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[Nparker]

Is there any nutritional value in milk?

It's a good source of calcium and Vitamin D. It also tastes great with Quik mixed into it.

[lanforod]

Grocery is the only type of store that does this. High volume, high turnover products. It saves them money to sell more, quickly.

Just the way it works. You can take advantage of a lot of it by maximizing your freezer space. I recommend investing in a small chest freezer if you can stick it somewhere, that's what I did when I was single, and even now, with a family of 4, we still buy far more than we'll use before BB dates, and freeze the rest when that works. I just doubled the size of my chest freezer.

[Nparker]

Grocery is the only type of store that does this. High volume, high turnover products. It saves them money to sell more, quickly. Just the way it works. You can take advantage of a lot of it by maximizing your freezer space.

"Just the way it works". Sounds like the sort of answer I would get from Lisa Helps.

I already maximize freezer space when products I use go on sale. I see no reason why I should I have to drink "frozen milk" to get it at the same price as those who can consume it in larger quantities.

[Matt R.]

Are you the guy who complains when a half order of pasta costs more than half of a full order?

Matt.

[Bingo]

Go to bed and leave the milk in the carton. 

 

 

"Milk is loaded with calcium and vitamin D which build strong teeth, but it's also packed with the natural sugar lactose," says Greenwood.

"Drink it before bed and your teeth will be coated with the sugar. Over time, this will cause cavities."

http://www.menshealt...to-teeth-190595

 

 

[Nparker]

Are you the guy who complains when a half order of pasta costs more than half of a full order?

Are the labour costs significantly more to produce a 1 liter carton of milk vs a 4 liter jug?

[Bingo]

Are the labour costs significantly more to produce a 1 liter carton of milk vs a 4 liter jug?

 

More waxed cardboard,additional printing costs, more handing during restocking, recycling cost increased.

[Nparker]

More waxed cardboard,additional printing costs, more handing during restocking, recycling cost increased.

But what is the cost of producing one 4 liter jug vs four 1 liter cartons? Also if you can sell the smaller sizes for a higher price/liter, why not just stock the shelves with more of those and none of the larger sizes?

[Matt R.]

I wonder what the dairy board says about all of this.

Matt.

[Nparker]

I wonder what the dairy board says about all of this...

Someone should ask: http://bcmilkmarketi...uresystems.com/

[Bingo]

But what is the cost of producing one 4 liter jug vs four 1 liter cartons? 

Plastic vs waxed cardboard, it's a whole other debate.

[Bingo]

Not only that, would you drink milk from cows who were abused and stressed out?

 

More than one in four B.C. dairy farms failed to comply with a provincial Code of Practice related to animal welfare during an 18-month period, inspection documents obtained through freedom-of-information show.

Issues revealed during routine inspections by the B.C. Milk Marketing Board showed overcrowding, lame or soiled cattle, tails accidentally torn off by machinery, branding and dehorning of calves without pain medication, cows lying on concrete, and failure to produce a manual outlining management practices on individual farms.

The B.C. SPCA described it as showing “employees at Chilliwack Cattle Sales using chains, canes, rakes, their booted feet and their fists to viciously whip, punch, kick and beat the dairy cows, including downed and trapped cows who could not escape the abuse.”

- See more at: http://www.timescolo...h.RrEH3uFH.dpuf

 

[Matt R.]

Are the labour costs significantly more to produce a 1 liter carton of milk vs a 4 liter jug?

No, probably very similar.

Matt.

[Bingo]

Are the labour costs significantly more to produce a 1 liter carton of milk vs a 4 liter jug?

 

I would say yes, as far as the cow is concerned.

[VicHockeyFan]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question, but how long can you keep a chicken in the freezer, roughly?

[VicHockeyFan]

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...I put one in there last night, and today it's dead already.

[sebberry]

I was gonna say... if it's alive, not very long if you want it to stay that way.

[Bingo]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question, but how long can you keep a chicken in the freezer, roughly?

As long as the lid is closed, I would say about half an hour, providing you unplug the freezer.

 

edit Is this a trick question?

Edited by Bingo, 20 September 2016 - 03:44 PM.

[aastra]

 

...how long can you keep a chicken in the freezer, roughly?

 

I think it would be the same whether you were rough or gentle.

 

And don't call me roughly.

[LJ]

Yes what is the deal with milk? It sure doesn't replace coffee as the morning pickmeup.

Coffee tastes terrible when I pour it on my Cheerios.