How many of you get your milk home delivered??

[tyroleancutie]

I was wondering if anyone here gets milk home delivered. We really love the Oberweis Dairy Products (http://www.oberweisdairy.com) and now we are wondering if we should sign up for Home Delivery.

So, now I am basically just curious how many of you get your milk home delivered :cool:

[Clover]

Gee, I haven't heard of anybody having milk home-delivered by the milkman since back in the 70s, and it was unusual then. It was common in the 50s. I'm fascinated to hear that it's still possible.

[GingerPow]

Do you think they would deliver to New Jersey? (I wish.) If I could sign up for home delivery, I would.

[Arete]

We used to get milk delivered from Royal Crest Diary, but we now live just ONE MEASLY mile outside of their delivery area!!!! I loved getting my milk (and many other items: cheese, cottage cheese, bread, refrigerated cookie dough!!!, plus lots of other items I can't remember) delivered, and the milk was the best tasting I have ever had. This reminds me that it's about time for my annual "so-are-you-delivering-to-my-area-now" phone call.

[slknight]

We live in the delivery range of nearby dairy farm but I just haven't signed up for milk delivery yet. When I called about the price, it was super expensive. I think I'm going to sign up soon though. They also deliver eggs and meat.

[mbrogier]

Hmmm. I'm in the Oberwiess delivery area. I thought the delivery fee would be more. I might just have to sign up.

[tyroleancutie]

Hmmm. I'm in the Oberwiess delivery area. I thought the delivery fee would be more. I might just have to sign up.

With Oberweis it's only $2.50 per delivery which I think is not so bad.

If you decide to sign up, we should have a look at that - Refer a friend (http://www.oberweis.com/referral_new.asp) . It's $25 for both of us :cool: I'll have to wait till March 1st though because we gonna move in the end of February.

[mbrogier]

Sounds good to me! The site said there was a one time fee for that cooler, but it didn't tell how much.

[Lys]

As a kid, we got our milk, orange juice and eggs delivered from a local dairy, Crescent Ridge Dairy (and I grew up in a fairly large city - just south of Boston)... and I LOVED having this growing up - there is just no comparison - the taste, etc. and as an adult I can definitely appreciate the nutritional differences.... My father still gets home delivered milk (different dairy b/c he moved - now it's Hornstra Farms) and my younger brother and sister (aged 20 and 13) LOVE it... it's so great - BUT you get so spoiled by the great taste it's really hard to go back to drinking store bought milk.. I have to admit, I haven't drank (is that the right word?) a glass of milk since I was little because it just doesn't taste the same to me!!!! So I guess the long and short of it is, if you can do it, I vote go for it!!!!! (and you are supporting your local economy while your at it!!!) :)

ps the ice cream (also homemade) from the dairy that we got our stuff from was UNREAL too - such a treat growing up!!!!

[mbrogier]

We can buy the milk in the local grocery, but it comes in glass bottles. There is a dollar deposit on the bottles. I can't remember to take my grocery list to the store, much less a bottle--not to mention Target's guest service's desk is on the complete opposite side of the store from the grocery side. I have an Oberwiess bottle on my kitchen counter that is 2 years old. :rolleyes: We even have Oberweiss ice cream stores. Their ice cream is really good, but I can't bring myself to go to an ice cream store without breaking into a cold sweat of guilt. (I'm a size 8, but I feel so guilty) :o

I really do like the idea of doing the home delivery and supporting the local economy--especially supporting local small farms that don't use growth hormones in their milk. If you drive up into Wisconsin off of Hwy 14 or 31, you will go by small farms that display signs that state that they are part of the Oberweiss dairy family.

I've bought organic milk at Costco, 3 1/2 gallon plastic cartons for $7.50. There's just two of us, and it is a little hard to drink that much milk. The milk is good for over a month before the expiration date. It tastes completely different than mainstream grocery milk. My husband thought it was nasty at first, but I think he's starting to like it. It brought back memories from when I was a little girl of my grandmother getting buttermilk and cream from a local friend. I'm getting tired of freezing butter and tasting freezer ick all over it. I'm loving the thought of just buying everything really fresh--and the prices are really good! This is also feeding the domestic goddess in me that loves the fantasy of having fresh eggs, milk and cream delivered daily, etc. :p

Tyrolean Cutie, this summer we should meet (you could take the train to my town) and drive up through Wisconsin to Lake Geneva. Have you been there? It's a nice day trip. We could also get some fresh corn on the way home. Those small farms have stands in front of their houses with a bucket for you to drop in your money. :)

[Peggy]

The last time I heard of home milk delivery was in the 1960's. We used to get our milk delivered in glass bottles and I was about 6 years old at the time! Didn't even know that it was still an option!!! :eek:

Peggy

[foodlady]

I've been thinking about signing up for this. We love oberweis milk. The $2.50 delivery charge isn't bad at all. I didn't realize it was so low!

[Gumbeaux]

Many years ago, while in high school, I worked at a dairy that sold milk in glass bottles. We even sold heavy cream in the tiny half pint glass bottles.

