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Thread Author: helicopter	Replies: 24

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:01   DrinkaPinta - helicopter

Has anyone else noticed the way a pint of milk has shot up in price recently. I buy a pint every other day for my office tea and coffee and keep the receipts for reclaim on petty cash.. Up until last week my local Tesco charged 45p for a pint. Last month the Co-op was charging 48 p for the same pint. This week Tesco now charging 48 p and Co-op 55p. So up to 10% increase in the last week or so. www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/8293251/Milk-prices-to-rise.htm I know you can get cheaper buying a 4 pint bottle but I do not want 4 pints as it goes off before it gets used up. What are you paying local to you for a single pint of semi skimmed.? Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:03   DrinkaPinta - Alanovich

59p for a litre of soya milk in Lidl. Pints not available. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:07   DrinkaPinta - Focusless

Our lidl do a 4 pint carton for a pound. In Asda it's a bit more for a single 4 pinter, but you can get 2x4 pints for £2. It's been like that for some time IIRC. Not sure what the single pint price has been doing though. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:16   DrinkaPinta - R.P.

Asda - two four pint containers for £2.00p - we buy two freeze one. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:18   DrinkaPinta - helicopter

According to the 'Farmers Weekly' Tesco are currently paying the Farmer 29.78 pence per litre at the moment which works out at 16.93 p per pint. They are selling at 48 p per pint ......that is a whole lot of profit. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:20   DrinkaPinta - L'escargot

>> According to the 'Farmers Weekly' Tesco are currently paying the Farmer 29.78 pence per litre >> at the moment which works out at 16.93 p per pint. >> >> They are selling at 48 p per pint ......that is a whole lot of profit. >> You've forgotten about the processing, bottling, transport etc etc, Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:24   DrinkaPinta - helicopter

Yes L'es but bottling transport etc does not account for 183% mark up...... Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:43   DrinkaPinta - Iffy

...Yes L'es but bottling transport etc does not account for 183% mark up... How much do you charge someone for a flight in your chopper? More than the cost of the kerosene, I bet. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 12:09   DrinkaPinta - helicopter

$ 6000 per hour to you iffy.....special charter rate. But then our company helicopters cost $20,000,000 plus to buy ......before you start adding the cost of crew, maintenance etc . Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 12:44   DrinkaPinta - CGNorwich

So you think the supermarket's store network, distribution centres, trucks, packaging and marketing comes for free? Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 12:56   DrinkaPinta - Zero

>> So you think the supermarket's store network, distribution centres, trucks, packaging and marketing comes for >> free? No but they work very hard to keep those costs to a minimum because it eats into profit. They don't build distribution networks to spend money. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 17:27   DrinkaPinta - Iffy

...$ 6000 per hour to you iffy.....special charter rate... Very reasonable I'm sure. Saw a couple of those twin big rotor helicopters stooging along Wensleydale in North Yorkshire yesterday. Quite low, we were more or less level with them from our vantage point. Much higher were a couple of Second World War single engined fighters. I reckon they were on their way to London for the wedding flypast tomorrow. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 21:14   DrinkaPinta - Harleyman

>> >> Much higher were a couple of Second World War single engined fighters. >> >> I reckon they were on their way to London for the wedding flypast tomorrow. >> >> >> I didn't realise they'd cut the defence budget that hard! ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 29 Apr 11 18:16   DrinkaPinta - Roger.

The whole flying strength of the RAF flew over Buck House today. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:21   DrinkaPinta - helicopter

Sounds like there is or has been a price war between the supermarkets on Milk which could be coming to an end . Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 11:18   DrinkaPinta - L'escargot

Food prices generally are undergoing a period of sharp inflation. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 12:12   DrinkaPinta - RattleandSmoke

My local offy is doing 4 pints for £1. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 12:30   DrinkaPinta - VxFan

Someone's milking a profit somewhere, that's for sure. >> What are you paying local to you for a single pint of semi skimmed.? Noticed it had gone up from 45p to 48p in both Tesco and Sainsbury's last weekend. Last edited by: VxFan on Thu 28 Apr 11 at 12:31 Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 30 Apr 11 08:46   DrinkaPinta - L'escargot

>> Someone's milking a profit somewhere, that's for sure. I'd be surprised if you knew enough about the cost of processing, bottling, transport, distribution, etc etc to say that. Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 30 Apr 11 08:56   DrinkaPinta - Iffy

...Someone's milking a profit somewhere, that's for sure... I rather hope so, or everyone will go bust then it will be: "No milk today - or tomorrow." Reply to this message | Report message       1

Thu 28 Apr 11 12:32   DrinkaPinta - bathtub tom

I noticed 4 pints was 75p in ALDI yesterday. I can't remember the last time I saw it in individual pints. Perhaps you should save a few one pint containers, use them to decant a 4 pinter, freeze three of them and defrost them when you want them. That should really impress your clients! Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 14:27   DrinkaPinta - Roger.

49p per litre for UHT skimmed. That's our normal stuff. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 17:14   DrinkaPinta - Mapmaker

Strangely I am amazed by how much the price of milk has *dropped*. Once again 4 pints is available for £1 in Lidl, last summer it was more like £1.50ish. Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 17:21   DrinkaPinta - Ted

We still have it delivered by an electric milk float. I can order other stuff at night and it miraculously turns up on the step in the morning. It costs a bit more than a trip to the shop, but it does include a man who keeps an eye on the area while everyone slumbers on ! Ted Reply to this message | Report message

Thu 28 Apr 11 17:29   DrinkaPinta - Iffy

...while everyone slumbers on !... Apart from the wifey he is seeing to while her husband is away. :) Reply to this message | Report message