pay 13.75 but id rather pay that 1.75 extra get it delivered to my door and have nice milk cause the lidl/aldi own brand is muck in comparison

    You keep forgetting to put IMO every time you call their milk muck!

    Have you started a milk round and trying to drum up business. We used to get milk delivered. Pain in the butt a lot of the time. If it arrives after you've gone to work it either gets robbed or goes sour if it is warm enough out. Also lovely build up of sour milk on the doorstep if you forget to cancel your order when going away.


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    #63
    Rango555
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭Rango555


    Andremac96 wrote: »
    what are disco biscuits

    http://www.oldskoolanthemz.com/forum/attachments/chillout-room/24686d1186295710-disco-biscuits-disco_b.jpg


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    #64
    Vicar in a tutu
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Vicar in a tutu


    Drugs:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


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    #65
    BroomBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    up for anything wrote: »
    My blind. Still a profit on own brand milk though.



    You keep forgetting to put IMO every time you call their milk muck!

    Have you started a milk round and trying to drum up business. We used to get milk delivered. Pain in the butt a lot of the time. If it arrives after you've gone to work it either gets robbed or goes sour if it is warm enough out. Also lovely build up of sour milk on the doorstep if you forget to cancel your order when going away.

    Hmmm, I'm trying to figure out if this is an ad for milkmen, or an ad for Avonmore.

    Avonmore milk is too watery, and too expensive. IMO ;)


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    #66
    Andremac96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Andremac96


    later12 wrote: »
    I live about three miles from the nearest secondary road so never had a milkman, but we did used to have cows. There is nothing lovlier than someone coming to the kitchen with a jug and pouring delicious, fatty milk on your cornflakes, so fresh that 15 minutes earlier it was sloshing about in a cow's udder.

    Totally worth getting tuberculosis for.

    id love a cow


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    #67
    Andremac96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Andremac96


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Years ago a "vegetable man" used to call, he also sold cans of coke and 7up.

    there is one of them outside my local londis


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    #68
    Andremac96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Andremac96


    Vicar in a tutu wrote: »
    We have a man that comes around selling lemonade :o

    Then there's another guy in a van that sells toiletries, deodorant, and other stuff:cool:

    I never purchase anything from him though. :cool:


    depending on the price the tolitries would be decent


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    #69
    Andremac96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Andremac96


    orchidsrpretty wrote: »
    When I was growing up we use to get up really early and walk around our estate and take the milk from peoples doorsteps. Wasn't a nice thing to do but we were young and stupid. I don't drink milk so wouldn't have a need for one but even though they charge a bit more it probably saves money as you are not going to the shop and buying other things you don't need

    thats bad all the milk being nicked


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    #70
    Andremac96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Andremac96


    later12 wrote: »
    Kimberly Micados I think.

    Love a plate of those on a night out. Better than that ecstasy shite.

    mmmmmmm micados


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    #71
    Andremac96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Andremac96


    up for anything wrote: »
    My blind. Still a profit on own brand milk though.



    You keep forgetting to put IMO every time you call their milk muck!

    Have you started a milk round and trying to drum up business. We used to get milk delivered. Pain in the butt a lot of the time. If it arrives after you've gone to work it either gets robbed or goes sour if it is warm enough out. Also lovely build up of sour milk on the doorstep if you forget to cancel your order when going away.


    Fine there milk is muck IMO


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    #72
    Andremac96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Andremac96


    Vicar in a tutu wrote: »
    Drugs:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


    Nice bita hash# hahha:)


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    #73
    Andremac96
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Andremac96


    BroomBurner wrote: »
    Hmmm, I'm trying to figure out if this is an ad for milkmen, or an ad for Avonmore.

    Avonmore milk is too watery, and too expensive. IMO ;)


    Its A bit price but worth it


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    #74
    Leonid
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Leonid


    Sorry Jackeens, but Dublin milk is cack. Including that avonmore stuff.
    You have to head out whest for good milk.


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    #75
    kingking85
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭kingking85


    My dad was a milk man for the last 15 years - he charged the same price for a litre of milk to a house as the local shop charged out. There was no delivery charge - I often argued with him over this as I felt he was selling his services short.

    The average margin he made at a shop of 12c-15c per litre max so at a house he made 20c per litre.
    If you take into account the that when we went to a shop we could drop off 100-150 litres (depending on the shop) - this would be the equivalent to 40 houses as the average house took 3 litres, 3 days per week. Theres a lot more work in delivering to 40 houses compared to filling 1-2 trolleys outside a shop!
    Diesel costs were massive in this job, coupled with the running costs of a truck thats going for 10 hours a day, 6 days per week - repairs, tyres etc.

