• @[email protected]
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    311 months ago

    I think in America, they sell milk in soft plastic bags to be cut open, so you have to put them in these jugs for stability and handling.

        • I Cast Fist
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          110 months ago

          Common in small, neighborhood markets in Brazil, but most milk is sold in the paper/aluminum tetra paks due to longer shelf life

        • @SCB
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          11 months ago

          I’ve literally never seen that happen in America and I’ve lived in 5 states, both rural and urban, and have visited over 30.

            • @SCB
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              411 months ago

              Ah, that’s a good joke then

          • @[email protected]
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            511 months ago

            I saw it in Louisiana. For a few months, my high-school cafeteria was giving us milk in a bag. Like individual-size bags that you poked a straw into. I was very confused the first time I saw it

            • @SCB
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              111 months ago

              That’s wild. I’d love to try milk in a bag.

              • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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                310 months ago

                They had them in my elementary school back in the 90s. Haven’t seen one since then. They were pretty cool though. I’m sure some people would buy it if they brought it back for nostalgia.

                • @SCB
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                  110 months ago

                  I’d be there for damn sure.

                  Gotta be easier to ship, too, which means it’s certainly cheaper.

      • @[email protected]
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        411 months ago

        We do actually have the bag and jug too! I love getting my milk at Kwik Trip because that’s how they sell it. And it just tastes better. If it weren’t so damn expensive, I’d force my household to convert to it.

          • @Ilovemyirishtemper
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            311 months ago

            You can get it in Wisconsin, but it’s not super common. We mostly use the plastic jugs or glass bottles.

          • @[email protected]
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            210 months ago

            Irishtemper got it right! Wisconsin, we have it here at the Kwik trips. Might be in other places too, but that’s where I go to get it.

    • @x4740N
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      1211 months ago

      They definitely don’t do this in america, tf

      • bitwolf
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        310 months ago

        Yeah I’ve only ever gotten the plastic gallons and cartons of milk.

        I was half thinking this was a plastic meme since everything is plastic here.

    • @Mr_Dr_Oink
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      11 months ago

      I used to work in a kitchen of a well-known chain pub in the UK and our mill came in in bags. Saved on alot of waste as we only needed one plastic jug and the bags used significantly less plastic than bottles of milk.

    • @helmet91
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      311 months ago

      We had that in Europe too, but I don’t see these anymore.

      • @Aceticon
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        111 months ago

        In my experience, it depends on the country and it’s only in some stores - I vaguelly remember getting milk like that at some point, which I think it was in The Netherlands.

        Mind you, it’s more climate friendly than plastic bottles and likely glass (even with recycling).

        • Trek
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          411 months ago

          Quebec and Ontario have it, having been to both of those provinces

    • @Coreidan
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      211 months ago

      I’ve never once seen milk sold in a bag