The milkman has just been!

[briebuiltthiscity]

It’s just before 2am am up in bed but not asleep and heard what I think is breaking glass outside. So I dash to the window.
Live in a small cul-de-sac and there have been a couple of catalytic converters stolen from cars recently and this I I’m going to catch a car thief in the act.

It’s a milkman doing a delivery! Is this the time they come now?!

One of the nice things about the pandemic (got to look on the bright side) is that we have been able to have the milkman deliver! We use Milk & More, and they have a great range of products.

Yes, they're a bit more expensive, but that means the farmers are actually getting a decent price for their produce. Someone mentioned that supermarket milk is cheap because they sell it as a loss leader - unfortunately this is not true. They sell it cheap because they pay the farmers bugger all for it, in some cases less than it costs to produce. The 'good' supermarkets pay a tiny bit more for the milk than it costs to produce.

Hence why they took our milk carrier as well as the milk

I love my mlkman! He delivers between about midnight and 5am I think. Yes it seems expensive but as pp said that's because the supermarkets use milk as a loss leader.

And yes, the supermarkets rip off the dairy farmers - many have gone out of business in recent years I think.

@rbe78

One of the nice things about the pandemic (got to look on the bright side) is that we have been able to have the milkman deliver! We use Milk & More, and they have a great range of products.

Yes, they're a bit more expensive, but that means the farmers are actually getting a decent price for their produce. Someone mentioned that supermarket milk is cheap because they sell it as a loss leader - unfortunately this is not true. They sell it cheap because they pay the farmers bugger all for it, in some cases less than it costs to produce. The 'good' supermarkets pay a tiny bit more for the milk than it costs to produce.

That was me and we are both right.

They still sell it at a loss despite paying farmers bugger all for it. They would pay farmers even less if they could but then they would all go out of business.

We have milk delivered direct from a local farm and he arrives between 4and 4.30am apart from when he is on holiday when it appears at 7.30am because one of the other drivers is doing a double round! Turns up Monday,Tuesday and Friday regardless of dates - we even had our delivery on Christmas Day this year! Lovely milk when hasn't been homogenised so we all fight over the cream in the top!

We used to milk our own cows but had to give it up when it became uneconomic to continue - I miss the days when I could pop down and get a jug of (raw) milk straight from the cow - the milk we have now is the closest in taste to that - supermarket milk just doesn't come anywhere close!

@briebuiltthiscity

Live in the country and our paper is delivered at 330am by a man with a head torch! He does the whole village of ~ 4000 [not all have papers of course]

A whole night time economy.

I liked having the milkman deliver and I hope to be able to go back to it at some point but we are getting through a lot of milk right now and we are struggling financially so it was one of the things that had to go. Along with the window cleaner.

Back to the point of the thread. Ours was often delivered around 1/2am. If DH was on a late shift he could bring it in on his way home. In the summer we left out a cool bag which helped if we didn't get it until the morning.

Yup, ours comes at 2am bless him!

We’ve just signed up to Milk and More. Brilliant range of food, drinks, household stuff.
No problems with price, as you’re paying for the convenience, plus avoiding shops during lockdown! Very glad if this extra cost means suppliers are paid more too.
I love the idea of glass, but the reality not living up to my memory of childhood milk bottles in the 70’s. Foil tops annoying. Find it really difficult to grip cold bottles, esp if slightly damp. Children also find difficult to hold bottles with one hand. And they pour really badly when full, so drips down side of bottle/mug, and under bottle in fridge. I’m old enough to remember the more elongated bottle shape, which poured well.
I think I just need to persevere!
They also do plastic cartons, but so much waste.

We have Milk & More deliver too.
Although at the beginning of the pandemic there were no more slots because everyone signed up! However, I've got an account now and I love it.
Goodness knows when he comes (Ian!) although everything is there by 6am, but he must be some sort of ninja because no-one ever hears him including the neighbours!
The juice is great, milk is fresh and the Welsh Cakes are gorgeous! He's been great because there's no shop in my village so it cuts down on car trips to the nearest shop, and what with lockdown he's a godsend!

It's the reason we wont get milk delivered.

We get milk 3 times a week, usually comes between 4 and 6 (we're in a northern city) it's come late twice, once was a foggy morning when it came nearer 8 and on Saturday just past, we had an email Friday saying they would be running late on Saturday due to road problems Thurs/Fri as we had a massive Snowfall.
We bought milk early afternoon thinking it wasn't coming only for the milk to arrive at 7pm!

Off topic, but I grew up in Eastleigh were Benny Hill used to be a milkman (before my time!) & he based Ernie the Fastest Milkman in the West on his time as a milkman & Market Street mentioned in the song is based on the real street in Eastleigh.

Our milkman comes between 11pm and 12am.

In the summer we ended up waiting for him as didn’t want the milk curdling.

Ours used to. In fact at one point he came about 11pm on the "night before" our due days. Since theybgot more busi ess in lockdown 1 they have changed thebroutes and he comes around 7 or 8

Mine sometimes comes at 10.30pm It's mad. Am hoping this is only a winter thing as don't want it out all night in warmer weather.

My milk arrives at 11pm - milkman has a big round! I often have it in the fridge before I go to bed

@APurpleSquirrel

We've been using Milk & More since before the pandemic & were so thankful we did once lockdown hit. Our milkman delivers anytime between 3-7am but we have also got the milk bottle insulater. We prefer being able to support local farmers, pay a fair price for fresh milk delivered to our door 3 times a week, use less plastic & my personal favourite reason, not having to sniff milk to see if it's gone off 🤢

Since the first lockdown people have been using Milk and More here. I know this because I am woken around 3.00 a.m. by some kind of ethnic music blasting out of a car with the windows open, it gets louder as the doors/boot are opened and the deliveries are made, then a lot of slamming and it drives off with the music gradually fading away.

It lasts just long enough to ensure I am fully awake. I am not alone in being woken and although Milk & More have said they would resolve it, they haven't.

I won't use Milk & More because of it.

@briebuiltthiscity go to milk and more online to see if they deliver to your post code. Ours delivers just before midnight. It's a great way to support British dairy farms, Also delivers lots of other stuff, including bread.

@quince2figs Their silicone bottle caps are good. Before I bought those I used to transfer the milk to one of their orange juice bottles, which was also glass, but screw top.

What is this milk insulator thing? Think I need one for the summer.

@Frenchdressing here is the bottle insulator. We tied the string on after the lid got blown off one night.

@81Byerley, thanks, both good ideas. I noticed the juice had a screw top, which I like.

I use Milk & More and they deliver between 3am and 4am.