On 10/29/2016 12:29 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 11:58:25 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> On 10/29/2016 11:47 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>> I don't ever recall seeing milk in bags. (Queue Sheldon to start talking
>> equating bags with breasts.) The price of milk in my area hasn't gone
>> up drastically.
>
> Seems to me they tried it out about 40 years ago. I recall seeing
> the bags, and some sort of frame into which you could put the bags
> for more convenient pouring.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Forty years ago. Just how much room would that frame use in the
refrigerator as opposed to a regular bottle or carton of milk? Any
other benefits to having milk in bags? Sorry, it's not something that
took off in the US (obviously).

Jill