The cows in asda

[littleme]

I can confirm they also tried Lidl, I was there.

We just missed it by minutes, the staff were flustered & all the customers were talking about it when we popped in, but I didn't realise at the time that it had happened there!

I used to have a lovely milkman & I was really sorry when he retired - I wouldn't consider a milkman now as it would be nicked before I could get to it in the morning....

I'm probably in the minority & while I have sympathy for the farmers, I'm on a budget & will always buy it where its cheapest & most convenient....

 

[Glam]

Did these cows have nappies on? Or did they 'hold it in' while they were in there?!

 

[Jonah]

If everyone bought milk from the milkman the farmers wouldn't be in this position. It's easy for each person in this country to do something. Boycotting supermarket milk would be a good start. As supermarkets use cheap milk as a way to lure customers in who never leave with just milk doing this would definitely hit the amount of money in their tills.

When I moved into my house a couple of decades ago, milkmen were a far more common sight than now. We tried the incumbent milkman and yes, he delivered the milk we needed every day perfectly well, but after a week we stopped the deliveries. Why? Because he used to deliver about 9.30-10.00 am which was two hours after we started work so the milk sat uselessly on the doorstep all day. It's a shame really but you can't have cornflakes in the morning without milk.

 

[sweep]

Did these cows have nappies on? Or did they 'hold it in' while they were in there?!

I noticed on the video a couple of women were following the cows around with a a bucket and a roll of paper. Looks like the farmers thought ahead on how to avoid getting nicked for something

 

[Gramaisc]

I noticed on the video a couple of women were following the cows around with a a bucket and a roll of paper. Looks like the farmers thought ahead on how to avoid getting nicked for something

Is it really OK for your cow to defecate in a supermarket, as long as you make some effort at cleaning it up?

I wonder if it might affect Asda's food safety rating, if an inspection had been going on at the time.?

http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/index.php?threads/food-safety-hygiene-ratings.15817/

 

[John Marwood]

Cow pat dell

Was a boxer

From Warley

 

[wmrcomputers]

I'd heard about this but have only just watched it. Personally I wouldn't have a problem with Asda raising the price of milk like other supermarkets have. Yes, we do buy our milk at Asda - but not because it's the cheapest - purely because that is where we shop. We all live on a budget these days, but I'd happily pay 50% more for milk than we do now.
I assumed any loss was taken on the chin by Asda as a way of keeping happy customers for other products. I'm disgusted that they don't pay the farmers their necessary prices. Gobsmacked!

 

[Gramaisc]

We used to have a Milk Marketing Board, until 1993, which paid a guaranteed national minimum price, regardless of what level of supply the market required. This was abolished by a Conservative government, most likely one that most farmers voted for. Dairy Crest is the privatised remnant of the MMB. Whilst privatisation may be lucrative if you can get your mates to give you a monopoly position that you can milk (ha!) for evermore, it sometimes isn't, if you don't organise it right.

Many other industries have disappeared because of similar situations to this.

 

[kyoto49]

When I moved into my house a couple of decades ago, milkmen were a far more common sight than now. We tried the incumbent milkman and yes, he delivered the milk we needed every day perfectly well, but after a week we stopped the deliveries. Why? Because he used to deliver about 9.30-10.00 am which was two hours after we started work so the milk sat uselessly on the doorstep all day. It's a shame really but you can't have cornflakes in the morning without milk.

We used to have this problem, the milkman coming too late and I agree it is really frustrating. The whole point of having the milkman was too ensure we had milk for breakfast. I changed milkman and this one i have now is ACE. Pretty sure he delivers at 1 or 2 in the morning, but I never hear him and infact have never even met him. He delivers, he leaves the bill, and I send a cheque! EASY

 

[Jonah]

@kyoto49 Cheque???? What is this thing you call a 'cheque'?

 

[Lucy]

The guy I've spoken to (Four Village Dairy) will take payment by internet banking. He'll be with me at 4, I'm sure he'd be in Stafford before that.

 

[kyoto49]

The guy I've spoken to (Four Village Dairy) will take payment by internet banking. He'll be with me at 4, I'm sure he'd be in Stafford before that.

I think that might be my man, my cheque goes to FVD. He's been brilliant!! Hope he gets loads more business on the back of cows going in to Asda

 

[kyoto49]

@kyoto49 Cheque???? What is this thing you call a 'cheque'?

It's an old but strangely efficient way of paying for goods and services

 

[Apricot]

We used to have this problem, the milkman coming too late and I agree it is really frustrating. The whole point of having the milkman was too ensure we had milk for breakfast. I changed milkman and this one i have now is ACE. Pretty sure he delivers at 1 or 2 in the morning, but I never hear him and infact have never even met him. He delivers, he leaves the bill, and I send a cheque! EASY

We had a milkman when we lived in Hednesford, but he used to deliver in the early afternoon, and if it was a hot day and you were out at work, the milk would be going off by the time you got home. So we stopped using him, also I didn't know that the farmers would get a better deal from the milkman's company than they would from the supermarket.

 

[DW40]

When I moved into my house a couple of decades ago, milkmen were a far more common sight than now. We tried the incumbent milkman and yes, he delivered the milk we needed every day perfectly well, but after a week we stopped the deliveries. Why? Because he used to deliver about 9.30-10.00 am which was two hours after we started work so the milk sat uselessly on the doorstep all day. It's a shame really but you can't have cornflakes in the morning without milk.

If you still want to support your local milkman try ADW milk he delivers to most customers before 7am and its Wells Farm milk from Bradley

 

[kyoto49]

We had a milkman when we lived in Hednesford, but he used to deliver in the early afternoon, and if it was a hot day and you were out at work, the milk would be going off by the time you got home. So we stopped using him, also I didn't know that the farmers would get a better deal from the milkman's company than they would from the supermarket.

I had this problem with my previous milkman, but not the one I've had for the last few years who delivers at around 1 or 2 am. PM for contact details if required

 

[Andreas Rex]

i wonder if the public will feel less sympathetic given that some of them protested about being low paid while wearing £50 joules tops

What an absolutely ridiculous comment. Wearing a £50 top has nothing to do with whether they're being paid what they should be for what they produce.

 

[John Marwood]

Mark Littlewood is the Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs. He says farmers are not a special case. I agree.

However, we are different to the French or Spanish in that we rarely care where our food comes from so long term will eat more shit and drink more piss than the average European

 

[ChrisLewis]

Your chicken was probably factory produced in Slovakia.
Much of the milk used in coffee shops comes from a mystery state outside the UK
Hotdogs may soon be the only foodstuff genuinely labelled
Enjoy!

All milk used in LP properties coffee and I can also say with confidence our neighbour the Soup Kitchen comes from Staffordshire

 

[markmh]

What an absolutely ridiculous comment. Wearing a £50 top has nothing to do with whether they're being paid what they should be for what they produce.

If they are claiming hardship and that they do not have enough money from their business to continue trading but are buying high end brands and then seeking public support and asking us to pay them more then I dont think its ridiculous a ridiculous comment.

What I do think could be considered ridiculous is producing a product for more than you can sell it for or producing more of a product than there is demand for.
I agree with Mark Littlewood DG at the Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs he made some good points on radio 4 earlier. If any other business was in a situation where they could not produce a product for a competitive price they would need to either close, diversify or improve efficiency. Furthermore if they faced a decline in demand they would reduce production. What makes dairy farmers a special case........maybe we should have paid the coal miners/steam locamotive manufacturers/cart makers/canal builders more as well.