Would You Pay More For A Pint?

[chrissa1]

.......of milk at the supermarket?

How can the dairy farmers continue to produce milk when it costs them 28p/day to produce it and they have to sell it at 23p?

This has been going on for ages and in my view is, wrong. I wouldn't mind paying an extra few pence. No business can survive selling their goods at a loss.

[Old_Geezer]

IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[youngmafbog]

Paying more, won't help any UK farmer. The story is far bigger than that.

Get out the EU and we might be able to control it a bit more, and use the money we pay to foreign farmers through our massive contribution to the EU to our own (if necessary).

[Gromit]

Lugwig,

How could it be FairTrade when the farmers are raking in huge amounts of EU subsidy?

Certainly isn't fair on the tax payer.

We pay them a fortune, and they still charge us for the milk. Of course, the over supply is given away as aid

[EDDIE51]

Easy way out is for everyone to stop buying milk from the big supermarkets and go back to small shops and 'milkmen'. Our corner shop sells a 4 pint bottle for £1.50 and the milkman charges £1.99. Against 88p in Morrisons or £1 in Tesco. I buy it from the corner shop to save carrying home from the supermarket , corner shop is just 30 yds away.

[chrissa1]

Ahhh, milkmen. Remember them?

[ummmm]

Still have a milkman here.

[Old_Geezer]

When you have to to to the supermarket anyway. That 60 yards exercise plus a few minutes you could have avoided.

Milkmen was bound to be in decline for the same 'have to go to the supermarket' reason, plus in one isn't in it can be heated in the sun all day, and they have to catch you to settle the bill. It was convenient when a house had someone in almost all day, inconvenient when society changed and the house is usually empty.

[EDDIE51]

Why do the breweries not complain when the supermarkets sell beer at below cost price as a 'loss leader'.?
Because the supermarkets buy the beer at a higher price than they sell it for and take the loss to bring more people into the shops. I do not see why they do not do the same with milk. If they want to sell it cheap as a form of advertising , just take the loss, it all comes off their tax returns anyway.
Once all the milk farmers are bankrupt we will have to pay a lot more for milk.

[chrissa1]

Lost ours about 10 years ago.

[chrissa1]

Well said, Eddie. My point, exactly.

[ummmm]

I don't use him for the reasons O-G says. There are quite a lot of elderly round here so I'm sure it's convenient for them.

[LyndaB]

No I wouldn't pay more for milk if I had the choice. If the supermarkets want to sell it for 88p for 4 pints that's up to them. And - for little more than the same as 12 pints (£3) you can buy almost a full school uniform in the supermarkets. I don't hear many people moaning and complaining about that.

[EDDIE51]

Find your local 'Milk and More' delivery man by putting your post code into this search box.
http://www.milkandmore.co.uk/home
They cover almost the whole UK

[steg]

Would I pay more for a pint of milk?
Yes.. If the price went up I would have too (as I sold my prize milking cow for a bag of magic beans)or would have to do with out.

Do I want to pay more? No..

Do I think farmers should be payed more for their goods? Yes, but they don't

Do I think I should be payed more? Yes, but I don't

[whiskeryron]

I don't know the answer to the problem but I would suggest that if it is possible farmers should stop selling milk to the supermarkets & set up a sort of co-operative in all towns to sell direct to the public, & yes I would pay extra.

[EDDIE51]

Lyndab.Do you buy a school uniform every day! That is the point milk is a daily necessity for most people. You will probably find the school uniforms are made by child labour paid slave wages in the Far East to be able to be sold at such a low price.

[Gromit]

// Why do the breweries not complain when the supermarkets sell beer at below cost price as a 'loss leader'.? //

Because the breweries sell it to the supermarkets for a profit.

// Once all the milk farmers are bankrupt we will have to pay a lot more for milk. //
No we won't. There is vast over supply of milk. We could lose half the farmers, and we would still be able to meet demand and prices would be the same. EU Tax payers money is keeping these worthless businesses open.

[EDDIE51]

^^ I have to disagree Gromit. You can buy beer cheaper than water. The cost of production and the excise duty come to around £1.60 a litre, supermarkets sell it for under £1 a litre. 12x 500ml cans for £9 at Tesco recently.

[EDDIE51]

^^ Sorry that should be 24 cans for £9 I was thinking there were 12 cans in a case but it is 24.

[Gromit]

Eddie,

The Breweries sell it to the Supermarkets for a profit.

The supermarkets sell it at a loss.

So the breweries are happy, they are selling large volume at a profit.

The customer is happy, because the supermarket is subsidising the price.

The supermarkets make money on the other stuff you buy while you are getting your beer, so the supermarkets are happy.

The milk situation is totally different. You tax money is given to farmers and the result is over supply. Supermarkets buy the milk cheap. The customer is the loser, because they are being hoodwinked. They think they are buying cheap milk, but they are not factoring in the tax they pay beforehand that goes to the farmer.