Sainsbury's and Waitrose in parts of the south east are beta testing "JUG-IT" milk in plastic bags. It's a marvellous idea but I've found it an efficient milk delivery system to get milk absolutely everywhere in your kitchen, like you have been kung fu fighting a cow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gO_6UGJHmk

It's supposed to work like this:

http://www.jugit.co.uk/jugit_vision.asp

but actually it works like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-p8YpR7rJc

This was my feedback:



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I like the idea but am finding it very impractical (see "austria milk carton" on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-p8YpR7rJc). I am getting milk everywhere...

The jug's spout is NOT at the top corner. I presume it is a cunning milk delivery system (delivering milk all over the kitchen)...



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In a world of badly-behaved children in supermarkets, these bags are an accident waiting to happen. I bought a bag with a slow puncture and was glad I had thought to put it in my fridge's lettuce tray as that was full of milk when I looked at it again...



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The milk is fine, provided there is any left to drink!


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I can't help feeling I am beta testing this idea. The milk bags need to be at least 20% cheaper than the bottles to compensate for the hassle. I am taking a bucket next time I go shopping and will put the bags in that, store the bags in the lettuce tray instead and use a different jug...

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It seems like a great idea but IMHO it is impractical. Anyone else tried it?

[QUOTEIt seems like a great idea but IMHO it is impractical. Anyone else tried it?[/quote]

About a year ago. One day Sainsury's had no other regular milk so had to buy this. It was on offer, can't remember the price though. About a quid for the jug. The jug broke after a couple of days, binned it, didn't try it again.

The jug is now more expensive IIRC.

I remember milk in plastic bags from France in the early 1970s. It is quite counter-intuitive to buy milk in robust plastic bottles that are then simply thrown away. That just cannot be good for anyone. (except for the makers of plastic bottles)

I would buy my milk off the milkman, except he doesn't come past till 9.30am...

In The Netherlands we had those milk bags (and all the gadets to make handling them easier) until the mid-seventies. All replaced by the cartons.

I asked my mum about it and she was glad the bags were phased out. The bags and the gadgets were not very practical.

Latest innovation are plastic screw lids on the cartons.
Some supermarkets, esp. Aldi have started to sell the milk in plastic two liter bottles like in Britain. Very convenient but not so good for the environment.

Encountered milk in plastic bags in Northern Scotland in the 1970's. Pretty messy pouring from a solid plastic pouring jug which you placed the bag into & very messy if the bag burst before opening.

Rather not go back to them thanks.

Can you not recycle the normal plastic milk cartons?
I've seen them in our local sainsburys but thought it looked like an awful idea.

Yep, we got milk in plastic bags at break time in school in the 1980's

FREEZING cold in the winter, warm in the summer, and always made an unholy mess...

I remember them - I didn't realise they were only in N Scotland I just assumed everyone had them lol

if you mean the plastic bottles, many councils take them, but it can't make economic or ecological sense throwing such robust bottles away after only one use.

I believe that (ostensibly recycled) German Lenor bottles were once found on a huge rubbish mountain in Indonesia. I have also heard that mixed recycling (plastics with tins with paper) is sent abroad for sorting.

In one episode of the Clangers, they find a machine for making all sorts of brightly-coloured things out of plastic and it won't stop. The Clangers then start depositing this stuff down a sort of black hole.

Everything is fine for a bit - all this plastic rubbish is being made and immediately thrown away - but eventually the rubbish starts coming back and the Clangers nearly drown in plastic.

And that's from 40 years ago!...

...best solution...get the milkman to do his round before 6.30...

not just in north scotland,in glasgow too,i used them in the 70s.I'm trying to remember the name of the company that made them.

Some years back there was a tryout in my local supermarket with milk on tap.
You bought a very durable 2 liter plastic bottle that you could fill at a tap. One or two liters. Not only was the system ecological friendly, but the milk was day fresh. I liked it
Although the tryout was a success, the scheme was cancelled. Operating costs were too high. We got our money back for the bottles and a small gift as a thanks for participating.
Nowadays some eco-farmers offer milk on tap, but alas there's no one near why I live.

Anyone encounterd such a system?

sounds a good idea.

I imagine the health and safety aspects of people cleaning their own jugs out properly could be an issue.

Even better would be delivery by a "milkman" or maybe a "bovine lactic supplies operative" to be PC?

I reckon it costs me 50p return just in petrol to drive the 5 miles to the supermarket. - if you ask yourself whether we are actually visiting the wholesaler's warehouse nowadays, just look where the interrent trolleys do their shopping...

I think up here it was a company called Claymore Creamery that made ours or possibly Wiseman Dairies - always used to leak all over the place

The best way is glass bottles, but impractical if you are buying milk from the supermarket, maybe if the price of delivered milk was lower, more people would buy it.

The problem now is I notice that the few people who do have milk delivered don't get it until after 9am, that is no good for most people. When I was living with my parents around 25-30 years ago, we had our milk delivered at 5 in the morning.

I also remember having those plastic bags, had to chop the corner off and then place it in the holder, horrid things and the milkman would chuck them on the doorstep and they would split. Went back to bottles for a while untill my brothers left home, then it was a waste of time.


If I used a lot of milk and it was cheaper I would go back to door step delivery, but I use a couple of pints a week if that.


I really hope these new Jug-it things don't become standard, they look horrid.

I just decant mine out of the bag into my very nice cornishware jug- simples I tried putting the bag into the jug thingy but it didn't work for me. Takes up far less room in the recycling bin too

The bottles were of the same material as those baby bottles. So you could sterilise them by boiling.
Also they had a large opening so they could easily be washed inside. Or let the dishwasher do the work for you.

Beta testing?

Thought I'd bump this as they've finally started selling them where I live.

The jug was 99p, the milk is 40p for 2 pints (semi skimmed) in a bag. Can't say fairer than that

I've had no problems so far, the bag is easy to attach to the jug and I've not had any spillages. The bags do look quite flimsy though.

A few weeks ago Sainsbury's were giving away the jugs and I forget what they were charging for the bags of milk. I was tempted to jump on this bandwagon however I don't tend to shop in Sainsburys as there isn't one that close to me - and competitors don't do the bags.

As regards the post above - 40p for 2 pints sounds excellent. I just wonder how long that offer will last.

remind me what the standard price is - 86p?

At 40p for two pints the farmers won't last long...

The jug I paid so much for is now gathering dust in a kitchen cupboard...

I got the jug for nothing. I could see myself breaking it when I got it home,so it is in the cupboard with the other useless items.

Bump

Does everyone still feel negative about the Jug it system. we have just started using it and seems fine so far!

I didn't bother with it. I have not seen the bags again either.

Sainsbury's has them and they still seem a big supporter of the product.

I got a free jug last year but the milk tasted very odd so no repeat for me. It appears that it was not a hit with too many people round here as it is no longer on sale.