Talk:Milk run

Hey GoHomeFreddy,

wouldnt it be nice if you would begin your article with a short explanation of the origins of the term milk-run? I dont have any special knowledge, but i think connecting this term with the traditional milk boy from England and the US would improve the learning process of everyone looking at the information you provided further.

Best regards Infopedian (talk) 14:12, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Unintelligible English

A lot of this article is incomprehensible. The grammar is seriously wrong in so many places that it is hard to even guess what is meant. If there is an earlier version of this article in correct English, perhaps someone who knows how could revert this article to that? UBJ 43X (talk) 20:19, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

History

My mother was telling that "milk run" was applied to other drinks besides milk, does anyone know anything about that?Lbertolotti (talk) 22:20, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

The term can be used for any goods being delivered along a set of different suppliers and delivery points. This can either be a single supplier with multiple deliveries, or a single delivery with multiple suppliers.

In recent years supermarkets in the UK have begun doing home deliveries for people ordering online, this could also be termed a milk run since the delivery van would be collecting orders from the supermarket and delivering them to multiple customers before returning to the supermarket. Each delivery consists of a wide range of products including but not limited to dairy products, baked goods, meat vegetables, household accessories, cleaning products and many more.

88.104.86.222 (talk) 01:04, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Most common use?

• The Urban Dictionary says the "top defnition" of a milk run is ""a very easy task, usually used in the air force to define an easy mission."
• Random House Dictionary definition 1 is "a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty."
• The Collins English Dictionary definition 1 is "(aeronautics, informal) a routine and uneventful flight, esp on a dangerous mission" and attributes it to "the regular and safe routine of a milkman's round."
• The Dictionary of American Slang fives two definitions: 1. A scheduled airline passage with many stops; 2. An easy bombing mission.
• The American Heritage Dictionary definition is "a routine trip, usually involving stops at many places."
• The Miriam Webster Dictionary says "a short, routine, or uneventful flight" from from the resemblance in regularity and uneventfulness to the morning delivery of milk.

It seems to me that the most common use of the term ought to get some mention in this article. --Lineagegeek (talk) 16:22, 2 June 2015 (UTC)