you do the math, short version
because folks sometime complain that i go on too long, here's the readers digest version:
$2.69 -- one gallon of store-brand whole milk (including high-heat pasteurization, growth hormones and prophylactic antibiotics at no extra charge) at demoula's market basket supermarkets.
$1.55 -- one quart of shaw farm whole milk (including low-heat pasteurization and absolutely no growth hormones or prophylactic antibiotics) at shaw farm in dracut.
$2.00 -- one quart of the same shaw farm whole milk at c'est on merrimack street in downtown lowell. (the real deal for health and flavor-conscious downtown residents who prefer not to drive over the river to dracut for their fix)
$2.69 -- one quart of the same shaw farm whole milk at market street market on market street in downtown lowell, (coincidentally the same price of a GALLON of demoula's), and that's not even counting the no-charge and patronizing song and dance about how it's supposedly only a dime more than at c'est, and the same price as over at shaw farm in dracut... even though you know it all to be BS.
like the mastercard people like to say--priceless.
$2.69 -- one gallon of store-brand whole milk (including high-heat pasteurization, growth hormones and prophylactic antibiotics at no extra charge) at demoula's market basket supermarkets.
$1.55 -- one quart of shaw farm whole milk (including low-heat pasteurization and absolutely no growth hormones or prophylactic antibiotics) at shaw farm in dracut.
$2.00 -- one quart of the same shaw farm whole milk at c'est on merrimack street in downtown lowell. (the real deal for health and flavor-conscious downtown residents who prefer not to drive over the river to dracut for their fix)
$2.69 -- one quart of the same shaw farm whole milk at market street market on market street in downtown lowell, (coincidentally the same price of a GALLON of demoula's), and that's not even counting the no-charge and patronizing song and dance about how it's supposedly only a dime more than at c'est, and the same price as over at shaw farm in dracut... even though you know it all to be BS.
like the mastercard people like to say--priceless.
Labels: rant
posted by kad barma at 3:49 PM
2 Comments:
way back in the day, thousands of years ago, man discovered that if he squeezes a cows utter just right..it produces milk.
but what the hell was he actually trying to do?
Love Shaw Farm milk and I'm lucky enough to live on the same side of the river as the farm so that's where I usually get my milk.
I work downtown and one day, after work I was heading out of town to visit a pregnant friend who was having a fierce craving for Shaw's banana milk (and I don't mess with that) so I stopped at MSM to pick up a quart. I couldn't believe the price - if I hadn't been running late to visit my friend, I would have just gone to the farm. I understand that MSM is in many respects a convenience store and convenience comes with a price but I won't ever be buying my milk there again.
Oh, I also got the same "That's how much it costs at the farm." story - as I was in a hurry, it just got a raised eyebrow.
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