Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

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Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • @liv
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    29 months ago

    That’s interesting, our one definitely has the cheapest milk in town apart from Reduced To Clear.

    • @DaveOPMA
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      19 months ago

      I didn’t actually check the milk. I’m normally happy with anything but when I’ve had Cowgate in the past for some reason it just didn’t taste right.

      • @liv
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        29 months ago

        Sometimes they do Meadowfresh as well, and sometimes they have cheap butter. My household goes there just for milk lol.

        • @DaveOPMA
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          9 months ago

          Butter was $5 a block but countdown had them at the same price.

          Grocer tells me Cowgate is $3 for 2L, compared to $3.70 for the countdown branded milk. The $2 a week we’d save is a drop in the bucket compared to our total spend, not really worth the special trip for us, even if I liked it. We’d have to drink a lot more milk.

          • @liv
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            9 months ago

            Yeah butter is only good on special, they have had $4 specials in the past and you can freeze it. Bit of a treat food. I tend to go through a lot of milk and cheese though because it’s still much cheaper than meat.

            I guess it’s all relative. $2p/w = $54 p/y. Whether that’s an attractive savings depends.

            • @DaveOPMA
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              29 months ago

              It’s not worth it if I don’t like the milk 😆

              I’d like to keep buying some groceries there though, even if it’s only to try to help break the duopoly.

              • @liv
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                29 months ago

                Hahaha I’m not telling you to buy it, more explaining why I do that. Sorry!

                I really hope it does help break the duopoly, I really don’t like it. Reduced To Clear are good but you can’t really bank on getting any specific thing there.

      • @sortofblue
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        9 months ago

        Cowgate makes for a terrible coffee.

        • @DaveOPMA
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          19 months ago

          What makes it different? I think of milk as being basically a commodity, where one bottle is the same as another. What makes Cowgate different?

          • @sortofblue
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            29 months ago

            I honestly have no idea but I’ve tried three different bottles and each one was terrible - coffee and the rest of the milk both ended up down the drain. It’s almost like they leave the bottles in the sun for a bit before delivering them.

            • @DaveOPMA
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              19 months ago

              Well I’m glad I’m not the only one!