Is 1am too early for milk delivery?

You could put an ice pack in the cool box in hotter weather.

We used to get ours delivered but it was the same plastic jugs you get from the shop but at almost twice the price and they delivered between midnight and 1am so if we weren't up to take it in straight away we'd have people heading home from the local pub stealing it before we even got it and we would have to go to the shop anyway. They had a noisy van too so if DH was on an early shift he would get woken up by it idling outside. It was a localish dairy so we did like supporting them but it was too much hassle in the end and they were having to refund us a lot.

After we moved to a quieter street we tried to set up a delivery again but they didn't reply to a single email (they wouldn't have known it was us as we had set up in person before and it was me contacting them instead of DH) so decided it wasn't worth chasing them up anymore.

Ours comes in the early hours and we have a milk minder in the shade

OH is up at 4am 50% of the time 6am the other so it's not out for long

Mine gets delivered around 10-11pm at night. I often get it in before bed but I've not had any issues with it going off even during the summer when I haven't managed to get it the night before.

When we had milk delivered it used to be about 5am, we moved and got a different milkman (same dairy) who, after a while, started delivering about 10pm, never told us this, I just spotted him driving away one evening !

The closer you live to the dairy the earlier it tends to be. Just tell them if it’s too early

They come to our street about 2am ish

Yes the engine is quiet but the bottles still rattle.

One of the reasons I stopped getting milk delivered. Ours was often coming at midnight! If I was up, I could put it away straight away, but otherwise was sat out all night. Fine in winter. But in summer it was mostly ending up down the sink

It's much fresher and keeps much longer than supermarket milk (only Cravendale compares for longevity)

Supports the local dairies and provides employment for local people.

Pay a proper price so the farmers aren't ripped off by greedy supermarkets.

And obvs the convenience of having fresh milk on the doorstep.

Ours come very early morning, don’t know what time, but we leave a box out and in the winter it’s no problem as it stays cold. Only started it after lockdown and have kept it, it’s a really good service in my opinion.

Yes. Very normal. Ours comes around that time which suits me as i am often still up then.

But we have an insulated box (from milkman) that keeps the milk fine there all night if necessary.

I can't get a delivery where I live, but in the old house the milkman would deliver between 2am and 7am. I always intended to get a cool box for summer, but never bothered ((in 16 years!) because I never had a problem.

When you are having deliveries, the milk only has to last a couple of days, so it's not like when you are getting large amounts with your weekly shop to last the week.

Mine gets delivered at around midnight and not had any issues, been getting it a year now.

Ours gets delivered around 1am and I wondered about it sitting out but am too lazy to get it in then. Never had any problems with it going off but then we have deliveries 3 times a week so it gets used within a couple of days. If I was buying from the supermarket I'd get much bigger bottles and it would need to last longer.

Ours is very quiet, the only reason I know what time he comes is that I work until 1am sometimes and see the van stop outside the house as I'm logging off. It doesn't even set our dog off.

And we get it delivered because it's from a local farm and I like to support smaller, local places. And they deliver other stuff too. Over summer they deliver strawberries grown nearby and they are so good! And I like the glass bottles.

2am is probably at the start of the round but it works for me.

Milk tastes different in glass bottles. I only use a small amount so it's actually cheaper than the supermarket. I'm supporting the local farmer and it's less plastic bottle to recycle.

Ours comes at around 1am and has for the past five years or so. Never had any issues.

If your milkman delivers at that time, you may be being selfish. Some people on our road have it delivered in the early hours and the milk float, with its rattling bottles, wakes loads of the neighbours up.

Glass bottles. Plus the dairies aren't getting ripped off by the supermarkets.

@ChampagneLassie

Glass bottles, my recycling bin was always full of milk cartons
I hardly ever run out or need to buy extra
As long as I put a request on by 8pm I can change the quantity I need.
He delivers other stuff - basics like bread, yoghurt, cheese, butter, spuds.
I started during lockdown in case I was ill so my son would have fresh basic supplies.
Local jobs, better deal for local farmers

I’m thinking about cancelling mine for this reason too. Over the summer mine came around 11.30pm but as I was up later this wasn’t an issue. But it’s presumably still coming at the same time and now sitting out till 7am which isn’t ideal. I really don’t want to have to set a midnight alarm for milk.

We don’t drive, so it’s handy. I like supporting local businesses. The Christmas stuff is great

Ours usually comes at around 2 am AFAIK - I don’t sleep well so am sometimes aware. It’s fine, even in summer - we bring it in first thing so it’s never sitting in the sun for hours.

We were walking to our local pub at about 6:30pm last Sunday and saw a milk delivery van on rounds! It was either late or early, we couldn't decide which 😆