But look at the prices... a 2L carton will cost like 70-80% of 4L of bags.
1l carton €1.15
1l plastic bag: €0.79
This is the same milk from the same producer from the same store. On a shelf these two products will be next to each other.
Same store also sells a €0.59/l milk in plastic bags that basically tastes identical. (They probably buy it from the same place the others do.)
So if you're shopping cheap you can pick the €0.59/l or €1.15/l milk here.
Still saving a 1$~ / 12%
Sealtest 4L = $5.89
Sealtest 2L = $5.18, or $10.36 for 4L as 2L cartons.
2L carton was about the same price.
Walmart.com has 3.78L for US$2.52 in Buffalo, ~100 miles from here in Toronto, making our milk 62% more expensive.
(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)
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.
> 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-...