Milk Supplier

[Gadget]

A friend of mine with a farm shop has found a source of milk that is much cheaper to him than his current supplier. The two names he can get are; Garden of Eden and Goodness of Eden and although they imply it is British milk he is concerned if it actually is.
All help appreciated!
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[Gadget]

I googled both and found Little Garden of Eden which came back from companies house as a dormant company which did milk and milk products. The only reference to Goodness of Eden are links to two articles in The Grocer which I will have to subscribe to to read. They are from 2010 and 2011 and refer to JN Dairies.
I have spoken to my friend who doesn't know the dairy, as he buys through a third party, but they have told him that it is Assured British milk.

 

[upnortheast]

If he has a farm shop he should be selling quality local milk not cheap shite

Every milk bottle will have code on it for the plant it was bottled in. Can be found on the FSA web site

 

[Gadget]

If he has a farm shop he should be selling quality local milk not cheap shite

We both agree but the locally bottled milk does not seem to keep long enough and the Hotels he supplies don't like that. We are very urban here and there is only so far his customers will go to support him with ASDA and Sainsburys only a short distance away.
He is trying to buy British so will that be "cheap shite"?

 

[Cowabunga]

We both agree but the locally bottled milk does not seem to keep long enough and the Hotels he supplies don't like that. We are very urban here and there is only so far his customers will go to support him with ASDA and Sainsburys only a short distance away.
He is trying to buy British so will that be "cheap shite"?

It will certainly be too cheap and might well be shite. But the stuff he sourced before was shite too if it didn't keep. But does he keep the milk refrigerated and rotated in his store? Does it stand out in the sun for hours before he gets round to moving it to his fridge?

I'd be looking through the chain for answers and especially to his local dairy,

 

[jim bob]

It will certainly be too cheap and might well be shite. But the stuff he sourced before was shite too if it didn't keep. But does he keep the milk refrigerated and rotated in his store? Does it stand out in the sun for hours before he gets round to moving it to his fridge?

I'd be looking through the chain for answers and especially to his local dairy,

I know of one shop that used to turn its fridges off at night and turn them back on in the morning. And if the customers complained about stuff going off, he blamed the supplier. He is no longer in business thank f for that.

 

[upnortheast]

What a pity his local milk does not keep. As suggested above 99% of keeping problems are temperature related. It should be below 4 degrees right through the chain. Our milk lasts 17 days if kept cold.
Sounds a difficult area to sell milk in.If customers are used to cheap you need to be doing something different to have any chance, No point selling the same as they can get in the supermarket
We find the big boys homoganised milk tastes crap compared to our own which is pasterised but not homoganised.
Just a thought -Is there a local dairy that would bottle milk and put your mates own label on
Chap on here was putting his own bottling plant in last I heard, think he is in Warwickshire ?

 

[frederick]

Local village shop to us think they're supporting local milkman.

What they fail to understand is milk comes from south wales. Goes to Southampton then heads half way back again. Mondays fresh milk delivery was actually delivered to milkman on friday.
Lo and behold percieved local fresh milk then doesnt appear to keep well.

They would be supporting industry far better if they took it from wiseman van that drives past the door and would be cheaper.

 

[Cowabunga]

Local village shop to us think they're supporting local milkman.

What they fail to understand is milk comes from south wales. Goes to Southampton then heads half way back again. Mondays fresh milk delivery was actually delivered to milkman on friday.
Lo and behold percieved local fresh milk then doesnt appear to keep well.

They would be supporting industry far better if they took it from wiseman van that drives past the door and would be cheaper.

You do know that milk keeps best if pasteurised on the third or fourth day. Assuming its kept cold of course.

 

[arf]

@Gadget , Sutton Coldfield ? I would think Cotteswold would supply up there .

 

[pappuller]

@Gadget creamline dairies in Manchester are a family owned dairy that source a vast majority of their milk from 25 Cheshire dairy farmers might be a little far out but pm me if you want any more details. andrew

 

[cattow]

Wells farm dairy at Stafford would be about 30/40 min a way or there's that place at Droitwich that does the odd bottle.