Do you/did you ever get milk delivered?

One More Toy · 06-10-2019 11:25pm #1

Saw an ad for mymilkman recently and have to say I'm tempted getting fresh milk in the morning

Sagats_knee · 07-10-2019 1:28am

One More Toy wrote: »

Saw an ad for mymilkman recently and have to say I'm tempted getting fresh milk in the morning

I live in the UK and some people were going round with clipboards trying to sign people up to traditional milk in a glass bottle delivered on subscription. Sounded nice.

I looked the website and the price was listed per month, and the bottles come in pints or quarts or something like that. The way the pricing model was described was also confusing. I broke it down and it worked out as almost 4x the price per litre (Around 3 pounds for a 1L bottle!). No thanks I’ll stick to Tescos 79p 1L. I’d pay a little more for glass bottles as an environmental measure but not quadruple price.

I recommend checking the price per litre before signing up.

Yer Da sells Avon · 07-10-2019 1:32am

Milkmen do it on your doorstep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3gx7CSXEzo

freshpopcorn · 07-10-2019 1:34am

We have never got milk delivered.
I reached the milk man thing before and from what I remember it worked out expensive.
It was just standard milk that was being delivered also that you'd easily get in the shop.

freshpopcorn · 07-10-2019 1:49am

sugarman wrote: »

Little point now if you live in a big town / city with plenty of shops around you that open early / close late.. sure there's several places that are open 24/7 near me I can buy milk at any hour.

Still, I guess it's handy for the elderly and disabled etc.. that can't get to them.

I just remember the glass bottles being a pain in the hoop.. if I wasn't getting in trouble for accidentally knocking them over and spilling milk everywhere, it was for accidentally smashing them playing with a football in the garden. That and magpies pecking the foil caps off!

With this milk as far as I know it's just a standard branded milk in a carton.
They also put it under a cover to protect from frost,etc!

Hobosan · 07-10-2019 2:34am

Used to get it delivered straight from the breast. A business opportunity there perhaps?

Easiest marketing campaign in history.

"Are you tired of the patriarchal MilkMEN? Time to support Milkwomen. The freshest milk delivered straight into your mouth every morning."

Graces7 · 07-10-2019 3:01am

Takes me back to younger days... Milk delivered in bottles with silver or gold foil tops depending on which kind of milk... tops pecked out by birds.. Or milk soured as it was left in the sun

mymilkman tell me they have no milkman in my area!

Del2005 · 07-10-2019 3:18am

Used to get it delivered when I was a kid and it was always there every morning usually delivered about 4-6am. Stopped getting it years ago as the supermarket was cheaper.

Used to see the people who took over the route and a friend was still getting deliveries. They'd come around to deliver the night before or early afternoon if there was a game on and the worse was when they were going for a weeks holiday they delivered all the milk for the week!

Scarinae · 07-10-2019 5:06am

Hobosan wrote: »

Used to get it delivered straight from the breast. A business opportunity there perhaps?

Apparently here is already a market for breastmilk among bodybuilders and people with fetishes.

theteal · 07-10-2019 5:55am

Yup, we did at the previous house over here. We felt it was good to be supporting local business. In saying that, once the proper saving for the house deposit started, it was knocked on the head. Some of our neighbours at the new house get it delivered but we just don't consume enough these days to need it delivered with ang kind of regularity.

Reati · 07-10-2019 6:11am

Sagats_knee wrote: »

I live in the UK and some people were going round with clipboards trying to sign people up to traditional milk in a glass bottle delivered on subscription. Sounded nice.

Ah, good to see they are still strong on their strange nostalgia trip.

Lucky for them soon they'll get to be nostalgic about the war time with food, clothing, fuel and medicine rationing. I wonder will they get those lovely green ration books again that all the hip kids had back then.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 07-10-2019 7:51am

We have a milkman delivering 3 days a week - very rural and I don't know how it's worth his while.

07-10-2019 7:58am

Years ago, by a short-lived company that had a delightful tagline: "From moo to you in an hour or two".

listermint · 07-10-2019 8:00am

Would love milk bottles back tbh.

Absolutely hate the plastic containers and hate even more having to recycle them only for them to end up on some tip in India.

We need to get back to proper reusables. That includes coke bottles for example.

Padraig Mor · 07-10-2019 8:36am

Was getting milkman deliveries for a few years until just a few weeks ago, when the milkman announced he was dropping our area as he couldn't get the staff.

Yer Da sells Avon · 07-10-2019 8:37am

Maxwell Salty Tadpole wrote: »

We have a milkman delivering 3 days a week - very rural and I don't know how it's worth his while.

I'd say the local ladies are making it worth his while...

foxy farmer · 07-10-2019 1:37pm

CMP in Cork used to deliver milk in glass plastic and cartons and other dairy products to the suburbs until around 2000. They used also deliver the Cork Examiner paper as well 6 days a week.

suicide_circus · 07-10-2019 2:07pm

i know a few people who use mymilkman.ie

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 07-10-2019 2:17pm

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

I'd say the local ladies are making it worth his while...

Even funnier if you knew him.

Couldn't be further from the reality.

