Last night, I go to Weigel’s to get a couple of gallons of milk. Here’s how it works:

Weigel’s has been processing Milk in it’s own country dairy since 1936. In 1958 the famous gallon in the returnable jug (shown here) was introduced. It has been saving area consumers money ever since. It is available in whole Milk, 2% reduced fat Milk and no-fat Skim D’ Lite®. Customers buy the jug on their first purchase. After that, they trade the empty jug for a full one and pay only for the Milk. They can sell the jug back to Weigel’s for the full purchase price anytime.

Me and the wife have been trading milk jugs at Weigel’s for years. Last night, the milk was in yellow jugs that resembled Mayfields. Weigel’s no longer issues the re-usable milk jugs but will still give you a dollar credit for your jug. The manager of this particular Weigel’s told me that they can’t find anyone to make the lids. I think that is likely not true. I got two gallons last night for $1.19 each.

I think they realized that they could just bypass the jug program and save some cash. In fact, a gallon of milk went from $1.99 to $2.19. My guess is they figured out that the increase in price would pay for the cheaper jugs and they’d save money.

And they’ve implemented a milk buyer’s program. You get a card and each time you purchase a gallon, they stamp your card. After you buy 16 gallons, you get a gallon free.

I’ll miss those jugs. But the landfills won’t.

Posted in uncategorized on November 21st, 2003 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |