# What are you paying for a 1 gallon jug of 2% cow's milk?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 12, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-a-1-gallon-jug-of-2-cows-milk/546457 "2010-07-12T21:39:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-a-1-gallon-jug-of-2-cows-milk/546457/101 "2010-07-21T20:52:09Z")

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Just go metric already…

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**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-a-1-gallon-jug-of-2-cows-milk/546457/102 "2010-07-22T10:31:31Z")

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My Aldi"s price floats between $1.49 and $1.79. Currently @ top of the range.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-a-1-gallon-jug-of-2-cows-milk/546457/103 "2010-07-22T13:21:27Z")

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> [@Manwich](#):
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> 137 yen/litre  
> = 137 \* 3.78541178 = 518.601414 yen/gallon  
> = 6USD for a gallon
> 
> Jeebers! Didn’t know milk was so much cheaper in the US. But a gallon of milk? What do you people do with it? Water your lawns?

Milk is a staple drink in most households. It’s not uncommon to pour a glass of milk as a drink, or to have the jug on the table during meals.

> [@Kiyoshi](#):
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> I agree with **Manwich** about the mind-bogglingness of a gallon bottle of milk (Google tells me a gallon is about 4.5 litres). How does that even fit in the fridge?
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> I’m not sure what 2% milk is, but I pay 0.86 GBP for 1 litre of skimmed milk, which converts to 5.98 USD per gallon.

Fridges are typically much bigger in North America, well the Canada/US part anyway. In the UK I think you’re used to either whole milk (with a milk fat content of around 3.25%) or skimmed milk (with a milk fat content of around 0.5%) Here we have an interim choice that’s less fattening, but doesn’t taste like white water: 2% milk fat.

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