It has to do in part with the value of our $ today, the rising cost of feed for the dairy farmers, and the rising cost of fuel to get the milk delivered to the supermarkets. Or could there be a shortage of Milk Cows??? Just Joking!!!:laugh:

I haven't seen that. But it has been at around $3.19-$3.29 a gallon for some time, so I guess we've been paying on the high end according to that story.

 

Spoke too soon ... was at the store today and most milk gallons were $3.49-$3.59 per.

I thought it was because China outlawed breast feeding. It's a simple case of supply and demand...

Actually the increase in milk prices is due to the fact that dairy cattle all over the world have unionized thereby artificially creating an increase in the price of milk without the threat of competition that would result in lower overall prices. What is the name of this union you ask? Milk-producers United, or just MU for short.

Actually the increase in milk prices is due to the fact that dairy cattle all over the world have unionized thereby artificially creating an increase in the price of milk without the threat of competition that would result in lower overall prices. What is the name of this union you ask? Milk-producers United, or just MU for short.

You mean they've formed a milk cow-tel?

Luckily "You can milk anything with nipples"...

Oh my........ :lol:

Glad I don't drink milk.

You mean they've formed a milk cow-tel?

 

:ylsuper: You butter believe it.

Hey Jim Schue,

 

Last night I went outside to my huge V8 SUV and cranked the car one hour before I got in to it to cool it down. I then took my huge SUV three quarters of a mile (driving it as hard as could of course to be sure to burn a full gallon) and went to Wal-Mart and bought me one gallon of milk, that is it. Got back in my huge SUV (that I left turned on to keep cool) and floored it over to the gas station and filled up with 93 octane (all while leaving my vehicle going). Cost me about $100. Then wasted about a gallon getting home. Then when I got home, I tried doing the milk challenge (you know, the one where you drink a gallon of milk in less than 15 miinutes to see what effect it would have on me).

 

I will be going tonight to buy some more milk and complete another challenge if anyone wants to come along... am I doing my part looking out for the rest of America ????

 

:p

 

:laugh: Pick me up a gallon while you are there.

I would assume that the cost of fuel to get the product to market has something to do with it.

This is going to have an effect on much more than milk. Anything bought from WalMart, Target, Kroger, etc...has to be transported there by trucks....which use petroleum....which is $3.19 right now, and going up according to some. The transport industry is not going to absorb the loss, they'll pass it on to the WalMart's, who in turn will pass it on to the consumer.

This is going to have an effect on much more than milk. Anything bought from WalMart, Target, Kroger, etc...has to be transported there by trucks....which use petroleum....which is $3.19 right now, and going up according to some. The transport industry is not going to assorb the loss, they'll pass it on to the WalMart's, who in turn will pass it on to the consumer.

 

Not according to the NPR story I posted in the gas prices thread in P&R. They said our "good friends" at the refineries have ramped up production in the past week, resulting in an average drop in pump prices of a nickel across the country.

They say that the increased milk prices are the result of the near doubling of grain costs. The grain has become more expensive, ironically, because more grain is being funneled into ethanol production.

Not according to the NPR story I posted in the gas prices thread in P&R. They said our "good friends" at the refineries have ramped up production in the past week, resulting in an average drop in pump prices of a nickel across the country.

That's nice. So the refineries can "revamp', or control, the production and prices when they so desire. Bless their hearts. Who would have thunk it.:creepy:

The suggestion about not buying anything at the gas station except gas is a good one.

 

Another suggestion is to not buy anything at the specialty areas of the Kroger when you are there, either. Do not buy items at the Deli, Bakery, Seafood, or Specialty Food sections. Stick to straight goods. Regular items at Kroger and other similar supermarkets are marked up sometimes 80%-100% to cover the cost of superfluous luxury found elsewhere in the store. Every time you pick up port wine cheese ball and specialty crackers over in the deli section of Kroger, you are subsidizing the extra .30 markup on the bag of potatoes in the grocer aisle. Knock it off for crying out loud and re-learn to cook good food by your own self.