New Milk Jugs and Nostalgic Feelings for the Milkman
Consumers are voicing their displeasure with the new milk jugs hitting the dairy section of their local Wal-Mart, Costco and Sam's Clubs, according to UPI. The familiar one-gallon milk container has not undergone an extreme makeover, it's just become more square. The new milk jugs are intended to make shipping the milk easier and more cost effective.
Why New Milk Jugs?
Consumers know that everyday groceries are increasing with nearly every other trip to the local grocery store. The price of milk has increased 26 percent in the last year, according to the Labor Department (Boston Globe). This is not exactly new news to the consumer.
Will the new new milk jugs truly help with the production and distribution costs of transporting the milk? More importantly, will that savings be passed off to the consumer? The new milk jugs will save consumers "about 10 to 20 cents per gallon," according to CBS.
When you look at the top of a traditional one-gallon milk container, you can see that it is not practical to stack milk gallons on top of one another. That's why gallons of milk are transported in hard, plastic milk crates.
The new milk jugs are square and can be stacked more easily, according to CBS. The changes are significant, when you consider Sam's Club has increased the delivery load from 80 gallons of milk to 224 gallons using the new milk jugs, Sam's Club told CBS.
Nostalgic Feelings for the Milkman
Are new packaging ideas like the new milk jugs really the answer? Or is this another economic and environmental situation when we as a society should go back to basics? Is it time to resurrect the milkman?
We used to have a square box outside of our door when I was growing up. This was in the 1970s and I lived in a suburban, not rural area. In the morning, the local milkman would leave four one quart bottles of milk in the box. The milk bottles and sealer, unlike the new milk jugs, did not use any plastic. The top was a red and white striped paper covering.
When my family finished drinking the dairy products, we would rinse out the container and put it back in the milk box for the milkman. There was no need for a recycling bin.
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