On 10/25/2018 9:43 PM, Carlos Eduardo Vieira wrote:

>
> For emergencies for the milk for ice cream and coffee, I have resorted to
> canned milk (both types) but they change the flavor too much (they're not
> really milk at all, it seems).
>
> Then someone suggested "powdered milk", which I went to the grocery store
> to buy, only to my horror to find that it's far more expensive than fresh
> milk! (About $18 for 20 quarts worth of the powder.)
>
> Normally the "crap" solution is the cheapest, where I was in for a shock
> that the price for that crap powdered milk solution is more than twice the
> price for the fresh milk solution.
>
> Why?
>
> Do you find the same price disparity where you live?
> Is there any other "emergency milk" solution out there?
>

Whole milk is processed quickly and bottled in volume at large plant.
Powdered and canned do not have the same volume and require more
processing time, energy to dry and heat.

You can freeze milk but it will affect the texture.

We use very little milk. usually buy a quart for $1.19 at the
supermarket. Monday I happened to be in WalMart so I figured I'd get it
there. The do not carry quarts, but a half gallon there was only 80 cents.

On 10/25/2018 09:05 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> We use very little milk. usually buy a quart for $1.19 at the
> supermarket. Monday I happened to be in WalMart so I figured I'd get it
> there. The do not carry quarts, but a half gallon there was only 80 cents.

I didn't know the Chinese were into milking cows...

https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dybretail.pdf

Advertised Prices for Dairy Products at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets
ending during the period of 10/19/2018 to 10/25/2018

The national weighted average advertised price for conventional milk
half gallons is $2.37

Is Walmart's milk like their meat -- 20% water added to enhance the
flavor? I recall a First Communion primer illustrated adultery as a man
in a mask pouring water into a milk can. I guess for that age group it
was better than discussing the sex habits of presidents.

"rbowman" > wrote in message
...
> On 10/25/2018 09:05 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> We use very little milk. usually buy a quart for $1.19 at the
>> supermarket. Monday I happened to be in WalMart so I figured I'd get it
>> there. The do not carry quarts, but a half gallon there was only 80
>> cents.
>
> I didn't know the Chinese were into milking cows...
>
> https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dybretail.pdf
>
> Advertised Prices for Dairy Products at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets
> ending during the period of 10/19/2018 to 10/25/2018
>
> The national weighted average advertised price for conventional milk half
> gallons is $2.37
>
> Is Walmart's milk like their meat -- 20% water added to enhance the
> flavor? I recall a First Communion primer illustrated adultery as a man
> in a mask pouring water into a milk can. I guess for that age group it was
> better than discussing the sex habits of presidents.

Not all Walmart meat is that way. They have been selling grass fed beef,
organic and non-organic for some time now.

On 10/28/2018 05:30 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "rbowman" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 10/25/2018 09:05 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> We use very little milk. usually buy a quart for $1.19 at the
>>> supermarket. Monday I happened to be in WalMart so I figured I'd get it
>>> there. The do not carry quarts, but a half gallon there was only 80
>>> cents.
>>
>> I didn't know the Chinese were into milking cows...
>>
>> https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/dybretail.pdf
>>
>> Advertised Prices for Dairy Products at Major Retail Supermarket
>> Outlets ending during the period of 10/19/2018 to 10/25/2018
>>
>> The national weighted average advertised price for conventional milk
>> half gallons is $2.37
>>
>> Is Walmart's milk like their meat -- 20% water added to enhance the
>> flavor? I recall a First Communion primer illustrated adultery as a
>> man in a mask pouring water into a milk can. I guess for that age
>> group it was better than discussing the sex habits of presidents.
>
> Not all Walmart meat is that way. They have been selling grass fed beef,
> organic and non-organic for some time now.

Okay. I haven't been in a Walmart this year iirc. It's my store of last
resort if I can't find an item locally. Even then it's usually a brief
stop on the way to Amazon. The few times I wandered to the grocery
section I wasn't impressed.