Someone ordered too many gallon-sized jugs!

Buy one gallon and run for the hills?

I'm by no means a food snob, but I just can't bring myself to drink milk from Wal-Mart...

Wow. Just wow. Okay, maybe unbelievable too, or is it? Hmmm.

1/2 gallon > 2 whole gallons > 1 gallon?

Great Value my ass...

Now please go shop somewhere that doesn't treat its employees lower than microbes living in dirt.

(Although I admit I just picked up an LCD TV from Wal-Mart... I hated myself and being in that store every minute I was there. Right from the start where I asked the hag standing at the entrance if she had any ads at her booth. It was about 3pm, and they ran out that morning...)

So how much would three be? Or is that just not allowed?

For some reason, and I've never been able to understand it, it takes the sacrifice of more Chinese babies to produce half gallons versus full gallons.

@1stMarDiv: Just out of curiosity why can't you? It's milk, it comes from a cow so whats the problem?

@segamanxero: I'd assume by my calculations that a half gallon is superior then all the rest and is worth paying the mark up.

and two one gallon jugs are superior and worth the mark up to a single gallon, but not superior to a half gallon...

I'm certain there is some magic pixie dust or something that makes the milk better when you over pay.

@1stMarDiv: I have to agree with you.

@Let's do the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!: I'm sure the "hag" won't miss you.

My Sams club routinely has milk that is priced higher than the Wal Mart that is right next door (and higher than many other grocers in the area), now try to explain that one!

And just where do you live? That's almost half price of what I pay here. :( I bought a gallon yesterday for 4.19

I wish I lived where milk was less than $3/gallon.

@1stMarDiv: If you never saw the label, you'd never know.

I think I'm becoming desensitized to these WalMart stories..... This just doesn't surprise me anymore.

@Adrienne Willis: I'm curious, as well, to hear the reason. I wonder if Wal-Mart cows are fundamentally different in some way that affects the taste of the milk.

@Let's do the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!: You are like a hypocrite squared!

@cabjf: If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

Seriously, a gallon seems to be the sweet spot here. I can't imagine what a 1/2 pint costs.

That's walmarts way of saying... "Don't stock up on our milk."

Buy organic milk, you do not want to know what is in the regular stuff. (Organic has some of the same things in it, but the quantity of anti-biotics, hormones and other far grosser things in non-organic milk is staggering)

@DaynaRT: Move closer to Eau Claire, WI.

[www.nd.edu]

I know some states limit WIC Milk Coupons (Foodstamps) to half-gallon purchases. So instead of buying two gallons of milk, you buy 4 1/2-gallons of milk. This could explain the hafl-gallon pricing.

@Outrun1986: At least that is different stores and not one wire rack away.

Maybe the plastic container costs more than the milk.

Even then, it doesn't make sense. It's like they're penalizing you for getting less.

Maybe they should address this instead of text message charges. Wonder what other foods have this kind of pricing.

@DaynaRT: Seriously! Milk here almost got up to $5 during the gas craziness.

@1stMarDiv: Kwik Trip used to sell milk in bags, which may be more environmentally friendly now that I think about it, but was a huge laugh when I was in college.

@mgy: It just tastes wrong. Can't explain it... of course as an adult I rarely ever drink milk anymore.

@TheKeg: I live in Dallas. The Schepps brand which was in between all these price shenanigans was $4.50 a gallon. I think it was a red herring to try and distract me from the logic black hole around it.

@TheKeg:

I am so sorry. Bought a new gallon last night [expiry date was 1/16/09] for $1.92 at our Tesco.

@Let's do the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!:

So you want Wal Mart to treat it's employees better, but you call a random Wal Mart employee a hag? Sometimes change starts at home.

1. It is always cheaper to buy in bulk. A half gallon is more expensive because it takes more plastic-to-milk ratio for the jug is higher. Bulk = less packaging = cheaper.

2. Are you 100% positive that the two shelf labels were for the same milk? Perhaps they ran out of 2% or a local dairy brand (it's hard to tell on that left label if it is GV). So, instead of doing the right thing and turning the label around first, they just stocked it to make the refrigerator look fuller (I've worked at Wal-Mart in the past, so I can attest that shelf appearance means a lot to management and the fuller they look, the better).

"It's so damn hot!!! Milk was a bad choice!"

@TrueBlue63: can you elaborate? what's so bad about normal milk?

@Let's do the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!: I worked at Wal-Mart as an overnight grocery stocker for 8 months in 2004. I was treated very well by all of my superiors, despite terrible job performance and worse attendance; in fact, I actually feel guilty about how *I* treated *them* as employers.

@Adrienne Willis: @mgy: @zentex: I'm a bit of a milk snob. There actually is a difference between the tastes of milk from different companies, and Wal-Mart milk comes from one of the bad ones.

/spent a few summers on a farm

I think the real question should be who buys whole milk these days? I thought 2% was as rich as it gets.

@warf0x0r: @mgy:

I think it's the idea of buying food from walmart when the company on a whole is not known for its consumer/employee care.

@mgy:

I really don't have a good answer for any of you. I love milk and I drink it all the time, but for some reason I just can't drink their milk. Maybe it's the label, or the smell, or whatever. And like I said earlier, I'm not a food snob and I regularly buy Kroger or Biggs brand products over the national brands, even some Great Value products. Except the milk.

But I digress from the subject of this post. This isn't really even news here. The same thing happens with 2-Liter soft drinks compared to 20 oz. bottles of the same product near the cash registers. That's why you always look at the price-per-ounce when shopping.

And that is your reward for not stumbling over the filthy baby diaper bombs littering the WalMart parking lots.

More to the point; THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!

@Let's do the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!: Walmart treats its employees better than most stores.

^ is loling.

@warf0x0r: I didn't realize milk was a children's drink

@Voyou_Charmant: Damn it, that should have been pointing to me.

@1stMarDiv: I would never buy anything from Wal Mart, especially food.
No doubt they are working on ways to cheaply bring tainted Chinese milk over.

@1stMarDiv: 20 oz bottles are that price due to convenience. It is a case of "on the go" versus large quantity. Same with individual candy bars versus boxes of candy bars. 1/2 gallon jugs of milk however are not for "on the go".

In my life I have never seen a half gallon of milk cost more than a full gallon. If you can rationalize that as 'normal', than I have half a car i'd like to sale you.

Are you sure you aren't shopping at the same Walmart I am? That is the exact same situation at my local Walmart with milk prices. We thought it was a mistake and bought 2 gallons and had milk with every meal. However, it has been almost a month with this type of ridiculous pricing scheme.

@Shawna: No doubt. I recently had a glass of 2% after drinking skim for the past several years, and thought someone had given me straight whipping cream.

@snapdoodle: not to mention how it strong arms it's vendors. I wouldn't be surprised if the cows weren't being fed for weeks at a time so that the farmer could afford to sell to walmart