What's happened to the milk supply?

[Big Boy]

Strangely enough, until today, most of our milk needs had been met mainly from Lotus's or our local 7-11s. At the same time HHTel was getting zilch from the same shops. I agree, the shortage is easing (without the expected price hike), but it still exists in places.

[PeteC]

It should be very clear that the cows have been on their August holidays.

[HHTel]

As I've been saying all along, it's luck of the draw. Mrs BB has just come back from a tour of local 7-11s. She found one bottle of white top Meiji. So the shortage is still with us.

As you say, it's all about timing. Daily visits to one of my local 7/11's have found the shelves fully stocked. Just lucky I guess.

[HHTel]

There shouldn't be price hikes because as I understand it, the price is controlled with the last increase sometime last year.

[Big Boy]

I don't know if this is related to last month's shortage or if it's a Lotus's thing. Down at Lotus's today, they had every type of milk except just plain boring milk. My preference is plain boring milk.

It's a crazy situation when you have a bloody great supermarket, but you have to go to 7-11 to buy what you actually want.

[Dannie Boy]

What is plain boring milk - the full fat 4% blue top (in most brands)?


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[HHTel]

Makro always has plenty although in the larger containers. The noted absence is Meiji.
Dutch Mill Selected seems to be the one most commonly found on a 'hunt'

It does appear to be 'hit and miss'. Some days I'm lucky in the first 7/11. In contrast, yesterday the first EIGHT shops had none but I managed to get a supply in number 9 and 10.

We get through a lot of milk what with cereal breakfasts for the kids and the glass or two taken through the day.

[Big Boy]

What is plain boring milk - the full fat 4% blue top (in most brands)?


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Yes, blue top

[KhunLA]

Makro always has plenty although in the larger containers. The noted absence is Meiji.
Dutch Mill Selected seems to be the one most commonly found on a 'hunt'

It does appear to be 'hit and miss'. Some days I'm lucky in the first 7/11. In contrast, yesterday the first EIGHT shops had none but I managed to get a supply in number 9 and 10.

We get through a lot of milk what with cereal breakfasts for the kids and the glass or two taken through the day.

Really ... seems to be the opposite down here/PKK, 1hr ish south of HH. Meiji, no prob, Dutch Mill, my preference, harder to find.

[Dannie Boy]

We went to Makro HH yesterday and although they had plenty of varieties of blue top full fat milk, not a drop of the white top 0% milk that we prefer for tea. My wife managed to find a single 1 litre bottle in Cha Am this morning, so clearly still a shortage of some types of milk.

[hhinner]

We went to Makro HH yesterday and although they had plenty of varieties of blue top full fat milk, not a drop of the white top 0% milk that we prefer for tea. My wife managed to find a single 1 litre bottle in Cha Am this morning, so clearly still a shortage of some types of milk.

Recently makro seems to be lacking in CP-Meiji milk products, especially 0%, but full of a brand I'd never noticed before - Nong Pho (only full fat).

[Dannie Boy]

We went to Makro HH yesterday and although they had plenty of varieties of blue top full fat milk, not a drop of the white top 0% milk that we prefer for tea. My wife managed to find a single 1 litre bottle in Cha Am this morning, so clearly still a shortage of some types of milk.

Recently makro seems to be lacking in CP-Meiji milk products, especially 0%, but full of a brand I'd never noticed before - Nong Pho (only full fat).

The had Meiji Blue top yesterday and I bought two 2l bottles, although as you say, they had Nong Pho and other brands of full fat - no zero fat and I don’t think they had any half fat either!!

[caller]

When I boughtt milk in Gourmet Market on Monday just gone, I was surprised to see the shelves virtually empty again. But luckily, as I prefer the less popular 'semi-skimmed' or low fat milk, there was plenty of the Meiji brand available. More telling was that they had put the signs back up warning of the low milk supply.

[HHTel]

Last night when I visited my local 7/11, I was told as soon as the door was open "Sorry, no milk. Should have a delivery in about an hour. Leave me your phone number and I'll call you."
Sure enough, just after midnight I got the call. Bought enough for a few days!
This morning I went in for something else and the milk shelves were empty!

[STEVE G]

I don't really buy milk in Thailand but I walked past the milk fridge in Lotus MV about half an hour ago and it seemed to be fully stocked.