On Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 11:12:01 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 4:20:16 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2016-10-29 12:29 AM, Yes wrote:
> > > Went to the grocer and noticed that the price of milk jumped about
> > > twenty percent over the last two weeks. Anyone know what's going on?
> > >
> >
> > For the last year or so milk has been relatively cheap around here for.
> > It seems that the milk producers raised their prices a few months ago
> > and we are now paying about 5-6% more than we were back in the spring.
> > I don't drink milk and don't even use it much, so a 4 liter bag of milk
> > lasts us about 2 weeks. I still buy it 4 liters at a time because is
> > costs so much less per liter. It is currently about $2.80 per liter,
> > $3.50 for a 2 liter carton and $4.29 for four liters.
>
> Americans think it's rather odd to be buying a bag of milk. They cannot understand how that would work. We buy it in cartons or plastic jugs. A gallon jug of milk would cost around $5.50 over here. That's a little less then 4 liters.

Over here, I paid $2.99 for a gallon two days ago. Very close to 4 liters.
In a plastic jug; I haven't seen bagged milk in years. ISTR it wasn't
well received by consumers.

Cindy Hamilton