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?
If it is, it is due to the cost of processing.

It always was less expensive years ago because it was made of
"surplus" or "industrial" milk.

I grew up on it as we were poor. Freshly mixed it is AWFULL, but left
sit in the fridge for about 3 hours or so it's pretty much just
skimmed milk.