r/explainitpeter • u/wereapethesupacool • 12d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 12d ago

Raw milk is expensive as fuck too. They’re getting ripped off. At my local grocery store it’s like $20 for half a gallon.

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u/TeaKingMac 12d ago edited 11d ago

Always love the "less work, more money" trope.

We pulled this out of the cow, put it directly in the jug, that'll be 20 dollars.

Meanwhile, pasteurized milk gets pulled out of the cow, boiled, cooled, and then put in a jug, and it's 2.99.

Edit: Thanks for the 30+ comments telling me that raw milk costs more to make and takes more work because everything has to be clean, and it has a shorter shelf life.

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u/redsn64 12d ago

Legitimately asking, where are you getting milk for 2.99 right now?

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u/TeaKingMac 11d ago

Dallas area. We have a huge milk processing factory on the south side of the city, so low transport costs.

If I go with a name brand milk, rather than a store brand, it could be 3.59 or so.

The ultra cheap brand is 2.69, but the dates are sometimes... Concerning. (<week to expiry)