America's largest milk producer files for bankruptcy

[Deleted member 13148]

I hope the people that lose their jobs are able to find new work in a less fucked up field.

My favorite plant based milk is hazelnut, but I don't make it often. I mostly make soy milk, since it's ridiculously cheap to make yourself (even if you add in the cost of a soy milk maker if you're lazy like me), has very low environmental impact, and a great nutritional profile. I someone make oat milk as well, which is probably the easiest and cheapest milk to make.

 

[BasilZero]

So what's typically the best milk to consume right now weight loss wise and good cholesterol/sugar wise?

Currently drinking a cup of skim milk store brand

Went from no milk to whole milk to low fat and now skim 😂

 

[Bramblebutt]

Holy shit I knew it was high but 73%? Wtf? How has it survived for so long?

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Imagine what would happen to food prices if those subsidies were reduced or rescinded.

 

[sapien85]

Fuck off with this. People may end up losing their jobs.

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If the oil industry somehow died overnight and was made unnecessary I wouldn't be sad about it despite job losses.

 

[sapien85]

I love milk. Can drink it with every meal. What's with the hate?

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You gonna drink milk with pizza, hamburger and grilled chicken?

 

[Pilgrimzero]

I love milk. I'd give up meat before milk.

 

[Hesemonni]

You gonna drink milk with pizza, hamburger and grilled chicken?

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Nothing wrong with that?

 

[LegendofJoe]

If the oil industry somehow died overnight and was made unnecessary I wouldn't be sad about it despite job losses.

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They won't be made unnecessary but the heyday of oil has come and gone. The permanent decline of that industry will start in earnest in the 2020s. If you have any oil investments you should begin pulling your money out now.

 

[AstronaughtE]

Dean's got pushed out of our grocery store in favor of their in-house brand.

 

[Tfritz]

Lots of thumbs up out there for almond milk. However, it uses a high amount of water compare to other non-dairy milks:

And most of it is grown in California, where drought is a major issue.

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looks like oat milk is the skinny legend we need!

 

[Deleted member 2210]

I saw a woman load up 3 cartons of oat milk on the conveyer at the market yesterday. Is it really that good?

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Out of all the alternatives, I've liked it the most.

 

[ned_ballad]

I should try Oat Milk

But it was like 50 cents more than Almond Milk last time I was at Trader Joe's.

I mostly just use it for cooking, so any mild taste difference wouldn't be noticed.

 

[Deleted member 13148]

I should try Oat Milk

But it was like 50 cents more than Almond Milk last time I was at Trader Joe's.

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If you have a blender and something to strain it, it's super easy to make yourself, and significantly cheaper!

 

[Eye for an Eye]

I alternate my milk purchases. I prefer the more expensive organic milk that is farmed and bottled locally, but I also buy the cheap store brand stuff when I need to.

Butter and cheese is going to be the biggest hit in my house. But there's enough brands out there that will make up for it. All the small dairy farmers that feed into Dean's will wind up selling their milk to someone else. Many more will probably go for an organic label since it still grabs a premium.

But these large scale farms with almost no land and routine over milking of the cows can go by the wayside. Definitely not the pretty pictures they like to put on labels.

 

[sgtnosboss]

Totally fine with this

 

[Turbo Tu-Tone]

almond milk is gross

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Lie again.

 

[sapien85]

Nothing wrong with that?

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Sounds gross to me and I like milk.

 

[Walter White Walker]

Not surprising. It's an industry that has been in decline since the 1970s.

 

[Davey Cakes]

My family goes through a gallon a week, but we buy Hood.

 

[andymoogle]

Good. I'm expecting it to happen more and more. Oatly has grown a lot the past year in Europe. It's bound to happen there too, soon. Hopefully beef and other dairy products follow sooner rather than later.

 

[Havok]

The article mentioned that Walmart dropped them after opening their own dairy plant, and I'd say those cases are a major part of it. The name brand milks like Dean's are just wayyyy too expensive compared to the store brands. Most vendors, like Dean's also offer retailers sales guarantees, and give full refunds for any product that doesn't sell/expires on the shelf.

They would probably be fine if they shifted to only selling their other dairy products like butter and dips, though they would have to massively downsize the company, I'd expect.

 

[finalflame]

Good. I'm expecting it to happen more and more. Oatly has grown a lot the past year in Europe. It's bound to happen there too, soon. Hopefully beef and other dairy products follow sooner rather than later.

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It's all over the place on the west coast, at least.

 

[julian]

This news is so annoying. It took us a while to find our kid milk he loves, we found it, then they went bankrupt. We searched for a new one, found it....and now they've gone bankrupt too.

 

[Bitanator]

You gonna drink milk with pizza, hamburger and grilled chicken?

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yeah

 

[Coyote Starrk]

You gonna drink milk with pizza, hamburger and grilled chicken?

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I always drink milk with my pizza or pasta.

It's fucking amazing.

 

[Soundscream]

Lots of thumbs up out there for almond milk. However, it uses a high amount of water compare to other non-dairy milks:

And most of it is grown in California, where drought is a major issue.

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I wonder if that's just the water needed to turn almonds into milk or does it include the water to grow it also?

You gonna drink milk with pizza, hamburger and grilled chicken?

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[How About No]

This news is so annoying. It took us a while to find our kid milk he loves, we found it, then they went bankrupt. We searched for a new one, found it....and now they've gone bankrupt too.

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It's milk

How different can they possibly be

 

[Deleted member 21709]

Did Oat Milk get really big recently? It appeared in my fridge the other day, it's good.

 

[Ashhong]

You gonna drink milk with pizza, hamburger and grilled chicken?

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Yup. Steak, sushi, don't matter.

 

[airbagged_]

OATLY FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Coyote Starrk]

It's milk

How different can they possibly be

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Enough to matter.

The Kroger store brand down here is my personal favorite. I had to get the WalMart brand one week and the next weeks worth of breakfast sucked because I could tell the difference and i didn't like it.

 

[Deleted member 13148]

I wonder if that's just the water needed to turn almonds into milk or does it include the water to grow it also?

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It includes everything. Meat and dairy require way more water than any plant-based milk. Chocolate is pretty much the only thing worse for water.

 

[julian]

It's milk

How different can they possibly be

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Wildly different. No joke.

 

[Tremagus]

Almond milk is what my family and I have whenever we actually do get milk, which is rare. The idea of drinking cow's milk makes me a little sick, aside from the lactose intolerance

 

[Huey]

Fuck off with this. People may end up losing their jobs.

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This is unfortunately not the bottom line in industries that aren't climate-sustainable. We need responsible government programs (let's just start with responsible govt in the US...) that will oversee worker transitions to other industries, but employment for employment's just can't be the reason unto itself.

If you were just reacting to someone saying, "this is good" then I hear you - not necessarily something to be celebrated but something that's necessary in the long run,