Milkmen are making a 復帰 as families shun plastic milk コンテナs in favour of recyclable glass 瓶/封じ込めるs and 有機の farm food 配達するd to the doorstep

  • Number of doorstep 配達/演説/出産s has 急に上がるd in the past year to more than a million
  • 有機の fruit & veg, cheese and artisan bread now …を伴って milk 配達/演説/出産s?
  • Milk & More which 支配(する)/統制するs half the market 調印するd up 50,000 new 顧客s

The sound of milk 瓶/封じ込めるs gently clinking on the doorstep in the 早期に morning might seem like nothing more than a nostalgic memory.

But milkmen are making a 復帰 ? thanks 大部分は to middle-class families who are shunning plastic milk コンテナs that 損失 the 環境 in favour of recyclable glass 瓶/封じ込めるs 配達するd daily.

The number of 世帯s served by doorstep 配達/演説/出産s has 急に上がるd by 25 per cent in the past year, to more than a million.

The number of households served by doorstep deliveries has soared by 25 per cent in the past year, to more than a million

The number of 世帯s served by doorstep 配達/演説/出産s has 急に上がるd by 25 per cent in the past year, to more than a million

And to 会合,会う the tastes of the new 産む/飼育する of 顧客, milk floats are now 負担d not just with pintas, but also an array of gourmet foods that would be 外国人 to the 伝統的な milkie, as epitomised by comedian Benny Hill’s Ernie in the 1970s.

有機の fruit and veg, artisan bread and 手渡す-wrapped cheeses are の中で the items on the menu.

Milk & More, which 支配(する)/統制するs about half the market, sells 有機の avocados at £3.25 for two, 有機の blueberries at £2.50 for 125g, sourdough bread for £1.69 and 有機の brie at £4.95 for 240g. Milk is 82p a pint.

The company 配達するs to 500,000 homes, stretching from leafy Wimbledon in 南西 London to the Home 郡s, Bristol, Bath, Oxfordshire and the South Coast.

Milk & More, which controls about half the market, sells milk for 82p per pint

Milk & More, which 支配(する)/統制するs about half the market, sells milk for 82p per pint

In the past year the company has 調印するd up 50,000 new 顧客s, with 90 per cent of them 需要・要求するing their milk in glass 瓶/封じ込めるs which are 再使用するd an 普通の/平均(する) 28 times.

While the market for home-配達するd milk is still small compared to the past ? only three per cent of 世帯s now have a milkman, compared to 94 per cent in 1975 ? the resurgence is 推定する/予想するd to continue as 顧客s become ますます aware of the 損失ing 影響s of plastic waste.

The 配達/演説/出産 is also 比較して green, as the company 誇る the UK’s largest electric (n)艦隊/(a)素早い of 500 silent 乗り物s.

Milk & More, which is owned by the German 酪農場 複合的な/複合企業体 Muller, hopes to 拡大する その上の north and 新採用する 100 new milkmen and women this year, 追加するing to the 1,100 it already 雇うs.

Former restaurant 労働者 Jessica Hedges, 25, from Edgware, North London, is one of them. She started her £26,000-year-職業 as a milkwoman, 配達するing in Uxbridge, West London, nine months ago.

Former restaurant worker Jessica Hedges, 25, from Edgware, North London, has been working for Milk & More for nine months

Former restaurant 労働者 Jessica Hedges, 25, from Edgware, North London, has been working for Milk & More for nine months

She said: ‘My dad is a milkman and he told me how much he loved the 職業 so I decided to give it a try.

‘I’m really enjoying it. It keeps me fit, there’s a lot of walking and I have time in the day to walk my puppy and do other things. I go to bed before 6pm and get about five hours’ sleep. But that’s 罰金.

‘If I’m very tired I have an hour’s nap in the afternoon. I start work at 11pm and finish about 7am. My boyfriend 作品 転換s, too, so we see each other in the day or at 週末s. It 作品 井戸/弁護士席.

‘When I 選ぶ up my electric 先頭 from the Watford 倉庫・駅 it has already been 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d and 負担d with everything needed for the 一連の会議、交渉/完成する. I have a handset which tells me what items each 所有物/資産/財産 has ordered.

‘People are surprised to see a woman in the 職業. A lot of people like it and say it’s nice to see a woman. They call me the milk lady and I like that.’

She said: ‘My dad is a milkman and he told me how much he loved the job so I decided to give it a try'

She said: ‘My dad is a milkman and he told me how much he loved the 職業 so I decided to give it a try'

The days of leaving 公式文書,認めるs for the milkman are also on their way out. 顧客s have until 9pm to order goods online, which are 保証(人)d to be 配達するd by 7am.

A new app to make the 過程 easier has been downloaded 20,000 times in three months, and 同様に as day-to-day groceries, bulky items such as potatoes, compost and 洗面所 rolls can also be ordered.

経済学者 Tim Moore, 45, from Reading, 調印するd up last year to help the 環境.

Milk & More? sells organic avocados at £3.25 for two, organic blueberries at £2.50 for 125g, sourdough bread for £1.69 and organic brie at £4.95 for 240g

Milk & More? sells 有機の avocados at £3.25 for two, 有機の blueberries at £2.50 for 125g, sourdough bread for £1.69 and 有機の brie at £4.95 for 240g

He said: ‘I’m often too busy to get to the shops after work so it’s really convenient to make a quick order and have breakfast 配達するd on my doorstep the next morning.?

'I’m pleased about the new avocados as I can have one on toast before going to work.’

Other companies around the country such as Parker 酪農場s in London, the Dartmouth 酪農場 in Devon and Woodman’s 酪農場 in Cardiff, have also 報告(する)/憶測d an 増加する in (弁護士の)依頼人s.

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