When I was a kid we had a milkman. The empty bottles went out at night and fresh ones were there in the morning.
As an adult I have never had a milkman (wipe that thought from your mind immediately, cough), so when we were given the chance to try the services of Milk & More I decided to go for it.
Milk and More “The Little Store at Your Door” is basically like your old style milkman but with added extras. So instead of just getting milk, you can do pretty much a whole shop, albeit with a limited choice of brands and products, but that’s to be expected with a service that allows you to order up to 9pm for delivery the next morning, and with no delivery fee!
What you do get though is quality stuff and it’s kind of exciting. This is one of the £11.99 fruit and veg boxes and it was great exploring the contents and deciding what to make with them.
As well as milk, fruit and veg you can also purchase snacks, fruit juice, dairy products such as cheese and yogurt, breakfast items such as bacon and cereal and everything from wash powder to cat food.
I did have a concern that maybe my goods would be stolen (they weren’t), and was also unsure as to how things worked (I’m a bit dim sometimes), so lovely Harriet McCraw from Iris PR explained;
The way the milkman service works, and always has done throughout its history, is that your milk and other items are left on the doorstep (or if this doesn’t suit you can arrange another spot like behind a bush or down a side passage by leaving your milkman a note or adding a comment through your online account).
Although delivery times vary depending where you are on the round, many people will receive their items from very early in the morning ie 3am -7am when you wouldn’t want to be disturbed. The nature of the service is that it is a doorstep delivery service and the milkman wouldn’t ever knock on your door for you to receive the goods, whether you are in or not.
Milk theft is very rare, especially if you arrange a more hidden place for your milk to be left if you feel that your doorstep is vulnerable. If this did happen, you would of course be reimbursed once you’d reported itto your milkman or local depot.
You can communicate with your local milkman by leaving him a note or you can leave specific instructions on where you want your delivery left by selecting ‘My account’ and going into the ‘Delivery instructions’ section in ‘Personal details’
While we wouldn’t use this service every week as my girls’ school is next to a large supermarket, I will definitely be using it on those occasions when I’m out of milk and have two sleeping little girls so can’t leave the house. With no minimum order and no delivery fee I’d be mad not to right?
I can also see myself using it for when we’re coming back from our holidays and just need some fresh milk and bread to get us started in the morning.
Thank you so much for giving us the chance to try your service Milk & More. It’s been brilliant.
Disclosure – Milk & More credited our account so we could trial their service.
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April 18th, 2011 at 10:52 am
That sounds great! We had a milkman when I was a kid too—my dad built a little wooden box with a hinged lid on our front porch for the man to put the milk bottles in. Yes, I recall when milk came in glass bottles—and the big switch to cartons, which did not seem as romantic.
We have grocery delivery services here, but they do charge a delivery fee and you must be home to receive the delivery. So not quite as handy as yours!!
April 22nd, 2011 at 9:16 am
It’s good isn’t it? I remember the glass bottles too. I also remember birds breaking through the silver foil lids in winter.
April 18th, 2011 at 11:02 am
We had a milkman when I was young, too. When we lived in Britain the milk was delivered daily, in bottles, with paper caps. The cream would rise to the surface and if the bottles were not put in the milk box, birds would peck through the caps and help themselves to the cream!
Our milkman when we lived in North Carolina was a bit different. In addition to cartons of milk, we could ask for cottage cheese, butter, and/or eggs to be delivered with the milk. I believe delivery was twice a week rather than daily.
I dearly wish we had a similar service today, even if it cost a big for delivery fees. My limited mobility makes it difficult to walk through an entire supermarket. A weekly delivery of milk, bread, and fruit/veg would be wonderful!
April 22nd, 2011 at 9:17 am
Awwww I hope you get something like it soon Beth. It is perfect for people with mobility issues. My friend has good days and bad days healthwise and this has been a Godsend to her. Take care.
April 21st, 2011 at 6:58 pm
my mam once asked me to leave a note out for our local milkman.i put kisses on the end of it. she was not impressed!
July 14th, 2011 at 6:20 am
Hee hee, that’s hilarious Ju. I bet your Mum nearly died, snort. xxx
April 25th, 2011 at 1:33 am
You take me back Jo. Until I was about 15 years old my Dad was a milkman. I lovesd it, I used to go out at 5am in the school holidays and meet him and help wiht the round. Then on a Friday night we went collecting for all the money and the ‘old dears’ used to give us 10 or 20p for helping our Dad!
Hope all is well with you. Mich x
July 14th, 2011 at 6:21 am
Awww that’s lovely. We’re all good thanks Mich. xxx
September 27th, 2011 at 12:54 am
nice to see comments regarding the milkman, i am a milk and more delivery person and milk in the glass is still here ,but as jo said we sell a lot more then milk…..eggs,cream,butter,spreads,cheese,yogurts,cheese,bread,pop,coffee,sugar,tbags,breakfast cereals,bin bags,compost and many many more items,being a milkman is a way of life like no other job ive ever had,you have to be commited to the job because you are delivering to the public to rely on us, i hope to be a milkman for many years to come but that depends on the great British public