I buy my milk at Dollar General. The milk is always fresh and the price is good. After I purchase milk I bring it right home and it is the 1st thing I take out of the car. I put it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator where it is the coldest. When I pour my milk into a glass, measuring cup, cereal or whatever I do it on the counter right beside the refrigerator so it does not stay out of the refrigerator long. My milk always lasts beyond the expiration date sometimes up to a week longer.