Just recently started using Modern Milkman (other companies are available ). Itās nice to be getting milk in glass bottles, can even get oat milk in glass, itās the best fresh stuff Iāve ever used an all.
Itās pretty handy been able to use an app to set up a regular delivery. Certainly costs more than the supermarkets, but helps in paying a fair price to farmers and other suppliers. Plus the bonus of less waste in regards to packaging.
My usual order is oat milk, milkshakes, eggs and a sourdough loaf. One offs of butter, cheese and oats. Slowly working my way around all the range to see what Iāll continue ordering. Not found anything I donāt like yet though.
Quite a wide selection of things to choose from tbf. Bacon section has recently appeared but nothing in that yet, must be a monzo
Didnt someone make a thread about this already? I feel like ive seen it somewhere.
Ive never actually looked into these types of deliveries or the service considering I live like 200ft away from a shop but I guess there are some benefits right?
If I had the time Iād probably drive to one, but working all hours, itās not really an option. Although once in the farm I donāt think Iād leave as Iād just want to play with all the animals
We used to have doorstep delivery of milk and orange juice but had to stop as the dogs were set off in āintruderā mode at about 04:30. Not good for us or neighbours. R-
Iāve used Milk and More a few times. I had a regular service from them last year for about 6 months, but I just found that my āmilkā usage wasnāt standardised enough to be able to work out the right schedule for what to order (some weeks, Iād run out and have to buy more, other weeks Iād be pouring gone-off milk down the sink).
Milk and More are definitely working on the āMoreā part now and marketing their sustainablity. On a different thread someone āGood Clubā - a āplastic freeā refills for things like pasta, rice and also household stuff like washing up liquid, cleaners etc. Good Club has now become Dizzie (http://www.getdizzie.com) and theyāre a partner for Milk and More so you can order many of their products through Milk and More now.
As someone else has mentioned though - you do pay a premium for everything you buy through them. Itās more āM+S priceā rather than āLidlā priceā¦
To compare prices specifically -
1pt of Semi Skimmed from Milk and More is Ā£1.12, at Tesco itās 95p
250g of Spreadable Trewithen Dairy Butter is Ā£2.75, 500g of Lurpak Spreadable at Tesco is Ā£4.46 (Ā£2.23 for 250g)
1pt of M+M Orange Juice is Ā£1.60 (28p/100ml), 1ltr of Tesco Fresh Orange juice Ā£1.45 (14p/100ml)
Sending a delivery person the next day to collect the empties. Granted most delivery routes via DPD / Evri might be passing my house, but itās an additional delivery / detour to just pick up some empty containers.
Pint of milk for my delivery is either Ā£0.95 or Ā£1.00 if itās free range
Butter is Ā£2.45 for 250g
Juice I donāt buy but had a look, itās Ā£1.50 for a pint Iām assuming itās pasteurised as fresh itās Ā£2.25 a pint
This is the box the Dizzie stuff comes in - so you can understand why they want to collect it afterwards. Everything inside the box was protected in cardboard boxes or wrapped in brown paper - no single use plastic anywhere.
Surprise surprise, no sign of the Evri pickup yesterday but got an email from Dizzie this morning saying Evri will attempt to pick it up again on Monday. For the record, I just left the box outside the front door all yesterday so the Evri delivery guy wouldnāt have had to even knock on the door to pick it up.
In that box I had a bottle of the Fig hand wash, a box of laundry tablets, and refills of washing up gel and also qualified for their free ārefill starter packā (basically - 3 glass jars - 2ltr, 1ltr and 350ml and an āeasy refillā funnel).
Not sure if Iād bought less (or didnāt get the free glass jars which were the largest thing in the box) if Iād get a smaller box, or if itās just a standard size for all orders.
Iāve used boxes like that for internal deliveries at work. Theyāre practically indestructible and can last years, so itās no wonder they want them back.
Yeah not sold on the idea tbf, itās just adding in another unnecessary delivery to collect an empty box. If it was a case of you pay a deposit as security for it, and then they collect it at the next delivery instead, Iād prob be all in.
Unfortunately Milk and More dont deliver to my area.
I like the idea of these things but these prices are a lot higher than other retailers which is rightly so I suppose given their smaller businesses and arent just mass producing things.
Our milkman is a little more expensive than supermarkets, but paying the farmers a decent amount is worth it*.
I donāt get glass bottles as they only deliver maximum twice a week and the fridge isnāt really big enough. I would if they did dailyā¦ but I think that era is deadā¦ even this milkman is part of a large national dairy, rather than the local bloke with a van who delivered during my childhood.
hence theyāre never run out of eggs - indeed theyāre pushing them at the moment - because unlike supermarkets theyāre not trying to force farmers to sell at a loss
For too long supermarkets have used milk and eggs to get customers through the doors, selling them cheap and paying peanuts to farmers.
A large proportion of the population have no idea what it costs to produce that milk going into the cereal or how little a farmer actually gets for it.
Meanwhile supermarket profits get bigger, shareholders get richer, the farmers struggle to cover the bills.
Mines 3 days a week, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Last nightās came at 1am, I was still awake when I got an email saying the cheese was out of stock. I did have to squeeze the glass bottles in today, doubled up on milkshakes
and what are you ordering?
). Itās nice to be getting milk in glass bottles, can even get oat milk in glass, itās the best fresh stuff Iāve ever used an all.
