Where To Buy Re-Useable Lids For Cream Cartons?

[cosmo2]

No lids on cartons of cream.

[Mamyalynne]

These are handy

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/26521/6-Kitchencraft-Clear-Stretchable-Reusable-Silicone-Lids

[Vagus]

I seriously need some of those mamy, what will they think of next! Brill!!

[Mamyalynne]

A neat bit of kit,yes.

[Toorak]

On my shopping list - I usually use pet food tin covers for my tins (haven’t been near pet food I should add) but these look much more flexible

[Mamyalynne]

I have some of those too but just now and then you need an odd size or shape and I hate cling film.

[Toorak]

I’m not a fan of cling film either - it usually gets into a fankle

[johnny.5]

just take one off the yogurt next to the cream
works for me

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Mamya. They look good.

[cosmo2]

Thank you

[zebo]

I find that the larger cartons have lids of the same diameter so I simply pinch one!

[bigbanana]

Yes, I object to this as well and I take one of the lids off the adjacent, more pricey products on the shelves to cover my choice. I can't for the life of me understand why supermarkets assume we are not worthy of a lid on our purchases of "value" or budget yogurts and cottage cheese. Do they consider that we tear off the foil and scoff the whole lot in one sitting? The reality is these lids would add only a miniscule cost to the product that without question, could be absorbed by the retailer or manufacturer and that includes the cost of any machinery necessary to do the job. No wonder bugs get into these products at home.

[pastafreak]

I think it might be about plastic rather than cost.
It's rather naughty to take the tops off of other items... not something I'd do just so I have a lid for my cream. Which is not a budget item. You're making it sound like a class thing...?

[Mamyalynne]

Pinching a lid means the person who buys that one is left without and may have to post on AB for a solution - naughty.

[ummmm]

I put mine into a reusable pot and just write the use by date on the lid.

[bigbanana]

Pastafreak, if you are happy to not have a cover on any unused portion of your cream in the fridge, then that is a matter for you.

Personally, to avoid the likelihood of bacterial or other contamination or spillage, I require a lid.

I object to having to pay for a more expensive brand of the cottage cheese/ yogurt in order to obtain a lid for the product.

There is no direction on these products that it should be consumed in one sitting and it's reasonable that the consumer may wish to put any unused content in the fridge for storage. With this in mind, it's not unreasonable to have a lid on the product to protect the contents.

If I buy a 2 litre bottle of Coke, it comes with a plastic cap that allows me to take what I wish from the bottle and reseal it until the next time. Coke bottles don't come with a foil cap so I have to use it all at once. This same thinking applies to milk and umpteen other products sold in the dairy section and elsewhere in a supermarket. Why sell budget versions of yogurt etc differently?

Naughty? No. Questionable? Yes. The answer is in the hands of the manufacturer and retailer. The lids on the non-budget types are fully recyclable if the manufacturers are to be believed. I'd happily pay a few pence more for the budget product to have a lid no matter what justification the manufacturer disclosed. Then the problem goes away. Simples.

If enough lids disappear off the more expensive range, just maybe the retailers will direct their attention to the matter. Besides, who wants someone to look in their fridge and say: "Wow, you must be rich - you have a lid on your yogurt"

[Mamyalynne]

I've decanted into containers too Ummm, or sometimes popped into a small dish with a saucer on top.