RobertKK · 07-10-2019 2:44pm

Milk the cows and take it from the milk tank, already cooled to below 4C.

rsl1976 · 07-10-2019 2:48pm

Yes, live in Dublin and get it delivered 4 days a week

Richard Hillman · 07-10-2019 2:48pm

Yes, we still use a milkman. We probably don't need it and just pick it up in shops but it's handy to have the service and we would know the milkman personally.

vandriver · 07-10-2019 2:50pm

I used to deliver milk in my teens(and drove the milk float!) but milk only lasted a few days back then,not the 10 days it does now.
I can't see any point for it at all these days.

waffleman · 07-10-2019 2:53pm

Im trying to get my parents to cancel their delivery - they are always dumping milk they dont use or it arrives sour. Delivery guy has the milk on the back of a pickup truck in the summer. Its Donegal Creameries milk as well so its already a rip off.

machaseh · 07-10-2019 2:54pm

I would only do this if it would make me able to get raw unpasteurized milk. Back in the Netherlands we always went to a farm to get raw, unpasteurized milk. And nope it doesn't make you sick as long as you drink it on the same day and you don't have a compromised immune system. Just dont give it to young children, pregnant women or the elderly.

I wouldnt do it for regular milk that I could get at the supermarket, because there's a spar literally right across from my door.

NickNickleby · 07-10-2019 2:56pm

We've been getting our milk delivered since the '80s. We use a lot less now, about 4L per week. When the original guy died, his son took over the route.

I've no idea whether its cheaper to go to the supermarket, but its certainly handier to have it on the doorstep in time for breakfast - though we rarely find ourselves having to depend on that. As a bonus, there's a small local trader providing the product/service and getting a living out of it.

Stevieluvsye · 07-10-2019 2:56pm

machaseh wrote: »

I would only do this if it would make me able to get raw unpasteurized milk. Back in the Netherlands we always went to a farm to get raw, unpasteurized milk. And nope it doesn't make you sick as long as you drink it on the same day and you don't have a compromised immune system. Just dont give it to young children, pregnant women or the elderly.

I wouldnt do it for regular milk that I could get at the supermarket, because there's a spar literally right across from my door.

What's the difference in taste?

BrokenArrows · 07-10-2019 3:00pm

Ya we get milk delivered every Tuesday.
Mainly because the wife likes the idea of not generating waste. The bottles are glass and are reused.

_Brian · 07-10-2019 3:19pm

we milked cows ourselves so didn’t need it, but in later years when we hadn’t milked cows the milkman would drop milk 3 times a week, we were on his route even though not in a town.

It’s a handy service.

Yer Da sells Avon · 07-10-2019 8:47pm

Maxwell Salty Tadpole wrote: »

Even funnier if you knew him.

Couldn't be further from the reality.

I'm sure he's a careful man. A very careful man.

miezekatze · 08-10-2019 1:31am

My in-laws get theirs delivered, personally I don't see the point and I think you'd have to go through a lot of milk to make it worth your while. It's just normal branded milk you could buy at the supermarket anyway.

PARlance · 08-10-2019 2:23am

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It was just standard milk that was being delivered also that you'd easily get in the shop.

miezekatze wrote: »

It's just normal branded milk you could buy at the supermarket anyway.

Ah crap, the cats out of the bag!!! What magical milk had you imagined?

Greentopia · 08-10-2019 3:09am

machaseh wrote: »

I would only do this if it would make me able to get raw unpasteurized milk. Back in the Netherlands we always went to a farm to get raw, unpasteurized milk. And nope it doesn't make you sick as long as you drink it on the same day and you don't have a compromised immune system. Just dont give it to young children, pregnant women or the elderly.

Depends where you are in the country but you can get raw milk here. It's legal since a few years.

Where you can buy it: http://rawmilkireland.com/where-to-buy/#top-page

machaseh · 08-10-2019 6:58am

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

What's the difference in taste?

It has a much milder taste. You should compare the two side by side some time.

branie2 · 08-10-2019 8:40am

I used to years ago

machaseh · 08-10-2019 8:43am

Greentopia wrote: »

Depends where you are in the country but you can get raw milk here. It's legal since a few years.

Where you can buy it: http://rawmilkireland.com/where-to-buy/#top-page

Cant find anything close to dublin now sadly.

The Davestator · 08-10-2019 10:03am

We live in Dublin and have milk delivered three times per week. Use a handy app which allows us to make changes pause etc and it works out cheap enough.
Handy with kids who love drinking gallons of milk

Oasis1974 · 08-10-2019 11:02am

Not hygienic is it in this and age. Summer and stuff is half warm if you get up late. We had a guy with a milk float for years when I was young. Always remembered the old glass bottles of milk with foil caps. The birds would peck through them some days and the creamy top if it was left in the sun to long. Plus side the guy used to give us lifts on the float Ted was his name oldest guy long gone I guess now.

lleti · 08-10-2019 11:03am

Got it delivered from me auld ladys breasticle for a short time as a baby.

BarryD2 · 08-10-2019 11:12am

Used to be a rural delivery around here and we used it but was standard tetra paks. If there was a problem it was that we often ended up with a surplus, however the route became unprofitable and he just sticks to delivering to shops now etc.