Who is the safest milk buyer in the current pandemic environment?

[jackrussell101]

As above, not the highest paying, but the safest ie. financially and operationally.

Obviously Arla would be well up there but would it be fair to say that Muller are equally safe too, albeit they are not as higher paying? I would have thought Saputo and Lactalis would be very safe too? Haven't Arla got robots in their factory at Aylesbury? They won't get sick...

 

[Farmertom1988]

I'm lead to believe Muller's factory at Telford that they purchased off Nom has robots as well

 

[JP1]

The public?

 

[howit]

They are all bandits and won't hesitate to fleece there main commodity suppliers

 

[Richy12]

They are all bandits and won't hesitate to fleece there main commodity suppliers

They would all shake your hand and pick your pocket at the same time.

 

[Beef farmer]

They would all shake your hand and pick your pocket at the same time.

No shaking hands, might catch something

 

[vantage]

They are all bandits and won't hesitate to fleece there main commodity suppliers

Really? Can’t say I’ve noticed a cooperative acting like that.

 

[Samherd]

Who pays the highest.... Go with them... Make some money whilst you can... Milk in high demand at the moment.... Long may it continue

 

[Sid]

Who pays the highest.... Go with them... Make some money whilst you can... Milk in high demand at the moment.... Long may it continue

2 large milk buyers both posted losses last year. Take that off their headline price (circ 3ppl) , make an allowance for currency( monies not from the market) and they are no better off than many.

We all need to be aware of those facts!

 

[pappuller]

Who pays the highest.... Go with them... Make some money whilst you can... Milk in high demand at the moment.... Long may it continue

milk was in high demand would be a better turn of phrase I think, the jobs changed very quickly, panic buying has reduced so leading to a surplus of available product,time will tell if that balances in the next few weeks/months

 

[Bongodog]

Large Tesco nearly out of milk yesterday afternoon, village convenience store on about 10% supply this morning, seems to show that supply has yet to catch up with demand. All the coffee shops etc I've ever been in had their milk in 2 or 4 litre plastic bottles, so its not like meat/eggs etc where there's a need to change the packaging to switch from catering to retail supply.

 

[Samherd]

Plus... When these places open again.... The demand will be really high... I don't think we have seen a peak like that... Or what's coming for a while for sure

 

[Cuckoo's nest]

Robert Graham ( The Family Dairy) want producers to dump 4/5 days milk or pay half the cost of getting rid of it and that would be the same as a 7p cut

 

[Samherd]

Robert Graham ( The Family Dairy) want producers to dump 4/5 days milk or pay half the cost of getting rid of it and that would be the same as a 7p cut

Maybe sell directly to the public? Raw milk if need be?

 

[Samherd]

If you have a way of bottling milk.... Raw.... Then put it out on your social media if you can do this?
If you can't bottle it.... Ask people to bring there empty clean milk cartons down... And just fill and charge them.... Just depends on the set up at the moment.

 

[Tarw Coch]

If you have a way of bottling milk.... Raw.... Then put it out on your social media if you can do this?
If you can't bottle it.... Ask people to bring there empty clean milk cartons down... And just fill and charge them.... Just depends on the set up at the moment.

Could cause a lot of headaches, is there spare labour available to this at a time when social distancing isn’t making doing things any easier.
What are the implications regarding environmental health regs selling raw milk.
Is there anything in the small print of your milk contract saying you can’t do this, I’m sure some state that you have to sell them all your saleable milk, I recall Muller clamped down hard on one farm that put a milk vending machine in when the milk price crashed a few years back and they had to get rid of it.

It’s a nice idea that could be fraught with difficulty at this difficult time.

 

[Happy hillbily]

If you have a way of bottling milk.... Raw.... Then put it out on your social media if you can do this?
If you can't bottle it.... Ask people to bring there empty clean milk cartons down... And just fill and charge them.... Just depends on the set up at the moment.

Friends of mine offered FREE unpasteurised milk to anyone from the NHS that couldn't get milk from the shops.
FSA phoned the next day and told them to remove their offer of unpasteurised milk or face the consequences of breaking the rules.

 

[Samherd]

Yeah in didn't think of that idea.... Yeah best read the small print first ??

 

[ILovebaling]

2 stories on my Facebook today, 1 said they were selling milk for 1ppl and 6ppl and now dumping it down the drain as they weren't getting paid for any of Februarys milk. And another was also dumping it down the drain. Any truth in these?

 

[Sid]

2 stories on my Facebook today, 1 said they were selling milk for 1ppl and 6ppl and now dumping it down the drain as they weren't getting paid for any of Februarys milk. And another was also dumping it down the drain. Any truth in these?

Yes, freshways and Pensworth.

Freshways have now got a contract to supply Morrisons.