# How mad are the cows near you? (Milk prices) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498 "2004-07-04T15:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498/41 "2004-07-08T03:26:27Z")
It’s the stupidest thing, but I’m so glad to see this thread! I thought it was just me freaking out about the price of milk nowadays. 🙂 I went grocery shopping after work today: I live in northern VA, and 1/2 gallon of supermarket-brand 1% cost $2.13. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498/42 "2004-07-08T03:28:05Z")
It’s only sold by the liter here, but extrapolating out it costs about US$7-8 per gallon. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498/43 "2004-07-08T12:08:32Z")
It’s between $3.69 and $3.79 a gallon, depending on which store you’re in where I live. It was cheaper at the Royal Farm Store (convenience store), but they’re the same as the grocery store now. We’re big milk-drinkers in my house, and I buy it two or three gallons at a time. I keep threatening to get a cow and keep her in the backyard. I figure we could make back the cost of the cow in a couple of weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498/44 "2004-07-08T13:57:41Z")
Hmmm. For once my city is NOT the most expensive in the country–about $2.39 half-gallon, $4.59 for a gallon–all types, except fancy-schmancy organic which is usually that price anyway. These are in grocery stores, btw, in the Bronx and Manhattan. I know nothing of these “Wal-marts” and “Costcos” of which you exotics speak 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498/45 "2004-07-08T15:48:59Z")
My milk’s been the same price for a year and a half: half gallon of organic nonfat milk is $2.49 at the King Soopers. Organic milk tastes so much better to me that I don’t bother buying regular milk unless it’s the only kind available. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498/46 "2004-07-08T21:31:35Z")
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed milk was getting really expensive! At the Winn-Dixie across the street, a gallon of 2% milk jumped to $2.99 in less than a week. That’s for store-brand, too. Dean’s was $3…49 for a gallon. At Meijer yesterday, a gallon of store brand 2% was $2.49. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498/47 "2004-07-12T12:46:35Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > Here whole name brand is $5.35 a gallon. Store Generic is $5.15. Florida. So I went to Whole Foods yesterday to pick up some okay for kids but not bugs bug spray (Orange Guard) and checked milk prices while I was there. $3.99 a gallon for Organic milk. As that is what I want to serve the kid anyway, I’m very happy. 🙂 But it’s a pain in the ass to get to that store (it’s on the way home, but stopping there would make me very late at $1 a minute for daycare overage charge) so I’ll probably still buy it at the ‘regular’ grocery store. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mad-are-the-cows-near-you-milk-prices/253498.md?page=2)