Odd pricing

[mike11111]

Living on my own I tend to buy things in small quantities, not least because I don't want them to go off before I've used them. Consequently I buy either a one pint or a two pint bottle of milk, two pints normally seeing me comfortably through the week. So I pay either 50p per pint or 90p for two pints. No problem.
A friend told me that at Iceland I could get 4 pints for £1. Damn good bargain, except that I would not normally use 4 pints in a week. Then I got to thinking; even if I didn't use all of it the most I could lose is 10p, so I've started buying the 4 pint bottles. The strange thing is that Iceland sell 6 pint bottles at £2.38. So some people must buy 6 pints for more than they would pay for 8 pints if they bought two 4 pint bottles. I must hover around the milk counter and watch next time I'm in.

[Jillius]

You sound just like my dad lol

[scotman]

Are the 4-pint and 6-pint bottles the same type of milk?

[gingejbee]

It's because the 4 pint size is a popular one and is the size that attracts most offers- it's only £1 in Aldi and Lidl, too.

[mike11111]

Yes, same type, full fat, semi-skimmed or skimmed, no difference.

[mike11111]

Yes, but my point is, why would someone who wants six pints not buy 2 x 4 pints, getting two pints more and saving 38p?

[sherrardk]

Maybe they haven't noticed the pricing differences - I buy four pints of milk, the six pint ones are too heavy to pour and I go through the two pint ones too quickly. I don't look at the price differences though.

[Maydup]

You have to be a mathematician to avoid a rip of don't you.

I saw 3 tins of beans for £1 or 4 for £1.50. Why pay more for more?!

You could try pouring half of your milk into a 2 pint container and freezing it.

[scotman]

Most supermarkets round here have labels which give £/kg or £/l as well as the item price. Makes live easier for the arithmetically challenged and the careless.

[mike11111]

I didn't know you could freeze milk. By the way, Scotman, I am not arithmetically challenged but I prefer my prices to be in £s per lb. Should I ever need to know the price in £s per kilo I am more than capable of employing the formula, not that I shall ever feel the need. I was horrified the other day when asking for half an ounce of tobacco to be asked by the assistant, who was at least in her 50s, to point out the packet as she didn't understand ounces.

[Maydup]

You can freeze milk in a plastic container Mike. Leave a little room at the top for expansion and defrost in the fridge overnight. Might be worth a try if you're struggling to use it all.

[sherrardk]

I froze full-fat milk once - took flipping ages to defrost and wasn't quite right somehow.

[Jemisa]

Yep, you can freeze milk, you've just got to remember to get it out the freezer over night or you're buggered.

jem

[mike11111]

I can remember the crates of milk freezing in the school playground on winter mornings, the foil caps protruding because of the expansion. Our first lesson in physics.

[micmak]

Mrs MM buys milk in Iceland £1 for 4 pints. We use about a pint and a half a day. She buys 2 bottles = 8 pints and freezers it in 1 pint bottles. in the last bad winter she bought 4 bottles = 16 pints it kept us going when we could not get out. IMO there is no deterioration in the milk.

[DTCwordfan]

Dutch blood in you Mike perhaps.

Dutch folk make Yorkshire folk appear generous.

[sherrardk]

Hi Micmak - I have heard loads of people say they have had no problem with defrosted frozen milk, think I must have done something wrong (can't think what though).

[mike11111]

I have learnt something tonight. Mind, I never knew that the Dutch had a reputation for meanness.

[DTCwordfan]

mike - they invented copper wire, two Dutchmen on either side of a cent piece

How do you stop a Dutchman from being sea sick - stick his head over the side of the boat with a €5 coin in his mouth

[micmak]

I'm not Yorkshire DT but Mrs MM is. She is generous to a fault. All Yorkie's are not as you perceive them. You have watched too much comedy TV.

[DTCwordfan]

What is the difference between a Dutch man in a restuarant and an Italian in a canoe?

Answer: the Italian might tip