What happened to cartons of milk ?
squeekycheeks
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Just wondering, as you do, why isn't milk supplied in cartons anymore ? At one time , it was all cartons, but now its only supplied in the plastic bottles.
And does anyone remember when fabric conditioner was supplied in cartons ?
Oh the times I used to put it in the fridge mistaking it for the milk, oh how we laughed......
And does anyone remember when fabric conditioner was supplied in cartons ?
Oh the times I used to put it in the fridge mistaking it for the milk, oh how we laughed......
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Sees milk carton.
Scratches head.
Whose brand/which shop is that?
I only drink UHT milk, so I see cartons a lot.
Most Supermarkets Own Branded UHT, Lactofree, Alpro…
Waitrose :cool:
They are still popular for flavoured milk though.
Fnarr fnarr. Yakk yakk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-p8YpR7rJc
:D:D
Yes I agree ! Milk cartons were the devils work ...
Lo I will go with that only every used that when we had UHT milk when abroad
Probably cost.
If a dairy plant uses cartons, it'll have to buy in the cartons from a packaging supplier. In addition to the material costs, there's transport costs, the cost of additional handling, storage etc.
If they go down the plastic bottle route, they can blow-mould the bottles on-site, so only need to buy in the bulk raw material (probably in pellet or powder form). The blow-moulding operation will feed directly onto the filling line so the bottles are made to order, and don't have to be stored and handled multiple times. Milk isn't a high value product so every saving is worthwhile.
Some of them came with a perforated bit that you could just rip of and make a nice spout for pouring. It normally meant having to take a knife to it or risk ripping off a finger nail trying to tear along the line
Ah, OK. I presumed we were talking regular fresh milk.
Most of the cartons have a screw top now
None of Waitrose's fresh milk comes in cartons any more:
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/Browse/Groceries/Dairy/Fresh_Milk
The only things that do are the speciality products like Lactofree and Almond milk, and even they are more like the fruit-juice Tetrapaks with plastic spouts than the traditional glued Tetrablocks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk
Oh you!!! :cool::D
Even the cartons of chopped tomatoes still have the perforated fold-out edge and it still never tears easily. I always end up using scissors.
My milk comes in bottles and left on my doorstep as well
Local farm and dairy, better milk than supermarket milk.