Spar Milk

[thesilentone]

Recently my wife has bought full fat milk from our local Spar for convienience. She normally buys Muller Milk from Aldi/Asda ??

On the last two occasions the Spar Milk has gone off long before the use before date, the last one three days before.

This is a terrible advert for Spar, British Dairy Farming and the Red Tractor QA Mark.

The milk was stored in the fridge as we have always stored milk.

Who supply's Milk to Spar?

 

[Netherfield]

Look at the code on the container and then google it.

 

[Wurzeetoo]

May be worth mentioning this to the shop. I know we’ve got log books at stores the delivery driver has to give temperature of the lorry before unloading else the delivery isn’t excepted. The delivery then has to be put away within 20 minutes. And hourly temperature checks done on both display and walk in chillers if a chiller is running too warm all stock has to be binned. Perhaps one or more of these stages has failed causing it to go off early?

 

[tepapa]

I'd say it hasn't always been stored in the fridge. I doubt the spar has much refrigeration in the storeroom out back so it's been sat at room temp before it went in the chiller. I've had the same from a convenience co-op store. It'll be worse in this nice hot weather we've been having.

 

[thesilentone]

Look at the code on the container and then google it.

Thanks, I have found it comes from Paynes Dairy Ltd of Boroughbridge. I will write to them to let them know.

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[nonemouse]

Thanks, I have found it comes from Paynes Dairy Ltd of Boroughbridge. I will write to them to let them know.

A lot of Charlie Payne’s suppliers, certainly in the past, have sold to him due to his relaxed attitude on bacto and SCC issues

 

[deleted user 837354]

This is a storage issue I suspect rather than the quality of the milk itself.

 

[thesilentone]

This is a storage issue I suspect rather than the quality of the milk itself.

That's what I would have thought, however milk usually fly's off the shelf, and needs replenshied daily (or maybe more often). This coincindece is concerning, as it has happened twice.

 

[Bramble]

A lot of Charlie Payne’s suppliers, certainly in the past, have sold to him due to his relaxed attitude on bacto and SCC issues

Doesn't pasteurisation kill the bugs?

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

If the store has a big chilled order then the milk can be left in the storeroom for a period of time before being put in a chiller or on the shelf. Compressors could be struggling in the warm weather / customers keep leaving the display fridge doors open.

Although having seen the dairy the milk came from......

 

[Kidds]

Just tipped a few pints of Spar milk away as it was off, usually have Cravendale but wasn't available at the time.
Date was today to be fair.

 

[Happy hillbily]

Local shop where i used to live would get milk delivery anywhere between midnight and 3 am, dropped off outside the front door.
Not a problem in winter, but endless problems in summer. The girls in the shop couldn't understand why it going off

 

[AGN76]

Yep we had off Spar milk the other day

 

[upnortheast]

99% of milk keeping issues are storage temperature related in our experience.
We get occasional complaints.
Your milk is going off before it`s date
If at all possible we go to the customer with our calibrated thermometer
Usually find fridge is over 8 degrees. Record is 13 degrees
Comments like, " but I put it back in the fridge every night "
& " the fridge is working fine, the light comes on when I open the door "

Our cold store runs at 2 degrees & an unopened bottle is fine at 17 days

 

[upnortheast]

Doesn't pasteurisation kill the bugs?

It doesn`t kill every bug. Sterilising does that but also kills some of the "goodies" in the milk as well
Pasterurised milk is fine if stored under 5 degrees C. Once the temp gets over 8 then the spoiling bugs muliply quickly

 

[thesilentone]

99% of milk keeping issues are storage temperature related in our experience.
We get occasional complaints.
Your milk is going off before it`s date
If at all possible we go to the customer with our calibrated thermometer
Usually find fridge is over 8 degrees. Record is 13 degrees
Comments like, " but I put it back in the fridge every night "
& " the fridge is working fine, the light comes on when I open the door "

Our cold store runs at 2 degrees & an unopened bottle is fine at 17 days

2 degrees is very low compared to home fridges that are opened and closed all day, they are normally nearer 5-6 degrees.

This issue is not the milk going off so quick, it's the imiage it portrays, we will no longer buy milk at Spar, I wonder how many more are doing the same ?

It maybe a supply issue, it maybe a local issue, which ever it is, it needs sorted out.

 

[Blue.]

Thanks, I have found it comes from Paynes Dairy Ltd of Boroughbridge. I will write to them to let them know.

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Cowboy Charlie will just bin it!

He’s the sh1t end of the market,labels stuck on p1ssed wagons not taxed etc..

The sooner he’s gone the better.

 

[thesilentone]

Looking at the above comments it appears I am far from alone as I thought. This is very concerning, as we must assume that not every Spar is storing badly. Maybe there is more to this, hopefully it will get sorted, as this portrays everyone in the supply chain badly.

 

[John1975]

Cowboy Charlie will just bin it!

He’s the sh1t end of the market,labels stuck on p1ssed wagons not taxed etc..

The sooner he’s gone the better.

 

[vantage]

Are you even sure it's been pasteurised to the correct temperature? Mr Payne doesn't have a very good reputation so anythings possible.