    We never missed a delivery - we were out in all weather, most people were grateful for his services, other people would hide on a Friday evening when you called to collect money. If anyone died in an area, we would do up a quick hamper in the van - ususally milk, yogurts, cream, orange juice - just something as a gesture

    We gave up the houses around 8 years ago due to the work involved in them and when we weighed up the costs and return, it wasnt making sense as we were covering a large rural area. (If you were covering 100-200 houses within a small area in Dublin, it would make sense). When we did houses we had 2 people on the van - when we cut out the house, we just needed one as we could have everything on trolleys and drop it outside the shop etc.

    My father sold his business 2 years ago due to declining margins as a lot of milk customers were going to Aldi/Lidl and buying the cheaper, inferior, Northern Irish milk. Also Strathroy Dairies, Linwoods and Dairyland Cuisine got stronger buy buying milk at a cheaper price in the North and undercutting us. Our customer base that we had for years decided to take milk from these dairies and therefore cut our volumes sometimes by 75%. Also the cost of running the business increased - diesel costs were massive and seemed to keep rising while margins dropped - same case in most other Irish businesses.


    A lot of government departments who put their milk supply out to tender decided to go with Northern Irish sourced milk - Dairyland Cuisine was an Irish based company however purchased all their milk via Donegal Creamaries who sourced their milk in Britain.
    This just adds to the usual mentality of our Irish government.


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    #76
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    We used to have a milkman. He was really sound. If he heard somebody had died in the area he would call to the house with about a dozen free cartons of milk, whether they were his customers or not. Because he knew there would be lots of callers to sympathise with the family.

    Its little thoughtful gestures like that, that I really like about Ireland.

    Nice gesture.... but it'd all go off in a week? How many people are going to use a dozen cartons of milk. :pac:


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    #77
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,040 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    my brother is a milkman.

    80% of his customers are oul ones in the backarse of nowhere in donegal


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    #78
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    kingking85 wrote: »
    My father sold his business 2 years ago due to declining margins as a lot of milk customers were going to Aldi/Lidl and buying the cheaper, inferior, Northern Irish milk.

    Protestant cows?


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    #79
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    kingking85 wrote: »
    My dad was a milk man for the last 15 years - he charged the same price for a litre of milk to a house as the local shop charged out. There was no delivery charge - I often argued with him over this as I felt he was selling his services short.

    The average margin he made at a shop of 12c-15c per litre max so at a house he made 20c per litre.
    If you take into account the that when we went to a shop we could drop off 100-150 litres (depending on the shop) - this would be the equivalent to 40 houses as the average house took 3 litres, 3 days per week. Theres a lot more work in delivering to 40 houses compared to filling 1-2 trolleys outside a shop!
    Diesel costs were massive in this job, coupled with the running costs of a truck thats going for 10 hours a day, 6 days per week - repairs, tyres etc.

    We never missed a delivery - we were out in all weather, most people were grateful for his services, other people would hide on a Friday evening when you called to collect money. If anyone died in an area, we would do up a quick hamper in the van - ususally milk, yogurts, cream, orange juice - just something as a gesture

    We gave up the houses around 8 years ago due to the work involved in them and when we weighed up the costs and return, it wasnt making sense as we were covering a large rural area. (If you were covering 100-200 houses within a small area in Dublin, it would make sense). When we did houses we had 2 people on the van - when we cut out the house, we just needed one as we could have everything on trolleys and drop it outside the shop etc.

    My father sold his business 2 years ago due to declining margins as a lot of milk customers were going to Aldi/Lidl and buying the cheaper, inferior, Northern Irish milk. Also Strathroy Dairies, Linwoods and Dairyland Cuisine got stronger buy buying milk at a cheaper price in the North and undercutting us. Our customer base that we had for years decided to take milk from these dairies and therefore cut our volumes sometimes by 75%. Also the cost of running the business increased - diesel costs were massive and seemed to keep rising while margins dropped - same case in most other Irish businesses.


    A lot of government departments who put their milk supply out to tender decided to go with Northern Irish sourced milk - Dairyland Cuisine was an Irish based company however purchased all their milk via Donegal Creamaries who sourced their milk in Britain.
    This just adds to the usual mentality of our Irish government.
    Donegal isn't in Britain.


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    #80
    beanie10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 466 ✭✭beanie10


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Protestant cows?

    What the **** is a protestant cow? You stupid little ****.


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    #81
    Sunnyisland
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    Leonid wrote: »
    Sorry Jackeens, but Dublin milk is cack. Including that avonmore stuff.
    You have to head out west for good milk.

