Co-op 4 pints of milk £1.59

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Whaaaaat! Almost put it back when I got to the till, if it wasn't for the fact we'd run out and DD was asking for it I would have done.

So uncompetitive when Asda, Sainsbos and Tesco are charging a pound. Even Waitrose is only £1.39.

I have a local milkman and pay 71p for a pint

But I'm supporting a local business and helping retain a service

Waitrose certainly are taking part - they have an offer with their MyWaitrose card that 4pts is £1. They're being a bit disingenuous.

milk has been a pound for 4 pints in Tesco and Aldi for ages so not sure why the flag waving now.

what is an ethical UK price, i.e. one that makes the farmer some money? My concern in paying the Co-Op or Sainsbury 60% premium is that I'm just giving 60% more money to the supermarket!

does anyone know?

I pay my milk man about £25-30 per month and always have enough milk and some OJ too.

It's worth it to have proper milk with a creamy top imho Plus it will be sad when there are no more milko's left at all.
Mine has two rounds now to give him the same customer base as he used to have (he took over his late fathers round).

Special Co-op policy is here and is probably better than most.

It's one of the reasons I don't shop at Asda, sainsbos, Tesco etc.

Same thing is happening in Australia (I come from a farming background, though not a dairy one...) My parents make sure they buy the milk that means the dairy farmers get paid fairly.

Co-op is really expensive. I get when I say Waitrose is more affordable. But it is

The coop is very expensive unless something is on offer. I have waitrose in one direction and the coop in the other it really is hard to know which way to go sometimes

The coop is the most expensive place to shop IMO unless you buy the stuff on offer. However, that has often been justified because of their ethical position. Recent stories about the organisation mean that has surely taken a bit of a knock?

We go through 4 pints a day, there is me, 4dc, dp when he comes up from his, and my 2 dsd.

We should cut down really, thats just silly

Are spar and the ampm chain of shops engaged in the price war too? Spar milk is 1.59 or similar for milk too.

Our Co-Op only charge £1.10?

Do Co-Op have a North/South price divide like other shops?

I've never looked into the fairness of their milk but we like their Fair Trade Coffee and chocolate.

I hope the Co-op have AT LAST started to pay their dairy farmers better. In the past they had one of the worst record of all the supermarkets. I know this because our friends lost their dairy herd due to the Co-op under paying them for years.

How they have had the cheek to market themselves as ethical for years has amazed me.

Waitrose are ethical.

Co-op policies are better. Also, they are a convenience store - they don't have the buying power of Tesco etc. what do spar or Nisa charge? That,s the fair comparison.

Besides, they are a co-op ( the clue is in the name) - in the days when they used to make money, it went to community projects and the surplus returned to members as their dividend. I know where I'd prefer my money to go.