Some people that had their milk delivered to their home left their doors unlocked so that the milkman could come early in the morning and place the milk inside the refrigerator. I don't think many people would do that these days. :rolleyes:

[dorothyntototoo]

When I read the thread header, my mind took a walk down memory lane. In the 50's & 60's we had milk delivered by Borden & bread by the Manor Man. I don't remember when my parents or the vendors stopped this service, but these guys were like members of the family. The Borden guy, Al, lost or broke his watch, which was a necessity in his profession, and my dad gave him one of his. Good memories.

[bobmark226]

When I read the thread header, my mind took a walk down memory lane. In the 50's & 60's we had milk delivered by Borden & bread by the Manor Man. I don't remember when my parents or the vendors stopped this service, but these guys were like members of the family.... Good memories.

Do you also remember when open-sided fruit and vegetable trucks cruised the neighborhood, ringing a pull bell and calling all wonderful singsong announcements of watermelon, strawberries, or whatever was fresh for the day?

Gershwin used this for the opening of "Porgy & Bess" and every time I listen to it, it takes me back to the old neighborhood too!

Bob

[bobmark226]

When I read the thread header, my mind took a walk down memory lane. In the 50's & 60's we had milk delivered by Borden & bread by the Manor Man. I don't remember when my parents or the vendors stopped this service, but these guys were like members of the family.... Good memories.

Do you also remember when open-sided fruit and vegetable trucks cruised the neighborhood, ringing a pull bell and calling out wonderful singsong announcements of watermelon, strawberries, or whatever was fresh for the day?

Gershwin used this for the opening of "Porgy & Bess" and every time I listen to it, it takes me back to the old neighborhood too, but the last time I actually heard/saw this was in Baltimore in the seventies while visiting a beaux!

Bob

[Beth]

Didn't know it was an option. We did when I was a kid, but haven't seen it since. If it were available here, using it would sure change the way I grocery shop. As it is, we can count on trips for milk 2 or 3 times a week.

[tbb113]

We used to have it delivered when I was little (in the 60's). I do have organic produce delivered to my house and the company will also deliver many other grocery products, including dairy. We don't drink milk often, so I don't use it, but it's nice to know I can if I want to.

[MISSINDI]

GingerPow - Welsh Farms delivers in NJ. We get our milk delivered. They also deliver sour cream, eggs, OJ, yogurt, etc. Definitely a nice perk!

[SusanMac]

We just signed up for a local service for the first time, but it hasn't started yet. It *is* fairly expensive, so I don't know how long we'll justify it. However, whenever we go to the store for "just milk" we usually spend $50 on other stuff, so maybe it will end up being a good thing!

[Aubergine]

guess most you didn't hear the thud when i fainted after reading the title of this thread.:D the really wierd thing is, today i was looking at our unfinished 1-week-old gallon of skim milk and recalling how, when my kids were little, milk was so essential to have on hand, in quantity. even as a single mom, i probably would have paid a bit extra for home delivery, rather than running out late at night to get yet another gallon.

for 12 years we lived across the road from a dairy farm; there were others around. in our little town there was actually an on-your-honor, "dairy locker," , where you could go 24/7 and take what you needed--milk, cream, butter--and sign for it on the clipboard. what a marvelous way of life that was.

[gardenmom]

We get our milk delivered, with a loaf of nice organic bread. It is handy, cuts down on one bag of groceries, and the most critical "can't run out of" items are checked. I'd recommend, but not a real big deal to shop for milk at the market.

[MISSINDI]

This isn't the one we use, but just in case there are any in North Eastern NJ look for a service, this place (http://www.ffdmilkman.com/delivery_area.htm) delivers.

Especially when Nicholas was younger and going through tons more milk, although it's a little bit more expensive than Costco, it's nice to know it comes regularly and just something else I don't have to think about.

With Welsh Farms, there is no delivery charge, no minimum and no charge for the cooler.

[knunes]

Lys,
We get our milk delivered from Crescent Ridge Dairy! :) We love it and have been doing it since we moved here (hour from Boston, 1/2 hour from Providence, RI) 15 years ago. The skim milk taste like 1%, the 1% like 2%, etc. The delivery charge is $3 and each 1/2 gallon is $2.75. The trick to the pricing is not to look at the prices of regular milk in the grocery stores! :D
Actually, the organic milk at the grocery store is over $3 per 1/2 gallon.
When we lived in a Boston neighborhood, Boylan's dairy delivered glass bottles too, and you could get it with the cream on the top. When I first heard of this when we moved to that Boston neighborhood, I was so nostalgic I could hardly stand it, because as a kid in the 50s and 60s, we had a local farm deliver to our house. There was a milk man, a bread man, and a soda man (! really! glass quart bottles of soda from White Eagle company---anyone else ever hear of that?)
Thanks for starting this thread, tyroleancutie, and my vote for you is YES!

[scratch]

Growing up, there were actually two dairies that delivered to where we lived in VA. We continued to get milk delivered until the late 80s. The dairy continued to deliver until 2004 and unfortunately closed in 2005 because they could not keep up with the cost of upgrading the equipment to code - so sad. :(

I still have the milk box (metal) and two milk bottles :)

To this day, they had the best Egg Nog ever!

-scratch

[tyroleancutie]

Thank you so much for everyone's feedback. We decided to sign up for Oberweis by the beginning of March :) If someone already uses Oberweis and wants me to use him/her as a reference (you get $25 for that) please send me a PM.