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the price of milk?
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do you know the price of milk, would you be bothered it went up 10P.....i ask this q because the farmers are going to start demanding more money from the giant supermarkets and i think its about time!!
do you think this will be good or a bad thing for us??
do you think this will be good or a bad thing for us??
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think it would be a good thing. Milk has been around the same price for years, can't be a good thing for the farmers. Not that I get my milk from the supermarket (or very rarely) as I actually have a milkman (not common these days I know) and his milk is actually superior to that from the supermarket.
As a farmers daughter I totally agree. Milk is incredibly cheap and has to be of a certain standard.
The supermarkets set the price of everything. My parents have friends that run a fruit farm, they used to do a lot of pick your own till Sainsburys decided to start stocking fruit from as local a farm as possible to the store. Now they don't do any pick your own and sell only to supermarkets. I was shocked to discover that it is the farmer that pays for the buy one get one free and not the supermarket. They just say were doing to punnets of strawberries for one next week and you have to give us twice as many for the same price.
The supermarkets set the price of everything. My parents have friends that run a fruit farm, they used to do a lot of pick your own till Sainsburys decided to start stocking fruit from as local a farm as possible to the store. Now they don't do any pick your own and sell only to supermarkets. I was shocked to discover that it is the farmer that pays for the buy one get one free and not the supermarket. They just say were doing to punnets of strawberries for one next week and you have to give us twice as many for the same price.
Kwicky ; I agree, milk used to last one to two days at best, now it lasts a week... I drive all over this country in my job and i have not seen enough cows in this country to supply my local Asda let alone all the other Asdas, supermarkets, convenience stores, corner shops, petrol stations or cafes with a steady supply, then there is cheese, butter and all the other dairy products, i want to know what is in milk now days. When your out driving count how many cows you see and remember they produce at most a hundred pints of milk each every day...
I think farmers in this country get a raw deal from producing their products when you look at how much profit the supermarkets cream off, and yes, I would pay more for our milk if I could be sure the profit went to the producer and not the retailer.
Personally, if I could buy my milk direct from a local farmer I would do so, in order that he could benefit. I object to lining the pockets of Tesco and Sainsbury, etc. We also try to support our local small shopkeepers wherever possible and avoid the big supermarkets.
Personally, if I could buy my milk direct from a local farmer I would do so, in order that he could benefit. I object to lining the pockets of Tesco and Sainsbury, etc. We also try to support our local small shopkeepers wherever possible and avoid the big supermarkets.