Comments on: Hey Rory, need a hand with that milk bag?

By: Jaimesh Mistry

Jaimesh Mistry — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:41:26 +0000

Again, another article of yours Vero, where I just thought Oh My God! The designer of that jug thing has no common sense at all, a useless product like that wont sell. As you’ve explained, consumers will obviously just use a knife or scissors (who’d buy a product that makes the task harder and costs money)?

p.s. props to @vero for finding this article.

By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:16:22 +0000

Trop drôle! Hello Véro from another french-canadian

@ Bimble – I use the bags all the time. The snip you make is so small that your milk does not go bad. It’s like any other milk, it will go bad when it’s due date is passed.

I thought it was hilarious to see that guy trying to figure out the bag of milk haha.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:56:14 +0000

@Bimble
it’s pretty easy to seal a bag, no? I’d even suggest it’d be easier to keep milk fresh in a bag than a bottle as you can exclude all the air.

@Vero
I’d agree that a bag uses less material than a plastic bottle, but the modern design of milk plastic bottles is quite efficient. I would guess there’s as much environmental impact from transporting milk from farmer to dairy, dairy to supermarket and supermarket to home; cows also produce a lot of methan which is a powerful greenhouse gas.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:04:48 +0000

Oh, I miss having milk in bags…for some reason they don’t sell it like that here in Saskatchewan. We’re stuck with the 4-litre jugs that are awkwardly heavy until they’re about half empty.

By: Bimble

Bimble — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:54:10 +0000

I’ve seen these milk bags in use in Canada and if you can get through a litre of milk-in-a-bag before it goes off (or is there a sealable top to the jug??) I suppose it is a good idea, but we generally have a backlog of three or four bottles in our fridge and it probably wouldn’t last if it were in an open bag.

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Time to eat… » Blog Archive » Would you drink milk from a bag? — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:06:04 +0000

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