jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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

It's easier to freeze that way. The bag is then loaded to a container
in the fridge to defrost. It's probably popular in northern and
eastern Alaska.

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