We’re all essentially on lockdown.
We can only go out for essentials, like buying groceries and medicine, and exercising once per day. And the Prime Minister advised that we should all try to limit how frequently we are going to the shops for food.
So, that means more people are placing online orders for food – but how about going more old school? Remember the milkman of your childhood? Turns out, they still exist and they still deliver milk every week.
Here’s how to find out if there is a milkman delivering near you, and how to become part of their delivery round.
So you won’t have to go without tea during this time of global crisis. Because that woul be unacceptable.
How to find a local milkman
You can check online.
‘Find me a milkman’ is a handy little website that allows you to enter your postcode and it will tell you nearby milk round routes.
After entering you postcode, you should be presented with a list of local suppliers and numbers you can call to request to be added to the route and enquire about costs.
If your address doesn’t show anything in that search, you can also search local community groups on Facebook for your area. You may be able to find a supplier of milk in reusable glass bottles.
If that search is fruitless, have a look online for dairy farmers in your local area – where you may be able to buy direct, or they may deliver.
Farmer’s Weekly actually have a map which shows all the farms that sell directly to the public.
But, it might be tricky to find something as it will very much depend on where you live.
These days, only 3% of of the five and a half billion litres of milk sold in the UK annually is delivered to the doorstep.
But, increase is on the up, as people opt for more sustainable glass bottles, rather than buying endless plastic cartons.
So you may get lucky and find that savvy businesses in your area have cottoned on to this growing trend.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/24/coronavirus-uk-find-milkman-delivering-area-12447357/?ITO=squid
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