milk vending machine

[Courier]

Aye, they all want to save the planet, unless it means washing glass bottles, or walking to school with the kids, or foregoing a trip on a plane. .

“Washing empty glass bottles” ! ! ! I’ve had to collect them from regular doorstep customers with half an inch of putrid milk in the bottom dripping with dog sh*t from an unlit back doorstep - There’s a lot to be said for plastic so long as it gets recycled.

 

[Jdunn55]

“Washing empty glass bottles” ! ! ! I’ve had to collect them from regular doorstep customers with half an inch of putrid milk in the bottom dripping with dog sh*t from an unlit back doorstep - There’s a lot to be said for plastic so long as it gets recycled.

The ironic part is that I bet they all have dishwashers!!

 

[Courier]

The ironic part is that I bet they all have dishwashers!!

I doubt many of our doorstep customers in those days had dishwashers - we trialled milk in pouches and gave the customers jugs to put the pouches in and snip off the top pouch corners to pour - these jugs had a permanent drainage hole - some folk simply tipped the milk direct into the jug and then complained when it leaked, so that meant that they were tipping milk into a receptacle straight of their doorstep without considering its state of cleanliness - You really couldn’t make it up ….

 

[upnortheast]

I doubt many of our doorstep customers in those days had dishwashers - we trialled milk in pouches and gave the customers jugs to put the pouches in and snip off the top pouch corners to pour - these jugs had a permanent drainage hole - some folk simply tipped the milk direct into the jug and then complained when it leaked, so that meant that they were tipping milk into a receptacle straight of their doorstep without considering its state of cleanliness - You really couldn’t make it up ….

What`s the old saying - no one made a fortune over estimating the intelligence of the punters

 

[Whitewalker]

What`s the old saying - no one made a fortune over estimating the intelligence of the punters

Our FSA inspector said do not assume everyone has common sense , it's actually very rare

 

[jimred]

The ironic part is that I bet they all have dishwashers!!

Don't think you understand the extent of it. Not past some children to put faeces in then laugh watching you pick them up.

 

[Tim G]

Yesterday I overheard one customer explaining to two others how to clean the bottles to reuse them. These were all ladies of a certain age who I'd have thought were taught such things at school. One decided to try a glass bottle, the other thought it sounded too much trouble. The majority of people want everything at as close to zero effort as possible.
Another thing we noticed is people are trying to save a few pence. When we started selling milk we charged £1.20 for a litre bottle and £2.40 for 2 litres. People would come for 10 litres but take it all in 1 litre bottles, the bottles cost us about 2p less than the 2litre ones, and used a lid and label at the same price. We soon adjusted the price of the 1 litres and cut that game out overnight. We kept the small premium on 1 litre bottles when we started offering glass, but we've noticed a few people will come and fill two glass bottles and charge themselves the lower price for a 2 litre bottle. Sophie stopped a guy in there last week doing it and he was back yesterday taking 2 litres in a poly bottle. I'm sure he will go home and pour it into his two glass bottles.

 

[Courier]

In the ‘80’s and early ‘90’s we needed to replace a set of bottles about once a month so we were getting around 30 trips out of them ( I did know of a guy who had longstanding concientious customers where he only needed 1 set per year ‘cos he got over 300 trips from them) By the late 90’s when supermarket mentality took over we were lucky to get 3 trips out of a bottle. That then took all the profit out of the job hence the popularity of single trip plastic henceforward.

 

[upnortheast]

In the ‘80’s and early ‘90’s we needed to replace a set of bottles about once a month so we were getting around 30 trips out of them ( I did know of a guy who had longstanding concientious customers where he only needed 1 set per year ‘cos he got over 300 trips from them) By the late 90’s when supermarket mentality took over we were lucky to get 3 trips out of a bottle. That then took all the profit out of the job hence the popularity of single trip plastic henceforward.

Common story in the trade

 

[jimmyl]

Does anyone know of anyone with used 400L Daisy Vending Machines & Tanks etc that they want to sell? If so, i am in the market..!

 

[Tim G]

Does anyone know of anyone with used 400L Daisy Vending Machines & Tanks etc that they want to sell? If so, i am in the market..!

If you're not already, I'd suggest getting on the UK milk venders Facebook page. There was someone selling a 400l daisy vender on there a few weeks back.

 

[newholland]

@jimmyl have you got a town location in mind or are you more of a farm drive location idea?

 

[mike9199]

Great suggestion with the fresh milk vending machines, but that's not your only option. Another avenue to explore is vending coffee machines that exclusively use fresh milk https://connectvending.co.uk/coffee-machines/fresh-milk-coffee-machines/. This allows you to utilize your own produce and maximize its potential while generating some additional income.

 

[Whitewalker]

Great suggestion with the fresh milk vending machines, but that's not your only option. Another avenue to explore is vending coffee machines that exclusively use fresh milk https://connectvending.co.uk/coffee-machines/fresh-milk-coffee-machines/. This allows you to utilize your own produce and maximize its potential while generating some additional income.

Sorry buddy that ship sailed at the start of the last decade