milk - WOW!!!

Hubby told me last week it was going up...but 15c a litre...

that meant the 2 litre milk i normally buy has gone up 30cents. i was really shocked.

i cant believe too that a 2 litre ranges in prices from $2.80 to $4.20 and all in the same dairy.

I reckon the government needs to put a subsidy onto milk.  Totally agree with nuttymama.  What will be next.  They want our kids to stop getting "fat", so do something about it!!!

hmm, and not to mention taking extra off us for Kiwisaver.

I totally agree. Sometimes it feels like you're fighting a losing battle.

Ugh, I don't even pay attention to how much the milk is. That sucks! They should tax the smokers more to subsidise my milk

We get our milk from the local fruit & vege shop - 2x 2L for $4.50 - that's $1.13 per litre. It's a non-famous brand (even I cant remember it ) - I wonder is it all milk thats going up or just some brands?

Just to clear up a couple of things re: Fonterra - it is a co-operative company, meaning that the shareholders are the owners, ie: the farmers that work and produce milk for the company. While it is true that exchange rates and earnings from exports influence share prices, this in effect means that the farmers are paying themselves more for the work they are doing. Once you take into account all the costs involved in setting up and maintaining a dairy farm it is a bloody expensive business, and unless it is a family business or the farmer has been in dairying for a few years, some barely manage to break even let alone get a decent profit. And just one last bit of food for thought - if the dairy industry were to shut down (whether it be in one day or one week or whatever) a *quarter* of NZ's GDP would disappear altogether. Not good !

I do agree though that milk is bloody expensive, even though we don't go through as much as some - anywhere from 6-9L a week.

Jax - I totally agree with your comments, dairy is a HUGE industry and a very difficult one at that! And I shouldn't have opened my big trap and blammed Fonterra straight away, I guess I am making reference more to the 'rich get richer......', and how its harder for the little man to get in front now, with all the added expenses these days.

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Ah, another reason to extend breastfeeding. I'll be feeding my next child until they are 20... breastmilk in your tea anyone???