I love my mum but...

[BupcakesandCunting]

She drives me crackers.

This time over milk.

After I saw a dairy farmer on BBC breakfast the other week saying how difficult supermarkets were making his life wrt milk prices i.e they buy it off him for buttons and sell 4 pints for a quid, I've been buying more expensive milk. Not massively more expensive, just paying £1.36 for 4 pints instead of a quid. Yesterday in Waitrose I picked up my £1.36 milk and mum goes "Go up to Iceland you can get the same for a pound there" I reminded her of the chat we had about the sad dairy farmer and she went "ahhh yes. But just you buying that milk won't make a difference to him. Save your 36 pee and get up to Iceland."

AIBU to want to cry some days?

I know the feeling. We try to buy only Free Range meat, it means spending a bit more and having meat less often but that's ok. DH and I chat to our parents about it, but don't expect them to make same decisions. We were really touched when ILs said they'd been to butcher to get the chicken we like - until we looked at it. They had got Fresh and Free Range mixed up. Bless, it was such a nice gesture, but completely missed the point.

She's looking out for you. You're her DD and she doesn't want you to have needless expense for no benefit to yourself.
And she herself probably doesn't want to pay a premium for responsibly sourced milk.
You'll miss your mum when she's gone......
(This post has made me come over all sanctimonious about people who moan about their mums. I wish my mum was still here - being irritating).
Wags finger. Tries to induce guilt trip!

Does the 36p go to the farmers or to Waitrose profits?

Depends where the 36p is going. Bet it is not to the fsrmer. Your DM might know better and does not make her a little Hitler

But you wouldn't have saved 36p if you'd gone to Iceland, would you? You would have spent it and more to get there!

Who mentioned Hitler?

Hee Hee rule!! My lovely Mother drives to a petrol station that sells cheaper petrol

Hitler?

:(

I was talking more about her point-missing than her being a megalomaniac despot but OK!

She has a point, you may as well save your 36p cause it's prob not going anywhere near the farmer. He's prob receiving same money from Iceland.

It's not the despotism, it's the 'tache.

I think that Waitrose are fairer to farmers/producers IIRC?

My mother does have a lovely tache, it's true.

Lol I was watching something on tv and Hitler was mentioned whilst writing my post. I thought I'd write it.

Just because you are paying more for your milk doesn't necessarily mean the farmer is getting the extra money, it's probably more money for the greedy supermarkets who are trying to take over the world

Bupcakes hate to tell you but I've worked in the meat and dairy industry and Waitrose take one of the highest % margins of the lot, so no unless they are in a select "provider group" like southern dairy farmers into London then they get a flat fee per litre sorry!

To earn the farmers more then buy direct, do l

Waitrose definitely give farmers a better deal than some supermarkets.

Oops posted too soon, I was going to say look for a local direct deliverer or buy from a cooperative product where the farmers own the company and get dividends like Arla, Moo branded milk, any product supplied by one of these:

www.google.co.uk/search?q=uk+dairy+cooperatives&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

Sounds like my MIL. She is great, and I love her very dearly, but sometimes I just nod and smile so as not to have a pointless argument.

The hassle of going to another shop (even if you walk and don't have any petrol costs) is not worth 36p.

Ah, one of the reasons I shop at Waitrose is that they do tend towards the more ethical end of the supermarket spectrum. I'm sure that some of the extra does go somewhere near the farmer.

Please don't tell me things like that, Softly. I luff Waitrose.

Sorry mrswembley their quality is awesome though if that helps? even though milk is milk, butter is butter and there's not a lot of difference to be made other than the label-.

Sulks because there's no waitrose in Dappytown.

What about milk that is delivered to the door, that's what we do, but I'm unsure whether that helps farmers or not?