    Is there any Dublin cows left :confused: As I thought most of the white stuff made in Dublin now is cocaine :confused:


    beanie10 wrote: »
    What the **** is a protestant cow? You stupid little ****.

    A protestant cow is one that doesn't go moo its goes no surrender :p;)


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    #82
    Jimminy Mc Fukhead
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 305 ✭✭Jimminy Mc Fukhead


    beanie10 wrote: »
    What the **** is a protestant cow? You stupid little ****.

    This is a large bovine, heard animal that does not believe in either transubstantiation or the immaculate conception, and is used is the agricultural sector for milk production and associated dairy production.


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    #83
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    beanie10 wrote: »
    What the **** is a protestant cow? You stupid little ****.

    It marches on the 12th July?


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    #84
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    beanie10 wrote: »
    What the **** is a protestant cow? You stupid little ****.

    It was a joke you gobsheen. I was just wondering how milk from the north was inferior to milk from the south.

    I got nuffin but love for my Protestant bros and sisters.


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    #85
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    It was a joke you gobsheen. I was just wondering how milk from the north was inferior to milk from the south.

    I got nuffin but love for my Protestant bros and sisters.

    It's the grass the cows eat that's Protestant. Good catholic grass is far superior, tasting as it does of summery days, holy water and priest's jockstraps.


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    #86
    ruthloss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 637 ✭✭✭ruthloss


    beanie10 wrote: »
    What the **** is a protestant cow? You stupid little ****.

    One with a sense of humour and does not feel the need to use foul language perhaps?


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    #87
    kingking85
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭kingking85


    Where To wrote: »
    kingking85 wrote: »
    My dad was a milk man for the last 15 years - he charged the same price for a litre of milk to a house as the local shop charged out. There was no delivery charge - I often argued with him over this as I felt he was selling his services short.

    The average margin he made at a shop of 12c-15c per litre max so at a house he made 20c per litre.
    If you take into account the that when we went to a shop we could drop off 100-150 litres (depending on the shop) - this would be the equivalent to 40 houses as the average house took 3 litres, 3 days per week. Theres a lot more work in delivering to 40 houses compared to filling 1-2 trolleys outside a shop!
    Diesel costs were massive in this job, coupled with the running costs of a truck thats going for 10 hours a day, 6 days per week - repairs, tyres etc.

    We never missed a delivery - we were out in all weather, most people were grateful for his services, other people would hide on a Friday evening when you called to collect money. If anyone died in an area, we would do up a quick hamper in the van - ususally milk, yogurts, cream, orange juice - just something as a gesture

    We gave up the houses around 8 years ago due to the work involved in them and when we weighed up the costs and return, it wasnt making sense as we were covering a large rural area. (If you were covering 100-200 houses within a small area in Dublin, it would make sense). When we did houses we had 2 people on the van - when we cut out the house, we just needed one as we could have everything on trolleys and drop it outside the shop etc.

    My father sold his business 2 years ago due to declining margins as a lot of milk customers were going to Aldi/Lidl and buying the cheaper, inferior, Northern Irish milk. Also Strathroy Dairies, Linwoods and Dairyland Cuisine got stronger buy buying milk at a cheaper price in the North and undercutting us. Our customer base that we had for years decided to take milk from these dairies and therefore cut our volumes sometimes by 75%. Also the cost of running the business increased - diesel costs were massive and seemed to keep rising while margins dropped - same case in most other Irish businesses.


    A lot of government departments who put their milk supply out to tender decided to go with Northern Irish sourced milk - Dairyland Cuisine was an Irish based company however purchased all their milk via Donegal Creamaries who sourced their milk in Britain.
    This just adds to the usual mentality of our Irish government.
    Donegal isn't in Britain.


    Donegal Creamaries source some of their milk in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England - Britain?


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    #88
    kingking85
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭kingking85


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    beanie10 wrote: »
    What the **** is a protestant cow? You stupid little ****.

    It was a joke you gobsheen. I was just wondering how milk from the north was inferior to milk from the south.

    I got nuffin but love for my Protestant bros and sisters.


    Inferior milk as its stored in large silos for weeks and sold at milk auctions. Local, Irish milk is fresh and usually is from the cow to the shop in 36-48 hours and not kept in silos!


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    #89
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    We have one, and we have a paper boy too. We used to get bread delivered but we stopped that fairly recently.


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    #90
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    Ahh the milkman sadly gone, I believe my father was one.


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    #91
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    kingking85 wrote: »
    Inferior milk as its stored in large silos for weeks

    How do they stop it from going sour?


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