2 gallons of milk for $5, is there something wrong with the milk?

Question

thats the price of milk in a chain gas station, but im kind of weary.

at other places its almost $4 per gallon

is the milk of lower quality?
what should i look for to make sure its the same as the rest.

Answer 1

Uh could you mail me some please LOL

Answer 2

Well, you can't open a jug of milk in the store to taste it or smell it -- but you can check the 'best before' date and make sure it hasn't expired. Milk production is constant - you can't turn cows on and off - but demand isn't constant. When producers find themselves with a surplus, they're better off to lower the cost and sell it off, than to be stuck with gallons of it and no market. Chain gas stations can buy in bulk - so that means they can usually finagle a deal and drop the price. Milk is a staple, and low milk prices will bring people into the store - or the station - where they will usually buy other things as well. Try it - if you don't like it, don't get it again, but you'll probably find it's perfectly good.

Answer 3

That's the price for a gallon of milk in our grocery stores now.

It was in the news a few months ago that the price for dairy products (milk, cheese, and eggs) was going up due to something like supply and demand, just like gasoline. Over the course of the last few months, the price for milk by the gallon in our area went from being around $3.54 to roughly $5.45 in most grocery stores. We get our milk at BJ's Warehouse (it's like Sams and Costco), and we only pay around $3.33 for a gallon.

I'm sure the milk in your gas station is just fine. They are probably going along with the price increase everywhere else. If you're still unsure, don't buy it there.

Answer 4

It's a teaser. At Safeway in CA it's about $4 a gallon. But the gas stations say that if you buy 10 gallons of gas, you can even get a free gallon of milk with your fill-up. They just want to get you in their store to buy other things.

Also, don't get me started on ethanol. It all goes back to the corn commodities. It's not just transit costs, but the demand for ethanol and the fact that cows eat corn. That's why stores charge market price, whereas gas stations just want to make money off gas and impulse purchases in their stores. So the milk is fine if it's in date.

Answer 5

Excellent price! If ya live in Connecticut let me in on where they are selling it that cheap =) They can't sell out of date milk so just check the expiration date before you buy it.

Gas stations and some convenience stores will sell Milk at close to cost to attract customers and if it is a chain store like BP/Amoco,they buy big amounts and get cheaper prices from the distributor.

Answer 6

It doesn't necessarily mean that there is anything wrong with the milk. Stores have good sales on different things all the time; sometimes just to get people into the store. I would say just check the expiration date and you'll be cool.

Answer 7

Milk is milk. Look at the expire date. Sounds like a good deal. If you have a freezer, you should buy extra and freeze it.

Answer 8

Look at the expiration date. If it is bad you'll smell it. Today they had a sale at my store 2 gallons for $5, otherwise it is usually $3.29-$3.69.

Answer 9

If its not outdated or close to it. It should be fine. You must know what bad milk smells or tastes like. So if it tastes good its good.

Answer 10

That's about what I pay for milk.

Answer 11

Make sure it says pasteurized and that it hasn't expired and it should be okay.