On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 07:56:44 +0000, Logan MacEwens
wrote:

I shop every week where I sometimes run out of cream near the end of the
week.

So I figured I'd stock evaporated and condensed milk, but they change the
taste of the coffee and, 90% of the can gets wasted because I only need one
shot or two until I go out and buy cream again (which can't be stocked).

Then I had the bright idea of stocking powdered milk!

Sure, it sucks as a product, but for emergencies it should work, right?
Guess what?

The PRICE of powdered milk is far more than fresh milk!
Why?

Generally crap costs less than the real thing, right?
So why is powdered milk (admittedly, it's crap), more EXPENSIVE than fresh
milk?

I don't get it.
Do you?
There is more processing to make powdered milk. Regular milk just
comes straight from the cow with a quick pass through the pasteurizing
machine on it's way to the jug.
You also have the problem that powdered milk is an international
commodity and gets somewhat "price fixed" by trade agreements. Places
like New Zealand are already griping that we "dump" it on the market
cheaper than they can produce it.