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10-08-2015, 03:35 PM | #1 | |||
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No need to March 2 Cows down My AsdaWalmart. http://news.sky.com/story/1532985/co...is-summit-held The Supermarkets say they pay more to Farmer and take the Cut in price , themselves. We need Facts and Numbers In any case I do not care if the Price Goes Up I want my milk for Top Notch Kenya Tea. Last edited by arista; 10-08-2015 at 03:38 PM. |
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10-08-2015, 05:28 PM | #2 | |||
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I'm with the farmers on this one. They asked a very fair question: how come supermarkets charge more for some bottles of water than they do for four pints of milk?
I would gladly pay a bit more for milk to support British dairy farms because when they're gone, they're gone for good. |
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10-08-2015, 06:00 PM | #3 | |||
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Calf food.
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10-08-2015, 06:01 PM | #4 | |||
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Milk is far too cheap.
I reckon another 50p on a 4 pint bottle would go some way to helping. I am hoping all milk in our supermarkets is British. |
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10-08-2015, 06:03 PM | #5 | |||
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I don't like seeing the cows taken through the stores,but,I do have empathy for the farmers,I'de pay more for milk.
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10-08-2015, 06:23 PM | #6 | |||
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10-08-2015, 07:22 PM | #7 | ||
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Yeah, I would have no objection to paying more for milk at all.
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10-08-2015, 08:19 PM | #8 | |||
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10-08-2015, 08:35 PM | #9 | ||
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I'd happily pay 4x as much for milk...
Well, I'd happily take 4x as much from work to buy milk and put through as staff expenses and then take a little bottle of it home with me for coffee. It's for the farmers, innit! |
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10-08-2015, 08:39 PM | #10 | ||
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In all seriousness though, I buy the 2 litre containers of milk for Ł1 for home because it seems like the best value for money, and then 1.5 litres of it ends up going out of date and getting poured down the drain... which is quite awful, I suppose. It only gets used for coffee. So really, I could (and probably should) pay the same Ł1 for a small 500ml bottle and not actually notice any difference.
We go through it like water at work but, as I said above, that's not out of my pocket so... |
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10-08-2015, 08:51 PM | #11 | |||
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10-08-2015, 09:24 PM | #12 | |||
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maybe the answer is that the dairy farmers are already getting subsidies from the government to keep the price affordable, but the companies that sell bottled water are not receiving any subsidies from the government? no one needs to buy bottled water, it is a luxury, so of course they can charge whatever they like.... but milk is part of what we consider a food staple, so of course the government wants to make it as affordable as possible for the common man. no one needs bottled water, it comes out of taps all over the country for free. milk is a nutritious commodity that all britons should have access to for an affordable price though. are we really criticizing the government for making milk more affordable for poor people???
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10-08-2015, 09:33 PM | #13 | |||
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10-08-2015, 09:38 PM | #14 | |||
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because bottled water is a luxury and milk is part of the basic british diet. so obviously a luxury should cost more...
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10-08-2015, 09:44 PM | #15 | ||
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any facts and figures?
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10-08-2015, 09:52 PM | #16 | |||
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I support the farmers. I would pay a wee bit extra for it to keep them in business. We go through approximately 4 x 2L bottles per week, costing us 4 x 89p (Ł3.56) per week. It wouldn't kill my budget or anyone else's if the milk cost me an extra quid a week.
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10-08-2015, 10:02 PM | #17 | |||
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They shouldn't have to pay more than they can afford just because you romanticize farms (and trust me if you saw the reality of those dairy farms you would be boycotting them) The cattle on those farms are kept in tiny pathetic cages and milked dry, milk that was designed for baby calfs (by the way, those baby calfs get shipped off to another part of the farm to either be raised for beef, or some other horrible fate)
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10-08-2015, 10:04 PM | #18 | |||
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I do see the reality of them. I'm not romanticising anything. I live in the countryside.
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10-08-2015, 10:06 PM | #19 | |||
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10-08-2015, 10:08 PM | #20 | |||
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Milk is cheap, not sure about the cows going in...
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10-08-2015, 10:09 PM | #21 | |||
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Justice for milk
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10-08-2015, 10:09 PM | #22 | ||
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when i go shopping - i have seen plenty of moody cows.
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10-08-2015, 10:12 PM | #23 | |||
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i'm reading this to the beat and melody of iggy azealia's "fancy".
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10-08-2015, 10:12 PM | #24 | |||
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