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Changing consumer habits could spell the end of bagged milk (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
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"Consumption of milk per capita has gone down every year over the last 30 years," says Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. "Actually, it's gone down by more than 20 per cent since 2015."

While bagged milk is often cited as a unique Canadianism, it's actually not sold west of Ontario. Those who prefer it, however, say it's more cost efficient and some even believe it tastes better.

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

You guys drink milk out of bags? We use glass, plastic, or cardboard jugs down in the States.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago

Some places do things a bit differently. More news at 11

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

It's not even all of Canada, just Ontario, Quebec, and the maritimes

[-] SniffDoctor@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

In eastern Canada. I've never even seen it in western Canada.

[-] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yea, it's shipped in a rectangular bag. It goes into a milk holder that holds the bag snug, and you snip the corner off so it pours like a spout. The jug that holds it provides the handle and stability for the bag. When the bag is empty, toss it, put the next bag in.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That sounds like a pretty good system once you have the jug, assuming those bags don't look like jellyfish to sea turtles.

[-] Leeker@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Is the bag held really well by the milk holder? I'd always worry about the bag tipping out of the milk holder, while pouring.

[-] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Yea, I've been using it all my life and never once had a bag fall out.

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Well enough. The bag of milk forces enough air that it's basically suction held until the milk's almost gone.

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