Pay less for milk at your own store
- Sign up once and get a monthly milk allowance
- Show a one-time code at checkout
- No coupons to clip, no store card required
Now recruiting our first pilot store
Neighbors chip in. Milk costs less.
CheapMilk.com lets local people and businesses sponsor part of the price of milk at independent grocery stores. Shoppers pay less at the register. The store still receives its full shelf price.
1 GALLONSPONSORED
Shelf price$3.99
Sponsor pays−$2.50
Shopper pays$1.49
Store receives$3.99
Example transaction. Actual prices are set by each store; sponsor amounts vary by program.
Three people, one gallon
Everyone at the table gets something real.
No one is asked to donate milk or cut prices. Sponsors fund the discount, shoppers save, and the store makes a normal sale.
Put your money straight into the fridge
- Every sponsored dollar goes toward a verified milk purchase
- See redemption reports by store and week
- Local businesses can sponsor by name
Sponsored sales, at your normal price
- Keep your shelf price; we reimburse the sponsored part
- Runs on a phone, tablet or the store computer
- No changes to your point-of-sale system
At the register
A milk-only checkout with receipts that reconcile.
The CheapMilk Merchant Portal handles the sponsored part of the sale. Cashiers follow one short procedure, and every gallon is recorded once.
- Shopper picks milkAn approved milk product at a participating store.
- Shows a one-time codeFrom the CheapMilk app or a printed card.
- Store checks eligibilityThe portal confirms the code and the shopper's remaining allowance.
- Sale is recordedProduct, quantity, price and a transaction ID go on file.
- Store is reimbursedWeekly, after receipts are matched to redemptions.
Each code works once. Duplicate redemptions and unusual quantities are flagged automatically, so a store is never paid twice for the same gallon and a sponsor never pays for milk that wasn't sold.
Sponsor milk
See how far your sponsorship goes.
In the pilot, sponsors cover $2.00 of each gallon. A typical household allowance is 4 gallons a month.
Business sponsors can fund a single store, a week, or the whole 30-day pilot.
SPONSORED GALLONS
20
Household-months (4 gal)5
Shopper savings$40.00
Sales to local stores$79.80
Sales figure assumes a $3.99 shelf price. A clearly disclosed technology fee, shown before you pay, funds platform operations and security; it is separate from the milk subsidy.
The first 30 days
One store. Fifty households. Two hundred gallons.
We are proving the model in a single independent grocery store before growing. Here is the proposed pilot.
| Pilot element | Proposed terms |
|---|---|
| Participating retailer | 1 independent store |
| Duration | 30 days |
| Households | 50 |
| Monthly allowance | 4 gallons each |
| Maximum sponsored volume | 200 gallons |
| Sponsor contribution | $2.00 per gallon |
| Milk sponsorship budget | $400 |
| Cost to the retailer | $0 milk subsidy |
| Settlement | Weekly, verified |
| Agreement | Nonexclusive, short-term |
One willing storeAn independent grocer, rural market or locally operated outlet with authority to run a promotion.
$400 in milk sponsorshipsFrom neighbors and local businesses, with operating costs funded separately.
30 days of clean redemptionsAccurate milk-only redemptions, measured and reported publicly.
What we will report after the pilot: gallons redeemed, new versus existing customers, store satisfaction, sponsor renewal, and our administrative cost per transaction.
Built secure from day one
Your store's records stay your store's records.
CheapMilk is built by a cloud security practitioner. The merchant portal is a multi-tenant system designed so no store can ever see another store's data.
Merchant accountsSeparate logins per store, MFA required, least-privilege roles.
Tenant isolationEach store can access only its own transactions and customers.
Fraud detectionRepeated redemptions and unusual quantities are flagged.
Transaction integrityOne code, one sale, one reimbursement.
Secure APIsEvery retailer request is authenticated and authorized.
Audit loggingTransactions and admin changes are recorded.
Cloud monitoringSuspicious activity in our AWS environment raises alerts.
Backup and restoreMerchant records are backed up and restore-tested.
Store A records✕ no access ✕Store B records
Questions
Straight answers.
Does my store have to lower its milk price?
No. You keep your normal shelf price. The shopper pays part, CheapMilk reimburses the sponsored part, and the store receives the full agreed price.
Do we need to change our cash register or POS?
No. Early stores use the CheapMilk Merchant Portal on a phone, tablet or existing computer, with a short milk-only checkout procedure that records the discount and matches receipts for reimbursement.
What does it cost a store?
Nothing during the pilot. Later, stores may choose an optional low-cost monthly subscription for the portal, redemption reports and fraud monitoring. Early partners get a free trial.
How does CheapMilk make money?
Sponsors see a clearly disclosed technology fee before they pay. It covers operations, security and staff, and it is kept separate from the money that pays for milk.
We're a franchised or independently operated location. Can we join?
Often, yes, but your operator agreement may require head-office approval for promotions or payment changes. We'll help you check before anything starts.
Will this bring my store more customers?
That is what the pilot measures. Sponsored milk can bring repeat visits, but we won't promise extra grocery sales until we have the data to show it.
Join the first pilot
Shopper, sponsor or store owner? Start here.
Tell us who you are and where you shop or run your store. We're choosing our first pilot location now.
hello@cheapmilk.com