Just who is milking it?
If you’re a drinker of long-life milk as I am, you may have noticed that there has been NO LONG LIFE MILK on the shelves for the past month nearly. And when we say NO MILK we mean it – there’s a huge gap on the milk shelves at all 5 of the supermarkets in our area….Spot the lonely full fat box lying on it’s side waiting for a full-fatter to snatch it up, or the soya milk boxes who stand confidently tall waiting for dairy drinkers to convert (out of desperation mind you).
Well soya milk is supposed to be better for you, especially for your heart. Maybe it’s the push we need to get healthy? Maybe not. I’m starting to resent rationing my cups of tea a day so that I can save milk for my cereal. Spoilt? Maybe. Better get used to it – looks like it won’t ease off ’till Spring.
The Star tells us it’s all about the money. Why does that not suprise us? We’re sick of greedy people, companies and big shots screwing the little guys. Come on farmers, tell us like it is. Supermarkets we’d like to understand your mark up from R1,80 a litre to R5, R6 even R7 something. What I always think in these situations is about the little, little guy – the unemployed, the poor, the old… how on earth do they afford milk?
Here’s the story from IOL – click here for more:
Milk will be in short supply until September or October and the industry is blaming supermarkets.
The number of dairy farmers has been whittled down from 80 000 to only 3 350 over 40 years.
The Competition Commission is probing the role of dominant milk buyers, including Clover and Parmalat, in keeping dairy farmers’ prices down.
