Plumbs’ Dairy is now delivering to even more homes and doorsteps across Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Suffolk.
Since the turn of the year, we’ve been doing a bit of tidying up behind the scenes. Moo to You Dairy and Plumbs’ Dairy have always been sister companies – operating from the same depot, with the same office team looking after both. So earlier this year, we made the sensible decision to consolidate everything under the Plumbs’ Dairy name. It’s helped us streamline our admin, and we hope it makes it much easier for existing and potential customers to understand the area we cover.
Nothing about the service is changing – just the name on the round.
Whether you’ve been a loyal Plumbs’ customer for years or you’ve been receiving your deliveries through Moo to You, nothing about the service you love is changing. Same friendly faces, same reliable rounds, same quality produce.
Areas now covered by Plumbs’ Dairy
If you’re in Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Saffron Walden, or the villages around – including Kedington, Sturmer and Clare – you’ll now be served by Plumbs’ Dairy rather than Moo to You. And if you’re not already signed up, now’s a great time to join us!
The same great service you know and trust
Whether you’re brand new or you’ve been getting deliveries for years, you can expect the same friendly, reliable service that Plumbs’ Dairy has built its reputation on since 1952. Fresh milk in glass bottles, locally sourced eggs, bread, fruit and veg – and everything in between. We’re here to make your mornings a little bit easier.
Want to find out more?
If you’re in one of our new delivery areas and would like to get started, it’s really easy to register online. You can choose your products, set your delivery days, and we’ll take care of the rest.
If you have any questions at all, our friendly team is always happy to help — call us on 01223 893033 or drop us an email at info@plumbs-dairy.co.uk.
Here’s to fresh mornings, new neighbours, and lots more milk on the doorstep. Welcome to the Plumbs’ Dairy family!
— The Plumbs’ Dairy Team
At Plumbs’ Dairy, we’ve always believed that great service starts with making life as simple as possible for our customers. With that in mind, we’re pleased to share two updates that make ordering your favourite local produce even more straightforward.
A fresher look to our online shop
We’ve given our online ordering system a bit of a spruce-up, allowing you to browse our products even more easily. Whether you’re ordering your usual glass-bottled milk, picking up free-range eggs or fresh seasonal veg, choosing from our range of local cheeses, breads and pantry staples, or browsing something a little different like birdseed, compost or natural cleaning products – it’s now much simpler to find what you need. Click here to browse our products.
Introducing the Plumbs’ Dairy App
We’ve also launched our very own app, available to download now for free on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Once you’re registered, the app puts everything at your fingertips – browse products, place and amend orders, set up holiday holds, check your statement, make a payment, and get in touch with us, all in one place.
For our customers who like to manage their delivery on the go, we think you’ll find it really useful.
Download the Plumbs’ Dairy App today – search for Plumbs’ Dairy on the App Store or Google Play, scan the QR code above.
And as always, if you need any help getting set up, just give us a call on 01223 893033 or drop us an email at info@plumbs-dairy.co.uk
The National Year of Reading 2026 is a UK-wide campaign that encourages people of all ages to rediscover reading for pleasure. The campaign’s central message – “Go All In: If you’re into it, read into it” – invites readers to see reading as something that taps into all kinds of interests, from hobbies and passions to daily routines and simple pleasures.
To celebrate the event, we thought it would be fun to explore how one of our greatest passions – milk – has been chronicled in books through the decades, and perhaps inspire you to pick up something new!
The Milkman, by Carol Foskett Cordsen
Publisher: Puffin
This rhyming picture book follows a friendly milkman and his sleepy cat on their morning round. Illustrated by Douglas B. Jones, the story is simple, warm and full of small, thoughtful details, ending with a happy reunion when the milkman helps reunite a lost dog with its owner.
We can’t promise every Plumbs’ delivery comes with a rescue mission, but we do like to think we’d always go the extra mile!
Read more on Good Reads
Milkman Mike by Chris Berry
Publisher: Great Northern Books
The Milkman Mike series by Chris Berry follows Milkman Mike and his “big daft dog” Spike as they make their morning deliveries around the village of Dairyville. Each story brings a gentle, funny adventure to the milk round, with bright illustrations and simple, playful text that’s perfect for young readers.
After 70+ years of delivering milk, we can testify even ordinary mornings can turn into a story – especially when dogs are involved!
Read more on Great Northern Books
The British Milkman by Tom Phelps
Publisher: Shire Publications
A compact, illustrated look at the history of milk delivery in the UK, written by Tom Phelps – a keen historian with more than thirty years’ experience working in the dairy industry. Packed with photographs and social history, it traces how the trade evolved from churns and horse-drawn carts to modern delivery vans. If you enjoy this, you might also want to check out Britain’s Wartime Milkmen, charting how Britain’s milkmen played a key role in the nation’s morale through the Great War and into the Second World War.
Read more on Bloomsbury.com
No Milk Today: The Vanishing World of the Milkman by Andrew Ward
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
This is a richly researched collection of tales from milkmen’s daily lives, drawing on more than 30 years of interviews, anecdotes and archival material. It shines a light on the people who have made the milk round part of everyday life and community life in Britain – from early starts and doorstep chats to unexpected encounters along the way. It’s a powerful reminder that milk delivery has always been about people, relationships and trust – not just pints on doorsteps.
Read more on Little, Brown Book Group
The Milkman by Christopher Morley
Written in the early 20th century, this short poem captures the calm, dependable presence of the milkman as part of everyday life – a small but reassuring constant in an ever changing world.
Whether you’re reading to your children at bedtime or picking up a book with your morning coffee, the National Year of Reading is a reminder that even the most familiar things – like a bottle of milk on the doorstep – have stories worth exploring.
We’ve recently become aware of misleading information circulating locally about our business. We want to reassure everyone that Plumbs’ Dairy is here to stay, and any claims suggesting otherwise are completely untrue
As a small, family-run business that has proudly served our community since 1952, caring for our customers has always been at the heart of what we do. We remain fully committed to continuing the reliable, local service you’ve come to expect.
As 3rd-generation owners, we’re actively investing in the future of the business. A new electric vehicle fleet is already being rolled out, solar panels will be installed early next year, and we’re working on improvements to the website shopping experience – all part of supporting our ongoing journey for Plumbs’ Dairy.
If you hear anything unusual about your delivery – for example, someone suggesting Plumbs’ is closing or that your deliveries are being taken over – please get in touch with us so we can help make sure you have the correct information straight from us.
Thank you for continuing to support Plumbs’ Dairy. We look forward to serving you for many years to come!
Justin and Debbie Plumb & the Plumbs’ Dairy Team
From horse-drawn milk deliveries to a thriving network of family-run suppliers, Plumbs’ Dairy has been part of local Cambridgeshire life for three generations. Founded in 1952 by Henry Plumb, his son Bernard took the reins in 1973 at just 27, quickly growing the business from three modest milk rounds into a thriving enterprise serving key village communities across Cambridgeshire. Today, Justin and Debbie Plumb continue to carry the family legacy into its third generation.
Peter Plumb, uncle of current owner Justin, standing beside Prince, the loyal, hard-working pony who helped deliver milk to villages across Cambridgeshire. A lovely reminder of how our small family-run business started.
Plumbs’ still delivers around 45,000 returnable glass bottles every week, keeping a sustainable tradition alive while serving many of the same families Peter and Prince did decades ago. But we’ve also embraced the future: 11 electric vehicles (with four more on the way) now help bring fresh milk, eggs, local meat, honey, cakes, bird food, logs, and even Christmas trees to our community. Solar panels are set to power our fleet in early 2026, making our deliveries even greener.
Take Yare Valley Oils, for example: The Mack family has been farming in the Yare Valley for well over a century. The current generation diversified in 2010 to produce cold-pressed rapeseed oil, making around 40,000 litres a year with their small team. There’s Boswell and Son, our talented local Cambridgeshire bakers creating everything from classic iced buns to artisan loaves, and Broadland Hams, a family-run firm producing top-quality hams and bacon in the small farming village of Little Melton for over 45 years. Bramble Foods also started as a small family business and has grown into a trusted local producer, supplying delicious treats to our deliveries.
Stour Valley Apiaries is a family-run business in Lavenham, Suffolk, operated by Kevin and Julie Thorn. Kevin manages 50 hives to produce pure honey while ensuring all beneficial elements are retained.
They also offer beeswax products through Busy Bees Cosmetics. Committed to bee conservation, Kevin leads a Bee Improvement Group at Abberton Reservoir, which is helping to reintroduce the native black bee to the area. We are proud to support their work and bring their honey and beeswax products to you.
At Plumbs’ Dairy, we’re always looking for ways to reduce our impact on the planet to give our next generation a cleaner, more sustainable future – and our suppliers share the same values.
CAMCATTLE, a local family farm in Cambridge, grazes Red Poll cattle on commons, meadows, and nature reserves, feeding only on grass. This natural approach produces rich, flavourful beef while supporting biodiversity and healthy land. (Follow Camcattle on Instagram & Facebook.)
Field Compost Ltd, run by husband-and-wife Chris and Joanna Field, create entirely peat-free compost and soil products. By avoiding peat, they protect wildlife, preserve delicate ecosystems, and encourage healthy soil – keeping nature at the heart of their family business. (Follow Field Compost on Instagram & Facebook.)
From carefully grazed beef to eco-friendly compost, these families are proving that a business can be sustainable in more ways than one: building a long-lasting, family-run enterprise while also protecting the planet for future generations – values that have guided Plumbs’ Dairy for over 70 years.
This Small Business Saturday, shopping with local businesses like ours means more than just buying products – it’s about supporting families, preserving local skills, and keeping traditions alive.
Thank you to all our customers for choosing to support Plumbs’ Dairy, and in doing so, helping sustain the many small, family-run businesses we work with every day.
The Christmas season is almost here, and Plumbs’ Dairy is excited to be part of Presents Galore, the ultimate festive shopping fair! Join us from 28th – 30th November for a weekend of seasonal fun, local makers, and Christmas cheer.
We’ll be bringing real Christmas trees to the event – perfect for your home this holiday season. Even better, 10% of all tree sales will be donated to the event’s chosen charities, so you can spread a little extra festive joy while supporting a local business.
And it’s not just tree sales that make a difference – 100% of ticket sales from the event go directly to Cambridge Children’s Hospital, Newmarket Charitable Foundation, and the National Horseracing Museum. Every ticket helps give back to the community while letting you enjoy the festive atmosphere!
Local Cadets will be on hand throughout the weekend to help carry your Christmas tree back to the car, making it a stress-free experience for everyone.
Tickets are still available, so don’t miss your chance to visit Plumbs’ Dairy at Presents Galore – we can’t wait to see you there!
https://presentsgalore.org/
Stay in this Christmas & let us deliver fresh goods, when you want, to your door.
Free delivery on all products in our range.
At Plumbs’ Dairy, we’re proud to champion our region’s best producers all year round – not just at Christmas. But this is an especially great time of year to treat yourself to some great festive treats from our region. From succulent free-range turkeys from Suffolk and handcrafted hams from Broadland Hams (Norfolk) to indulgent Christmas puddings from LillyPuds (Suffolk) and freshly baked mince pies from Boswells Bakery (Cambridgeshire), every item on our list has been chosen for its quality and flavour.
While you’re filling your basket, why not add a few pantry essentials? From The Bay Tree’s chutneys and Bramble Foods’ loaf cakes to Butterworth & Son’s coffee and Yare Valley’s rapeseed oils, we’ve got all the extras you need to see you through the festive season and beyond.
And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to stock up on winter essentials, from kindling and logs to bird feed for your garden visitors.
Give the supermarket rush a miss – simply fill in your Plumbs’ Christmas Order Form by 5th December and let us deliver everything straight to your door, ready for your festive celebrations.
Download and complete your Plumbs’ Dairy Christmas order form here
Once it’s filled in, just return it to us via email or give it to your delivery driver – and we’ll take care of the rest.
World Egg Day takes place on the second Friday in October each year, hosted by the World Egg Organisation. In the UK, an estimated 37.2 million eggs are eaten every day! Thankfully we don’t have to deliver all of them, but we have been proud to been delivering locally sourced eggs to Cambridgeshire households over the last 70+ years.
J.R Holm & Son: JR Holm & Son, in Haverhill have been our egg supplier for over 40 years and always provide the best quality locally sourced free range eggs. Along with their great service we are able to ensure that our customers always get the quality product they expect
Havensfield Eggs: Havensfield Happy Hens started in 2003 with just 300 hens on a field in Eye, Suffolk. The field was called Havensfield and that’s when their brand was born! Since then they’ve increased their own production of fresh barn eggs, and started working with a number of other farmers in Suffolk and Norfolk who produce eggs to the Havensfield standards on their family farms.
Click here to add eggs to your next Plumbs’ order and support these great local suppliers!
How about having a family egg-stravaganza on Friday with a great eggy breakfast, lunch or tea – eggs are so versatile that you could even do all three! To help your children to love eggs as much as we do, here are some great free downloadable activity packs from the World Egg Organisation for you to print out:
Activity Pack One: Ideal for pre-schoolers
Activity Pack Two: Early Years 4/5years
Activity Pack Three: 5+
Activity Pack Four: 7+
If you’re already a fan of the Dairy Diary, how about treating yourself or a loved-one to one of our great gift sets or the Dairy Diary 2026 Cookbook:
The Dairy Diary Set 2026, £13.99: includes the Dairy Diary 2026, a Pocket Diary with a week-to-view Diary, useful information, ribbon marker and pen attached: 89 x 145mm (3½ x 5¾”) + the Dairy Notebook with subtly lined pages, concealed lay-flat binding, elastic closure, pocket and pen attached: 98 x 150mm (3¾ x 5¾”) Add to Order
The Diary Diary 2026 Pocket Diary & Notebook set: £7.50: includes the Pocket Diary + the Dairy Notebook Add to Order
Just One Pan or Pot Cookbook: £11.99: A fabulous new cookbook to treasure and share! Just One Pan or Pot showcases straight forward recipes for simple, fuss free cooking – all in one dish! Add to Order
At the beginning of the 1980’s the Milk Marketing Board wanted to build upon the success of its cookbook: The Dairy Book of Home Cookery – the cookery ‘bible’ for many households, selling over 3million copies in the UK.
