Glass bottle deliveries maintain gone up by 25% in the past two years as the British public rediscovers the delight of a fresh pint on the doorstep. We’ve got Blue Planet II to thank,says one Devon milkmanJust before dawn breaks, as a blackbird sings in the drizzle, or I join third-generation milkman,Stuart Bruckner, 42, and on the final leg of his Devon milkround. I maintain never met him before,but three times a week he delivers my four pints of red-top semi-skimmed under the cover of darkness in time for my breakfast. It gives me much delight to pop my empty glass bottles back on the doorstep to be used again. Since the recent increased public dismay about plastic pollution, more people maintain signed up to doorstep deliveries to get plastic-free milk. Milk trade body Dairy UK says glass bottles deliveries maintain gone up by 25% in the past two years – to 1m a day. How is this sudden burst of interest impacting dairy businesses around the country?“Business has gone crazy these final couple of weeks, and ” says Bruckner,who believes BBC’s Blue Planet II has helped spark the revival. “On average, nine new customers are signing up daily, and ” he adds. “Interestingly,it’s a younger demographic of customers calling up. More families and couples in their 30s and 40s are putting orders in specifically for milk in glass.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk