Your doorstep milk delivery
Dairy Crest is committed to supplying you with British milk only and no imports. Whilst we are committed to keeping your doorstep delivery a convenient and economical service with free delivery up to 6 days per week, due to increased costs in packaging, energy and fuel over the last 12 months, we regret to announce an increase of 1 penny per pint / 500ml on the price of milk, effective from 1st April 2012 (no increase in price, on our 4 pint plastic bottles of milk).

The new pricing will be reflected on your next monthly invoice for all milk delivered on or after 1st April and can be viewed here or by signing into your account and viewing your regular orders.

Allinson Spiced Fruit Bread Pudding
Enjoy this delicious, easy to make, Bread Pudding with tasty spices and luscious fruit, which makes this classic British pudding even more special.
Buy Allinson Wholemeal Bread here for your recipe
Preparation: 15 mins + soaking
Cooking: 1hr 10-20 mins
Makes: 12 pieces

• 250g Allinson wholemeal bread
• 350ml milk
• 275g mixed dried fruit
• zest and juice 1 orange
• zest and juice 1 lemon
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 50g butter, melted
• 100g Billington's Dark Muscovado Sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tbsp Billington's Demerara sugar

1. Crumble the bread into large bowl, add the milk and mix well, leave to soak for at least 15mins. Place the fruit, zest and juices, cinnamon and nutmeg in another bowl, and leave to soak. Butter an ovenproof dish measuring about 24 x 18 x 6cm.
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C, 350°F(160°c Fan) Gas Mark 4. Use a balloon whisk to beat the bread mixture making sure there are no lumps. Add the butter, brown sugar and eggs and beat again. Stir in the soaked fruit. Tip the mixture into the prepared dish, sprinkle the demerara over the top.
3. Bake for 1hour 10-12 mins until the top is golden and the pudding feels firm to the touch in the centre.

Recipe for Cream of Pumpkin Soup (serves 4-6)
This cream of pumpkin soup is a vegetarian classic perfect for a cold Winter's day.
You can get some of your ingredients delivered by your milkman by clicking here.
Preparation time: 25 mins
Cooking time approx: 30 mins
Ingredients:

• 2 lbs/900g of pumpkin (peeled, seeds removed and chopped)
• 1 large onion (roughly chopped)
• 1 large potato (peeled and chopped)
• 1 large carrot (peeled and chopped)
• 1 stick of celery (chopped and thick strings discarded)
• 1.5 pts/700 ml of vegetable stock or add two tsp of marigold powder to the same amount of water
• 1 vegetable stock cube
• 1oz/25g of butter
• half pt of cream
• 2 tbl spoons of chopped chives to garnish
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

1. Melt the butter in a large heavy bottomed saucepan and add all the vegetables.
2. Cook gently for 5 mins, stirring occasionally.Don’t allow the vegetables to brown.
3. Pour in the stock and add the stock cube and stir.
4. Simmer gently until the vegetables are just cooked (about 20 minutes) and then purée with an electric blender.
5. Return the puréed vegetables to the saucepan and season to taste. Add another 1/2 tsp of Marigold if it needs lifting.
6. Add the cream and re heat very gently and thin with more stock if necessary.
7. Sprinkle with the chopped chives and serve.

You helped us win!
We are delighted to announce that we have won, not one, but two awards in the prestigious Online Retail Awards 2011. After listening to feedback from valued customers like you, we have made constant improvements to both the website and our marketing materials to make shopping at milk&more pleasurable and convenient.

As a result, we were the winning website for the 'Food, Soft Drinks & Alcoholic Drinks' category. Comments from the judges were that "There are no distractions, messages are brief and clear; branding is immaculate; the number of words are kept to a minimum; and the site is a real pleasure to experience".Yet, there at the side are links to other informative pages. "Great marketing. Great site".

Our second award was for 'Online retail marketing campaign of the year' which promoted milk&more through a variety of marketing channels. The feedback was that the campaign was the excellent outright winner in this category, "leaving all other entries far behind" in the view of the judges. The online activity "gave a clear sense of the skill with which this campaign has been built and how the service brings real benefits to customers."

We didn't get a chance to make an acceptance speech, but we would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your help in making us winners!