# What are you paying for milk and gas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465 "2008-07-14T17:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/21 "2008-07-14T23:00:29Z")
Kinsale, Ireland: 1 liter milk = €1.38 = $2.19 (I could have gone to the chain store and gotten it for €1.25 = $1.99) I don’t drive here, so I’m not up on the price of petrol, er… gas 😉 ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/22 "2008-07-14T23:03:32Z")
$1.39 per quart for 1% at the local Whole Foods (other local markets Publix & Kroger are 20-30 cents more). $4.02 per gallon at the local QT this afternoon (it was 3.98 this morning). ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/23 "2008-07-14T23:04:47Z")
Milk: $1.80 a litre Petrol: $1.70 a litre. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/24 "2008-07-14T23:23:54Z")
Milk 85 pence for 2 pints (about 75 pence per litre) Diesel £1.34 per litre In American units (including conversion to US gallons)… Milk: $5.66 per gallon Diesel $10.11 per gallon ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/25 "2008-07-14T23:31:34Z")
$3.99/gal for 2% milk from Vallarta; Shell gas regular is $4.55/gal. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/26 "2008-07-14T23:37:12Z")
I paid $4.49 for a gallon of milk at Publix last week. A gallon of regular unleaded at the local Chevron (which appears to be the cheapest around) costs $4.07. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/27 "2008-07-15T00:07:59Z")
If I did the conversion right, gas is $5.18 per US gallon. Milk, I don’t have a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Timchik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Timchik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timchik)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/28 "2008-07-15T01:16:22Z")
In Montreal: Nearest gas is $1.45/liter (US$5.45/US gal) 2% milk in bags is $5.34 for 4 liters (US$5.02/US gal) ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/29 "2008-07-15T02:48:59Z")
Just north of Colorado Springs: $3.89 per gallon. Same price for each. Both at Safeway. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/30 "2008-07-15T03:59:20Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Woo] Coincidentally, about **$4.89/gallon** for each. That’s in Silicon Valley. [/QUOTE] Holy crap! Wow, we \*do \*have it easy in Oklahoma. The cheap gas is $3.87. The premium stuff is $4.07. I don’t drink milk so I don’t know about it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/31 "2008-07-15T05:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=SanibelMan] This is fairly mundane compared to most of the other threads in this forum at the moment, but I’m curious what everyone else is paying for the two big staples. At Costco in the Kansas suburbs this morning: 1% milk: $3.14/gallon 2% milk: $3.18 Whole milk: $3.26 Gas: $3.99 (Anywhere from $4.03 to $4.09 at other stations) [/QUOTE] At my local Exxon station, regular gas is $3.89 a gallon (closer to $3.99 at most places). At my local supermarket, a gallon of milk is $3.49 for the generic brand, $3.99 for name brands. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/32 "2008-07-15T17:08:38Z")
No clue about milk, but gas was $4.05 last week when I filled up. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/33 "2008-07-15T17:24:22Z")
To me, one of the most interesting things about this thread is finding out how many of you get by on little or no milk! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/34 "2008-07-15T18:23:52Z")
Sorry, meant to post this last night: a half gallon of “skim deluxe” was $2.59. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/35 "2008-07-15T20:15:16Z")
I paid attention today: Gas: $4.05/gallon unleaded Milk: “regular” or store brands average of about $3.50/gallon We buy milk that comes from a local dairy in glass bottles at $2.19/half gallon (it tastes way better than the stuff that comes in plastic!) (Central WI, about an hour north of **Harmonious Discord** ) ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/36 "2008-07-15T20:28:54Z")
I don’t buy milk, so I have no idea, but 87 Octane gasoline at the stations I frequent in Burlington County, NJ are $3.82 and $3.87 (both Valero). There are others in surrounding areas a little above $4.00, but I don’t buy there. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/37 "2008-07-15T21:14:08Z")
Gas ~$4.05, Milk ~$3.99 ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/38 "2008-07-15T22:44:50Z")
Followup - I just paid $3.89 for gas at a station that was selling it for $3.87 this morning :(. I hate when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/39 "2008-07-15T23:44:50Z")
Milk - $2.70 a litre Petrol - $1.69 a litre A gallon is roughly 1/4 of a litre so if I’m doing this right it works out to: Milk - $10.60 USD a gallon Petrol - $6.60 USD a gallon I buy both maybe once every two months. I’m pretty sure I got ripped off for the milk. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465/40 "2008-07-15T23:51:26Z")
[QUOTE=Kayeby] Milk - $2.70 a litre Petrol - $1.69 a litre A gallon is roughly 1/4 of a litre so if I’m doing this right it works out to: Milk - $10.60 USD a gallon Petrol - $6.60 USD a gallon I buy both maybe once every two months. I’m pretty sure I got ripped off for the milk. [/QUOTE] I think so. I pay roughly that price for 2 litres of milk. I’m not sure what petrol prices are around here, but they’d be comparable to Melbourne’s I’d imagine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-milk-and-gas/456465.md?page=3)