milkman

Most local grocery and convenience stores put the price of milk up on red-lettered signs and placards because it's a must-shop-for item -- it's the gateway purchase, the one that gets us to the store in the first place. Consumers often make a determination about where to shop based on the...

This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America. When my dad was a kid, milk didn't come in the normal, civilized way--packed in a waxed cardboard...