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Milk £1 a pint in Grove Park COOP

I couldn't believe this - £1 A PINT!Checking on the COOP website it's priced at 52p a pint.Are we being ripped-off?

Sonia Beddington ● 989d31 Comments

It's marketing.  You can't expect the same price in all shops.

Philippa Bond ● 963d

And what about the damage that almond growing does to the environment?  Plant based ‘milks’ are not the answer. They are also low in calcium and, even when fortified, in vitamins. I read a very good article on this a few days ago but I’m afraid I don’t have the details.

Susan Jennifer Thackray ● 964d

Of course your being ripped off. Every conceivable business is trying it on. Blaming pandemic reasons, war in Ukraine, global oil jitters, global instability & uncertainty about to spill over everywhere etc... Though prices of everything are increasing daily, it still doesn't deter people from spending: shops are always busy, traffic has increased tenfold; not only in Chiswick because of the A4 and cycle lane situation, but the motorways, main roads everywhere are almost gridlocked throughout the day. It's almost a frenzy out there bizarrely and only worse things are being planned to get according to what economists, political analysts and social engineers are saying.

Carl Johns ● 964d

It is unlikely that you will buy only milk in an online shop and you usually have to buy a certain amount of shopping as you will usually find that there is a minimum charge.

Philippa Bond ● 965d

I'll also repost my initial post on fresh milk which has been sold a loss leader in supermarkets to encourage you to buy from them rather than from the doorstep milkman:"Milk has too often been used as a marketing loss leader by supermarkets and the farmers have been forced into a very poor deal. We also need to think more about what we are eating and drinking and how it is produced."And I would add that we really really need to reduce our food waste in this country.www.lovefoodhatewaste.com

Philippa Bond ● 965d

But then where can you actually buy it for 52p? A very quick online search shows 89p for Sainsbury’s, 90p at Waitrose, £1.05 for M&S@Ocado….By the way putting my postcode into the Coop offers gives me £1.05 a pint at the branch in Horn Lane W3 not the Grove Park one.

Norman Redfern ● 965d

Supermarkets sell items at different prices in different stores.The smaller stores tend to be more expensive than the larger ones.

Philippa Bond ● 965d

Don't key in your postcode.Just click on the search icon - It's 52p

Sonia Beddington ● 965d

It’s showing as £1.05 on the Coop website when I checked just now.

Norman Redfern ● 966d

Why did we do a deal with Austrailia? We were told food would be cheaper. NZ lamb is ok as far as I can see. British farmers should match their price. Remember Brexit cheaper food was promised!

Nicholas Beard ● 966d

Pint of milk now £1.05 in Grove Park yet still 52p on the COOP website - Half the price!This is for a 'standard' pint of milk not organic.Response from the COOP belowThanks for getting in touch – Sorry about the price of a pint of milk in your local Coop shop as compared to the price you saw online.I've passed full details of your complaint to our Pricing department for thorough investigation.  Prices can differ considerably between our stores and our website and our Pricing department will make sure this and the reasons for it are made clear on our website.

Sonia Beddington ● 966d

To support animal welfare we should pay the farmers a fair price for their produce, no animal is cheap to rear we should all show that we value animals and farmers. Forget cheap

Jayne Thorburn ● 984d

I like Waitrose's milk. It seems superior. Can that be so?Isn't milk all the same.. or are there slight differences ..depending on source and cattle feed?We had powder in times long gone by.

Jim Lawes ● 984d

We live in society where people can make own decisions about what they eat and drink based on their own values. Not what pressure groups tell us to do. That does not say welfare cant be improved or changed for the better.

Julian Pavey ● 985d

Agree.

Janice Evans ● 985d

There's just as much cruelty in the production of milk as there is in the production of beef.

Juliet Hogg ● 985d

Milk is for calves not us!!!! We can live perfectly well without it.

Juliet Hogg ● 985d

Since there are many types of milk -  and the OP does not say whether the complaint is about organic, gold top, full cream, semi-skimmed, skimmed, glass bottled, UHT etc etc  and that is just cows' milk - it is difficult to comment.  Smaller versions of the big name supermarkets also tend to charge more than the bigger ones.

Philippa Bond ● 988d

Back to the original point.  I think it they are charging more than the company thinks they are then there's a problem.

Maggie Dodge ● 988d

If you fancy a Chinese or an Indian.  How can you buy British ?

Andrew Craig ● 988d

We always try to buy British if it is available, support our farmers is much better than buying NZ lamb, think about the transporting of meat, carbon emissions. We should all support our growers whether it be meat, veg, fruit etc. and the supermarkets should pay them a fair price.

Jayne Thorburn ● 988d

Surely we should be using plant based milk. Farming does huge damage to the environment. New Zealand have placed a tax on sheep, they are the first country to do. We must follow sooner or later.

Nicholas Beard ● 988d

Milk has too often been used as a marketing loss leader by supermarkets and the farmers have been forced into a very poor deal.  We also need to think more about what we are eating and drinking and how it is produced.

Philippa Bond ● 988d

Says the racist.

Stewart Jones ● 988d

Milk is always more expensive by the pint than in say 4pt containers. Convenience store branches are usually much more expensive than larger supermarkets of the same chain.michael adams

Michael Adams ● 988d

and if that doesn't change your mind then have a heart for the poor animals.not yo mumma not yo milk!

Will Griggs ● 989d

I think I am right in saying that farmers actually lose money producing milk. Could be wrong but I seem to remember a friend of mine (Brother is a farmer) telling me this a while back.

Chris Blackwell ● 989d

I think milk should be a lot more expensive, the diary farmers work so hard to look after their herds and we don’t value them 52p a pint is ridiculous, support the farmers and pay them a fair price so go after the co op to ask if by paying £1 does that mean they pay the farmer more per pint if yes great if no tell them too….

Jayne Thorburn ● 989d

24 caratHave contacted customer services for an explanation.

Sonia Beddington ● 989d

Gold top?

Jim Lawes ● 989d

Looks like it. Why didn't you go back and ask for some answers?

Brian Coyle ● 989d