They wanted to design a diary which could be used regularly in the home whilst also promoting milk and dairy product usage. A diary containing recipes and household information was the answer. So in 1981, the Dairy Diary was born. It proved more popular than they can ever have imagined, selling over 1½ million copies in its first year alone!
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Are you a soft-serve kind of person, or do you prefer something fruity and refreshing? Either way we all know ice-cream is a summer hit, with over 15.4 billion liters of ice cream being consumed annually. It probably comes as no surprise that the US has had an entire month dedicated to ice-cream for over 40 years. A joint resolution passed both houses of Congress, first designating July 1984 as National Ice Cream Month and 15th July as National Ice Cream Day, with President Reagan signing it into law on 9th July, 1984. We don’t need much more of an excuse than that to celebrate one of our favourite desserts, so here’s four great ways to raise a spoon to ice cream this July!
This popular classic can be made using a range of Plumbs’ dairy milk and the best of our local ingredients
To make the base, gently warm 500ml of Plumbs’ fresh UK milk and 250ml of Longley Farm cream in a saucepan, being careful not to let it boil. In a separate bowl, whisk the yolks of 3 local free-range eggs with 3 tablespoons of Stour Valley Apiaries honey until smooth.
Slowly pour the warm milk into the egg mixture while whisking continuously, then return it all to the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the custard thickens just enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Once thickened, remove from heat and stir in a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Let the mixture cool fully, then chill it in the fridge for at least 4 hours. Once chilled, churn in an ice cream maker or freeze in a container, stirring every 30 minutes until smooth and set. Serve with a drizzle of honey, a handful of chopped fresh strawberries, or a crumble of shortbread for a perfect celebration of summer and everything vanilla.
A refreshing British summer twist, perfect for making the most of seasonal fruit and floral flavours.
Start by placing 300g of fresh gooseberries in a saucepan with 100g caster sugar and 2 tablespoons of water. Simmer gently until the gooseberries soften and begin to break down (about 10 minutes). Stir in 2 tablespoons of shop-bought or homemade elderflower cordial, then blend until smooth. Set aside to cool.
For the ice cream base, gently heat 500ml of Plumbs’ full-fat milk with 300ml of Longley Farm double cream in a saucepan until just steaming. In a bowl, whisk together 4 free-range egg yolks with 100g of golden caster sugar. Slowly pour the warm milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly, then return it all to the pan. Stir gently over low heat until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and leave to cool fully, then chill for a few hours in the fridge.
Churn the custard in an ice cream maker. Once nearly set, spoon into a container, adding swirls of the gooseberry and elderflower puree as you go. Freeze for at least 2 hours. Serve on its own or with shortbread biscuits.
Rich, creamy, and totally plant-based, making it the perfect indulgent scoop.
Start by heating 750ml of Glebe Farm oat milk and 250ml of coconut milk in a saucepan. Whisk in 100g of dark brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of cornflour, and a pinch of salt. Once it starts to simmer, stir until thickened.
Turn off the heat and stir in 150g of chopped dark chocolate and 3 tablespoons of hazelnut spread or any good-quality nut butter. Whisk until fully melted and smooth. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, then cool the mixture fully before chilling in the fridge for a few hours.
Churn in an ice cream maker, or freeze in a container, stirring every 30 minutes until smooth and firm. Optional: fold in chopped roasted hazelnuts or a few pieces of crushed vegan chocolate just before freezing for extra crunch. Scoop generously and enjoy with a drizzle of extra hazelnut spread on top.
Another classic with a twist for all our vegan and dairy-free friends, made using Glebe Farm oat milk.
Start by cooking 300g of chopped fresh strawberries with 50g caster sugar and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice over medium heat until it thickens into a jam-like consistency, then stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, heat 1 litre of vanilla oat milk until just boiling. In a bowl, whisk together 4 egg yolks and 150g brown sugar until smooth, then slowly temper the eggs by adding the hot oat milk while whisking constantly. Return the mixture to the pan and cook gently, stirring until it thickens into a custard. Let it cool completely.
Pour the cooled custard into your ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer’s instructions, adding 100g rolled oats in the last few minutes for texture. Transfer the churned ice cream to a container, swirl in the cooled strawberry mixture, then freeze for at least 2 hours until firm. Let sit a few minutes before scooping and enjoy a creamy, naturally sweet dairy-free treat!
Did you know, Plumbs Dairy have been delivering fresh milk for over 70 years. And, nowadays it’s not just milk – we also deliver fresh fruit & veg, pantry items and household essentials straight to your door – with no minimum order or delivery fee.
Find out if we deliver to your home by clicking here.