CURLY AND CANDID

milk&more3 (1) — I wouldn’t mind having that delivered (the groceries I mean!).

When I first saw the milk&more TV ads I was a convert. Milk and over 250 other key groceries and treats delivered to my door, six deliveries a week, online ordering, free delivery, regular orders or one off order…. it sounds fantastic.

Imagine my horror when I logged on and found out that milk&more aren’t currently operating in my area. Gutted doesn’t come close!

Fortunately milk&more do deliver to hundreds of locations around the UK and hopefully soon the ever growing rounds will include my town too (hint hint!).

I have said before that I am a big fan of shopping online. I dislike the in-store madness that comes with shopping with small boys, the temptation to buy more than I need and the trekking backwards and forwards. Food shopping online saves me time and money and the convenience is undeniable.

With milk&more you can update your order up until 9pm the night before a delivery (perfect if like me you sometimes find yourself doing packed lunches and finding that you have run out of just about everything) and have everything from bacon to tea and coffee, toilet roll and more delivered to the door. I like the idea of being able to have big brand goods such as Kelloggs, Innocent, Cathedral City, Heinz and more delivered as well as fresh good such as eggs and even veg boxes.

milk&more have an extensive range including milk (obviously!), bakery items, fresh food, food cupboard supplies, drinks and snacks, home and garden items, products for pets and more. With milk&more everything is delivered by a regular driver. Part of the charm of a milkman is having a familiar friendly face deliver your goods and offer a personalised service.

I love the idea of milk&more and sincerely hope they will offer the service here soon. If the idea of top quality goods delivered to your door appeals to you then have a look on the milk&more website and see if your area is covered. If not make sure you register your interest.

In fact, just so you don’t forget to have a look I’ll leave you with this classic tune. It’ll be stuck in your head all day, you won’t forget!

I have used several energy companies in the past and if I were writing about any other company but E.ON this might be an entirely different post altogether. I have been with E.ON for six years and am a fan, not only of their pricing, customer services and online account system but also because of the way they approach environmental causes and consult with their customers. E.ON are launching a new project this month called E.ON Innovation, which is geared towards finding the next genenration of services and energy products. As part of this project E.ON have set 5 challenges which will coincide with episodes of the new Channel 4 TV show, Home of the Future which E.ON sponsors.

Basically E.ON want you to submit entries from the categories they are looking at which are rest, work, play, food and wellbeing. The first challenge centres around rest and those taking part are challenged to come up with an answer to the question: “How could the home “learn” about your energy use in order to create a more restful environment?“. Some examples would be using a lighting control ie a dimmer perhaps, and setting temperatures to suit different areas. There are many ways you could look at this and the more you put into it, the better.

Why bother? Apart from the fact that the top ideas will researched and produced by E.ON if viable (yes you could be responsible for a gadget or something suitably fabulous being rolled out to E.ON customers – now THAT is doing your bit for the environment!), there are prizes!

The top entry from each challenge will win an energy makeover for their home worth up to £2000, and one of the five winners will receive the Shining Star award which increases the worth of their prize to a makeover worth £10,000!

So, you can make your mark and win a makeover which I can only imagine will do amazing things with regards to reducing your energy bills!

I don’t tend to enter contests but this one I will, not because of the fantastic prize (well not entirely anyway!) but because this is something that interests me and I feel it’s time that I stop whining about energy costs and actually start doing something practicial that may help.
Will you join me? Pop along to the E.ON Innovation website to find out more and to enter your submission.As forHome of the Future, I’ll be tuning in – it sounds fantastic!
*This competition is open to UK citizens over the age of 18 and all entries must be submitted before the 9th April. The winning entries will be announced on the 25th June 2012.
*If you are a Tweeter then follow @talkingenergy and the #eoninnov hashtag to keep up to date and follow the dialogue about this project.
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