Spar Milk

thesilentone

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Cumbria
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?
 

Wurzeetoo

Member
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

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Livestock Farmer
Location
North Wales
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

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Cumbria
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.



Line 2439
 

Dr. Alkathene

Member
Livestock Farmer
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...... :whistle:
 
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 :X3:
 

upnortheast

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Northumberland
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
 

thesilentone

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Cumbria
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.

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



Line 2439

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

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Cumbria
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.
 

vantage

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

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