The Milkman is making a comeback

“For most of my life, there were many times when I thought, ‘Is this the year we are going to get rid of home delivery?’,” Shaw said, about 20 minutes after he closed the deal on his new set of wheels. “I never expected it to explode like it has.”

Boston Globe May 1, 2020: Since the coronavirus crisis has pushed more consumers away from going into crowded — and sometimes poorly stocked — grocery stores, local dairy farms are seeing huge increases in the demand for their home delivery services. And now, they are scrambling to find more trucks, drivers, and products, to get customers off of growing waitlists.

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