On top of that, you can support British farmers by buying British cheese, yoghurt, and cream. Again, look for the Red Tractor Logo and the Union Jack flag.
Where are the best places for me to buy milk?
Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and The Cooperative are presently supporting farmers by paying them an increasingly fair and transparent price for milk.
There are other retailers that the NFU believes should do much more to support British farmers. We are continuing to talk to all supermarkets to help them to pay dairy farmers a sustainable price.
Consumer choice is very important and you can buy dairy products from all sorts of places including farm shops, supermarkets, milkmen and corner shops. Everyone has different sourcing policies and it is best to ask if you are unsure.
It’s a very tough time for UK dairy farmers at the moment and we would love to see everyone enjoying more British dairy products to support farmers.
What is the current situation with milk prices?
Many of the big supermarkets are cutting the price of milk for shoppers to try to increase the number of people coming through their doors every day. At the number of people coming through their doors every day. At the same time, many farmers are being paid less for their milk by processers – the companies that buy milk from farms, package and store it, before transporting to supermarkets and shops for sale to the general public.
However, the two factors are not necessarily linked. Some of the supermarkets which sell cut-price milk claim to take the hit out of their own profit margins and pay processers and farmers a good price, but more transparency is needed. But the NFU believes this trend is not good practice because it devalues milk.
This is not a sustainable strategy and has a very negative long-term impact on the UK dairy industry. The price of milk has dropped sharply this year as the retail sector is increasingly competitive. The NFU is very concerned that milk is being used as a battleground for shoppers and we believe it must stop immediately before the impact becomes irreversible.
