shocking i know! hormone free milk at whole foods was less expensive

[shugah]

than what i've been paying for a local dairy at a local grocery store.

i've been paying $4.49/gal at the local grocery store. got 365 hormone free at whole foods for 3.49/gal.

too bad everything else was stupid expensive.

[aquart]

1. The 365 label has always been a good quality buy.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. whole food = whole paycheck

[shugah]

3. we like this quote:

teach a man to fish, he will eat for his life. teach a man to shop for fish at whole foods, he will go broke.

[kestrel91316]

4. Sad but true. I like their bulk bins for certain staple items, and their produce

is reliably excellent. Can't afford ANY of their meat/fish.

[shugah]

7. i also picked up some

chocolate almond milk from the cooler, can't compare price because almond milk at other stores is on the shelf. cheese is comparable if you search for it. the fishery smelled totally fishy making me question the freshness...

i also picked up a few bottles of their cheapass wine. not bad for cheapass wine :-)

[kestrel91316]

40. Their cheapass coffee AND cheapass wine are every bit as good as Trader Joe's.

[Liberal_in_LA]

42. their bulk bins are great - fancy grains not found at other stores

[Liberal_in_LA]

41. hee!

[azlatina]

5. Hormone free milk @ Trader Joe's is $2.49 a gallon...

...half & half is $1.79 a pint and their Frosted Flakes cereal is $1.99 a box...it's really good! They also sell a gallon of French Vanilla ice cream that is fabulous...look for the grinder with chocolate, coffee beans, & sugar, goes great on the ice cream.

[shugah]

9. the nearest TJ is not realistic

due to distance. price of gas these days!

[hlthe2b]

6. Yes... dairy is one of the few things that I will buy at Whole Foods...

rather than the usual grocery store.

[elocs]

8. I'd have to go out of my way to find milk with hormones. I pay $2.28/gallon

and there have been times recently when it has been under $2/gallon.

[shugah]

10. don't do it!

but please share with us where you are buying milk.

[elocs]

38. Here in La Crosse, WI we have Kwik Trips, regional convenience store like 7/11s.

They have their own farmers who supply them with their milk and it has always been BGH-free. I buy their milk in half gallon bags and for skim it is currently $1.14 for a half gallon. I buy my milk there (they're about a half mile from me) as well as bananas which are 38 cents a pound.

Around here the Kwik Trips wield a lot of power when it comes to milk in having the lowest price as well as BGH-free so the supermarkets have to follow their lead.

[JVS]

11. The store brand milk where I live is hormone free and sells for about $2.50/gal

[shugah]

12. and where is that? n/t

n/t

[JVS]

18. Meijer

[shugah]

22. meijer is where i've been paying $4.49

for guernsey milk- local dairy with hormone free milk. meijer milk is cheap but not hormone free.

[JVS]

25. Maybe it varies from state to state, as milk is expensive to transport and they likely contract it..

out to suppliers. All I know is that I remember reading the disclaimer on the label that says that there is no evidence that hormone-free milk is any different than milk from hormone treated cows.

[shugah]

29. yes the label says so

but the difference, of course, is hormone v non-hormone milk.

i prefer to feed hormone free milk from cows that are not constantly fed antibiotics to my family.

[flvegan]

13. Milk = crap.

Hormone free or otherwise.

:popcorn:

[shugah]

16. thanks

but we are drinkers of milk at our house. with no intention of becoming "NOT drinkers of milk".

we are also eaters of popcorn! :-)

[flvegan]

34. Can I ask...why not?

Serious question.

[Odin2005]

19. Milk is delicious! CHOCOLATE milk is divine.

At least we aren't killing the cow! :)

[demmiblue]

23. I would think that you are smarter than that. n/t

[flvegan]

35. Dude...

out of respect, I'm not even gonna.

I'm not about taking away choices. And btw, I always liked strawberry milk.

[Odin2005]

39. I was joking around.

:shrug:

[JVS]

20. Well, that's like your opinion, man.

[johnaries]

21. I hope you haven't been reading that thoroughly-discredited book

"The China Study", which wasn't even ABOUT the real China Study.

[flvegan]

33. No idea what you're on about

but no book changes my professional accredidations.

[Raine]

36. Milk is gross

:puke: but that's just my opinion. :shrug: I haven't drank it since I broke my bottle as toddler.

[marlakay]

14. i miss whole foods

live rurally now. O organics is almost $3 for 1/2 gal.

[FarLeftFist]

15. I LOVE Trader Joes.

And it's very reasonably priced.

[johnaries]

17. Kroger-brand is non-rBST, and MUCH cheaper than other

local brands. Also much cheaper than Whole Foods - which I have found to be nothing but a total rip-off.

[shugah]

27. kroger brand is not hormone free n/t

n/t

[LeftyMom]

24. Hormone free? No such thing.

It's cow's milk. It's full of cow hormones, fat and salt. It's supposed to make little bitty calves grow big and fat, only the calves it was for got killed and ground up for pet food (if they were lucky, if they weren't they went into veal crates) so you could have their baby food instead. The cow who excreted it will die soon when her milk production declines and she's ground up for hamburger.

So yay, you saved a buck on something unhealthy for you, for the environment, and for the animals who made it all possible. :patriot:

[shugah]

26. cow hormones are inoffensive, really.

i like saving a buck :-)

also, lucky charms is less charming without milk. as is a peanut butter sandwich.

[flvegan]

37. Hmm...

I have to wonder why you bother, but then I look up...

[Justitia]

28. Whole Foods carries Organic Valley (brand) dairy - the best. Family farms co-ops, local.

I am a HUGE fan of all products from Organic Valley: http://www.organicvalley.coop/

[roxiejules]

30. Too bad the CEO supports Libertarian groups alongside Cato

...like the student organization that interviewed Matt Damon for Reason TV.

http://reason.com/blog/2011/08/05/matt-damon-is-suddenly-the-hol

http://studentsforliberty.org/college/the-morality-of-capitalism/

[REP]

31. I buy Straus Family Creamery dairy

It costs a little more, but is the most humane milk I can find in the area, which makes it worth it. They're a collective of small family farms and the cows are in pastures, not feedlots.

[Withywindle]

32. can't do Whole Paycheck anymore. :(

The only factor I can afford to look at now when buying any food product is price. I need to buy the cheapest, because it's either that or do without.


Wasn't always like that. :(