Publix chat: high prices on milk

[GatorGirl]

Originally Posted by beth119 A lot of people are feeling this way. I suspect that after all the flooding in the midwest, prices are going to go higher and higher. Soon it will be cheaper to pour wine on the kids frosted flakes.

I was drinking wine last night as I read this!

Originally Posted by ~Rachel~ I feel you on the milk! It's $4.25 at our Publix!! And we use about 3 gallons a week with the kids. I ran to WAGs today to get that $3.29 milk!! And the other weeks I was using RRs to buy my milk at WAGs (we can use RRs to buy milk here).

I have a WAGS right across from my Publix, I usually don't frequent WAGS but now I may have to start -- thanks!

Originally Posted by nrpeace17 It's become cheaper to use the Coffee Mate liquid creamer for our coffee. I get that so as to stretch the milk for cereal and such.

Ah so that explains our trade for Coffee Mate last week!

Originally Posted by wookin Oh, I like you way of thinking, do you suppose wine will be good on Special K with strawberries? Should I use red or white?

Special K with strawberries definitely calls for white!

Originally Posted by Links2me Wow, milk was still 3.99 at my publix yesterday. This price increase is no fun.

Originally Posted by eisor Off topic, but at Whole Foods in Duluth, GA today, some guy behind me bought a gallon of skim (not organic) for $3.69. Thought it was a great price!!

That is a good price, I go to the one in Marietta about once a month so I will have to check there too. I love Whole Foods

Originally Posted by Blessedw2 Hey Gatorgirl! Milk is $3.69 this week at CVS in Gainesville. Usually, $3.89!! I use my ECB's to buy mine!!

TYVM..........

Originally Posted by smokeydiamond We go through a gallon a day I went to wags today to get a few gallons, but that is all I can get in my fridge at once. I caught DH making a big glass of chocolate milk today and gave him a look as if he was pouring a glass of gold and washing it down the drain. Usually i buy them 2 at a time at CVS. They hae the tg lee much cheaper than anyone else around, Its usually $3.89, this wek it was on sale for $3.69 which was nice. I wish wags was closer. I would have saved a lot this week.

Wow a gallon a day?! That is alot of milk! But if you have a large family that likes milk I can see it. I make DH and DD split the chocolate milk, they get 1/2 of white skim and 1/2 fat free chocolate milk in a glass and we stir it up. They both actually really like it this way as they say straight chocolate is too sweet.

Thanks for all the commiseration guys.........hopefully our wonderful mods don't get too mad at me for getting OT!

[wookin]

Aldi stores in GA have milk for $2+ a gallon or at least they have for the past couple of weeks. May want to check them out.

[anniebananie]

Originally Posted by wookin Aldi stores in GA have milk for $2+ a gallon or at least they have for the past couple of weeks. May want to check them out.

Yep...Aldi's is the only place we buy milk now. It is always around $2.00-$2.50 a gallon here (Atlanta area). I just wish Aldi's was closer, but luckily my parents pick us up a gallon too every time they are near the store.

[Unsinkable]

My Publix had a typed sign yesterday that milk was $3 a gallon. I didn't buy any because I had already gotten some at Aldi for $2.69 a gallon.

[sethsmom]

I get my milk at Aldi's for $1.99 too along with bananas @.44 a lb and some of their brand crackers @ .79.

I can run by after work and then I do my other shopping at Publix.

[Macaela25]

Our Publix milk is $4.29 a gallon. I don't know how they can justify it when this week at Walgreens milk is $3.29 (I was floored).

Today DH and I hit the motherlode of Lawry's - $1 hangtags as far as the eye could see. We left plenty for everyone else, but had the chance to observe other shoppers as we stood ripping the q's out of the hangtags. Several people looked at the Lawry's, then bought another kind of marinade for $3-4 a bottle. The last was the worst - a lady took ONE....ONE bottle of Lawry's, not even bothering to get one with a coupon on it. I wanted to chase her down and beat some sense into her. My marinade was .30 a bottle. Hers was 2.59. It's because of this kind of stupidity/laziness/oblivion that stores can charge outrageous prices.

I'm sure this lady also paid $4.29 for the gallon of milk in her cart because going across the street to Walgreens to save a dollar would have been too much to ask.

[SyLph211]

I so wish I could get cheap milk. Ours is 4.19 a gallon and has been this way for months. A few miles down the road the other Publix has the milk priced 3.99 a gallon but raised it friday to 4.19. That is still cheap because store brand up near the lake where I live is 5.29 a gallon.

[ptcygofalcons]

I try to catch it on sale when it's marked down at one of our local Krogers. I average paying $ 2.00 to $ 2.50 a gallon and buying as many as I possibly can and storing them in our chest freezer. I average about 6 and that lasts us a month or more. Thank goodness we purchased a chest freezer on sale a few years ago.It has ended up recently being one of the wisest purchases we have ever made especially with these crazy milk prices.

[pattygirl]

4.19 in some and 4.29 in others. Aldi's is now 2.69 but still good! Better than Sams Club vs 3.09 sheesh

[1daygourmet]

I made rice milk last night for about .50 a gal. The kids had it with their cereal this morning and loved it. I think I'll be making it for all my baking and cereal. My dd want pancakes made with it tomorrow. :)