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7,56 $ (4L) Bags 4,29 $ (1x2L) Box Still saving a 1$~ / 12%

ComputerGuru 3y ago
Why is your milk so expensive compared to the USA? After an extended price hike due to the volatility of core consumer goods inflation, a 3.78L US gallon of milk is now back to sub-4 USD.
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  government-authorized, legally-enforced cartel/"supply management". In Canada, high prices are good for you! Walmart.com has 3.78L for US$2.52 in Buffalo, ~100 miles from here in Toronto, making our milk 62% more expensive.
- thsksbd 3y ago
  Its a cartel. But, honestly, the quality of Canadian diary is one of the few things Canada has going for it. I remember first tasting sour cream in the US - yuck. I thought Id accidentally bought the light versions. (In cheese the US regains the advantage though - Quebec cheese is decent , but doesn't hold a candle to European cheeses that are available in US grocery stores for much lower prices)
  - nucleardog 3y ago
    Also like… what sort of dairy industry would we have otherwise? The US is right next door to… everywhere here. Anything we can do, they can _probably_ do cheaper. Do we want access to basic staples to be at the whim of US policy and production? I know we’re basically joined at the hip anyway (our economy is basically as a cheaper source of manufacturing and services for the US… and resource extraction for the US), but if we want to keep up the idea of being a separate nation it’s probably good we can at least provide basic staples for our own populace.
- jessriedel 3y ago
  Milk cartel. > The dairy sector is different because since the 1970s it has been subject to supply management. Basically, it’s a government-sanctioned cartel: The Canadian Dairy Commission dictates the precise amount of milk produced every month in the country and uses this top-down control to keep dairy prices artificially high. Similar systems are also in place for chicken, turkey and eggs. > The Canadian dairy sector can do this without fear of international competition because foreign imports are subjected to prohibitive tariffs of up to 300 per cent; this is why border guards will often explicitly ask you if you have any cheese in your luggage (and why the police keep busting cheese-smuggling rings). https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-why-milk-of-all-things-is-canadas-most-terrifyingly-powerful-lobby https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-why-milk-...
Scoundreller 3y ago
It's actually worse at my local Toronto Walmart: Sealtest 4L = $5.89 Sealtest 2L = $5.18, or $10.36 for 4L as 2L cartons.
- Viper512 3y ago
  When I lived alone there was commitment in buying 4L of milk. 2L carton was about the same price.
chongli 3y ago
I live in Ontario. I pay $4.49 for 4L of fine-filtered 1% milk in bags. That's 52% of the price you would pay for 2 of those 2L boxes.

Why is your milk so expensive compared to the USA? After an extended price hike due to the volatility of core consumer goods inflation, a 3.78L US gallon of milk is now back to sub-4 USD.

Scoundreller 3y ago
government-authorized, legally-enforced cartel/"supply management". In Canada, high prices are good for you! Walmart.com has 3.78L for US$2.52 in Buffalo, ~100 miles from here in Toronto, making our milk 62% more expensive.
thsksbd 3y ago
Its a cartel. But, honestly, the quality of Canadian diary is one of the few things Canada has going for it. I remember first tasting sour cream in the US - yuck. I thought Id accidentally bought the light versions. (In cheese the US regains the advantage though - Quebec cheese is decent , but doesn't hold a candle to European cheeses that are available in US grocery stores for much lower prices)
- nucleardog 3y ago
  Also like… what sort of dairy industry would we have otherwise? The US is right next door to… everywhere here. Anything we can do, they can _probably_ do cheaper. Do we want access to basic staples to be at the whim of US policy and production? I know we’re basically joined at the hip anyway (our economy is basically as a cheaper source of manufacturing and services for the US… and resource extraction for the US), but if we want to keep up the idea of being a separate nation it’s probably good we can at least provide basic staples for our own populace.
jessriedel 3y ago
Milk cartel. > The dairy sector is different because since the 1970s it has been subject to supply management. Basically, it’s a government-sanctioned cartel: The Canadian Dairy Commission dictates the precise amount of milk produced every month in the country and uses this top-down control to keep dairy prices artificially high. Similar systems are also in place for chicken, turkey and eggs. > The Canadian dairy sector can do this without fear of international competition because foreign imports are subjected to prohibitive tariffs of up to 300 per cent; this is why border guards will often explicitly ask you if you have any cheese in your luggage (and why the police keep busting cheese-smuggling rings). https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-why-milk-of-all-things-is-canadas-most-terrifyingly-powerful-lobby https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-reading-why-milk-...

Scoundreller 3y ago

It's actually worse at my local Toronto Walmart: Sealtest 4L = $5.89 Sealtest 2L = $5.18, or $10.36 for 4L as 2L cartons.

Viper512 3y ago
When I lived alone there was commitment in buying 4L of milk. 2L carton was about the same price.

chongli 3y ago

I live in Ontario. I pay $4.49 for 4L of fine-filtered 1% milk in bags. That's 52% of the price you would pay for 2 of those 2L boxes.