Milk

[expat]

woohoooo thanks Bear, a simple answer to a simple q



I was, I honestly thought it'd be a simple q to answer by someone in the uk looking in the fridge at the blue tesco/sainsbury milk

thanks anyway all, tomorrows subject "pillows, why are germans obsessed with the big square ones when you cant fold them and take up too much space?"

and no lift.

I bring a blow-up one of my own.

Mods: this does not need to go to LR, I mean a pillow.

[Sysman]

And low slung beds.

They are a pain to get out of when you've got a bad back.

[AlfredJPruffock]

In Belgium you cannot get a decent pinta - its all UHV stuff - yeaugh.

Yet they make great chocolate/

Next door in the Netherlands - great milk - but not a patch on Belgian chocolate.

But the best of all is milk from Scotland - creamy and great to drink - Wiseman Dairys from East Kilbride being the best of all.

[BrowneIssue]

"pillows, why are germans obsessed with the big square ones when you cant fold them and take up too much space?"

Lebensraum.

But the best of all is milk from Scotland - creamy and great to drink - Wiseman Dairys from East Kilbride being the best of all.

Blimey, they are big. That's the Robert Wiseman Dairies of Bridgewater, Somerset, too.

[Mich the Tester]

thanks anyway all, tomorrows subject "pillows, why are germans obsessed with the big square ones when you cant fold them and take up too much space?"

German ladies like them for cushioning their knees in the cowgirl position. In the German bedroom, nothing is quite as it seems.

[darmstadt]

You can get 'English' tasting milk in Germany, look for Alpenmilch or anything from a Molkerei. The stuff people have in offices tends to be UHT so it lasts longer and is only meant to be put in your coffee.

As for big pillows, depends on what type you get. Soft ones can be folded in half and not so soft and quite comfortable. You can get smaller pillows but why? You need at least 2

[AlfredJPruffock]

German ladies like them for cushioning their knees in the cowgirl position. In the German bedroom, nothing is quite as it seems.

So - from Milk to German sexual behavior - is it ?

OK then ...

A FLIRTING course is being offered to notoriously nerdy IT students at Potsdam University south of Berlin.

The 440 postgraduate students will learn to write flirtatious texts and e-mails, impress people at parties and cope with rejection.

[Mich the Tester]

The 440 postgraduate students will learn to write flirtatious texts and e-mails, impress people at parties and cope with rejection.

That'll be the thesis for most of them.

[chef]

You can get 'English' tasting milk in Germany, look for Alpenmilch or anything from a Molkerei.

thanks, im off to go buy some now then

you can't beat a silent night pillow

[AlfredJPruffock]

Lebensraum.

Blimey, they are big. That's the Robert Wiseman Dairies of Bridgewater, Somerset, too.

The company was founded in 1947 by Robert Wiseman Snr, with a horse and cart used for doorstep deliveries.

1967 saw the current Chairman, Alan Wiseman, join the business straight from school, followed some eight years later by the Company’s current Managing Director, Robert Wiseman Junior.[1] Robert Wiseman Senior handed control of the business to his sons in 1976 and they gradually built the business up through a series of acquisitions in the 1970s and 1980s.[1]

In 1988 the company built a new purpose built dairy in Bellshill (referred to above as the Glasgow Dairy).

This dairy was designed for supermarket supplies and quickly gained contracts from some of the larger retailers. Having achieved success within Scotland, the Directors were determined to continue expanding the business and saw an opportunity to repeat what had been achieved in Scotland by establishing a production base in the North of England.

In March 1994 the Company was floated on the London Stock Exchange. The money raised from the flotation allowed the acquisition of Kennerty Farm Dairies and the construction of a new Manchester dairy which opened in September 1995 and was operating to capacity within four years.

In the late 1990s further growth in turnover was primarily achieved with further acquisitions in Scotland, including the Co-op liquid milk business, Hamilton Dairies and the liquid milk business from Scottish Pride (including the popular Fresh 'n' lo brand).

A site was then identified at Droitwich Spa, south west of Birmingham, and a dairy opened there in April 2001.

A Wiseman truck on the road.In late 2006 the Company acquired Milklink's fresh liquid milk processing and distribution business which included diaries in Okehampton and Pensilva.[2] The Company's latest development, a new 500 million litres per annum processing and distribution site at Bridgwater, Somerset, commenced operation as planned in December 2007.[1] The Pensilva dairy closed in June 2008.[3]

A deal with a Spanish distributor to supply fresh milk in that country was agreed in February 2008.



In 2007, Wiseman Dairies were one of a number of companies investigated by the Office of Fair Trading for a £270m price-fixing conspiracy.

A swift and efficient resolution was brought about largely due to the co-operation of Wiseman and others with the OFT, resulting in combined fines for all companies involved of over £116 million