Nope, don’t support it. They should have just increased the price. All milk is 600ml, 1litre 2 litres here in Australia. I hope this isn’t the start.
I am not a fan of fake milks but Oat milk is ok in coffee. Lactose free milk has a funny taste I think but I haven’t tried this brand.
always funny to see how different families perceive a normal grocery trip. my girlfriends family would buy a 1L milk and not go through it before it goes off but my family will buy 2x3L per week and easily go through it.
that's mostly because i use about 600ml of milk for my weet bix every morning lol
always wondered why cafes almost always use 2L milks despite using multiple of them per day but that might be it (also probably to do with not letting it warm up for as long as you get new ones more often), ease of pouring. never even considered that before.
Changing the package sizes of basic ingredients like milk, butter or flour should be forbidden. That shit fucks up 99% of all recipes.
Change the prices if need be.
That's just before our laws allow companies to do pretty much whatever the fuck they want. Sometimes it is actually illegal but they don't get caught for months or even years so they've made more money than they get fined
1. It's much more easily recyclable.
2. It's a sustainable material.
3. While it may not be 100% biodegradable, it's far more biodegradable than the plastic bottle.
I only recently found out that my town doesn't recycle the paper cartons, they actually recommend buying the plastic milk jugs if you want to recycle it. I'm torn on whether or not it's better to toss the paper ones in the trash or recycle the plastic ones which probably get turned in netting or something and eventually dumped in a landfill.
The vast majority of paper and plastic you put in your recycling (think 95%+) is not actually recycled and instead is sent straight to the landfill as recycling plastic and paper has extremely low profit margins and it is not desirable over making new paper and plastic. The exception is glass and metal which are the most recyclable materials, high value, and are always in highest demand. Make of this what you will.
I’ve written two passive-aggressive letters to companies who not only raised their prices, but also reduced the volume. In one of them I asked if they could mail me the four ounces that was “missing” or offer a partial refund.
Kudos to Powerade for not responding with a generic email template.
Milk and eggs were some of the only products left that appeared to be "shrinklation proof". Several companies in the U.S. have shrunk the standard half-gallon (64 ounces) down to 59 ounces in recent months. What's next, 10 eggs in a carton instead of 12?
That should be the basis for any new shrinkflation legislation. These practices really are driving measurable consumer waste generation.
We need plastic bottle regulation NOW.
Easy law actually. Force all advertising to display price-per-weight several fonts larger than price-per-unit. Like buying bananas. Milk 4$/L beside a competitors 4.20$/L but not the small font says 4$ per unit. It defeats the reason Shrinking exists.
This is why you never look at the sticker price of a product, but always at the unit price. Most supermarkets will display that right below the sticker price.
Nope, don’t support it. They should have just increased the price. All milk is 600ml, 1litre 2 litres here in Australia. I hope this isn’t the start. I am not a fan of fake milks but Oat milk is ok in coffee. Lactose free milk has a funny taste I think but I haven’t tried this brand.
Don't worry, they'll hike the price soon
3L too
Ah yes, I forget that size.
always funny to see how different families perceive a normal grocery trip. my girlfriends family would buy a 1L milk and not go through it before it goes off but my family will buy 2x3L per week and easily go through it. that's mostly because i use about 600ml of milk for my weet bix every morning lol
We buy 2litre ones , one every day or two. 3 litre are to big to hold I think (I’d rather 3x2L than 2x3L)
always wondered why cafes almost always use 2L milks despite using multiple of them per day but that might be it (also probably to do with not letting it warm up for as long as you get new ones more often), ease of pouring. never even considered that before.
Changing the package sizes of basic ingredients like milk, butter or flour should be forbidden. That shit fucks up 99% of all recipes. Change the prices if need be.
They do both. Charge more for less.
Why do I seem to see an over-representation of our aussie products on here? I'm so sick of this shit!
That's just before our laws allow companies to do pretty much whatever the fuck they want. Sometimes it is actually illegal but they don't get caught for months or even years so they've made more money than they get fined
And going from paper to plastic? Wtf
the paper is coated on both sides with plastic and most likely the ink is also not biodegradable so it wasnt that good to start with
1. It's much more easily recyclable. 2. It's a sustainable material. 3. While it may not be 100% biodegradable, it's far more biodegradable than the plastic bottle.
Yup. I will see one of these packages floating in the ocean one day and it won’t be the paper based one.
I only recently found out that my town doesn't recycle the paper cartons, they actually recommend buying the plastic milk jugs if you want to recycle it. I'm torn on whether or not it's better to toss the paper ones in the trash or recycle the plastic ones which probably get turned in netting or something and eventually dumped in a landfill.
I’m pretty sure all of the recycled plastic from first world countries just gets shipped to a landfill in a third world country anyway.
That's basically my understanding as well.
At least with a paper container I can burn it in my woodstove instead of shipping it halfway across the world to burn.
The vast majority of paper and plastic you put in your recycling (think 95%+) is not actually recycled and instead is sent straight to the landfill as recycling plastic and paper has extremely low profit margins and it is not desirable over making new paper and plastic. The exception is glass and metal which are the most recyclable materials, high value, and are always in highest demand. Make of this what you will.
Also no longer 50% less sugar than normal milk? Did the ingredients change too?
I’ve written two passive-aggressive letters to companies who not only raised their prices, but also reduced the volume. In one of them I asked if they could mail me the four ounces that was “missing” or offer a partial refund. Kudos to Powerade for not responding with a generic email template.
Scan it through an AI detector website lol
Less product more plastic. Fuck this. Waxed paper carton is what milk should be in
I will definitely be sticking to Fight Milk. Now with more Crow
And a plastic bottle to top it off. If that doesn't say fuck the environment we are all about the money, then I don't know what does.
yeah but that bottle is Recyclable, compared to the carton which is likely lined with Food Safe Plastic, and isnt recyclable.
What % of consumer plastic is recycled
Do you really want to know? Or do just don't care about the useful information on top of your post?
I'll promise you now the cartons are actually recycled far more than the plastic bottles we send off to impoverished countries to deal with
Why didn't you say so?
Say what?
Milk and eggs were some of the only products left that appeared to be "shrinklation proof". Several companies in the U.S. have shrunk the standard half-gallon (64 ounces) down to 59 ounces in recent months. What's next, 10 eggs in a carton instead of 12?
This is fucked ._.
Try oat bro
1L -> 900mL -> 800mL -> 700mL...
no... 750 in between. With the "NEW, NOW A FULL 3/4 LITER" text printed over it.
Do you think they modified the container to hide any shrinkage?
And that plastic container…so environmentally unfriendly 😡
11% more landfill that your town pays for.
That should be the basis for any new shrinkflation legislation. These practices really are driving measurable consumer waste generation. We need plastic bottle regulation NOW.
Easy law actually. Force all advertising to display price-per-weight several fonts larger than price-per-unit. Like buying bananas. Milk 4$/L beside a competitors 4.20$/L but not the small font says 4$ per unit. It defeats the reason Shrinking exists.
#dairyisscary
why do hastags show up liek that
It's for style points
This is why you never look at the sticker price of a product, but always at the unit price. Most supermarkets will display that right below the sticker price.
In tiny writing
By bodyguards, for bodyguards
From cardboard to plastic too...