Where to find milk and cookies at the Calgary Stampede

You know when you’re at the Calgary Stampede, you’re feeling snackish, but aren’t really feeling an entire blooming onion or bucket of lemonade?

Sometimes, the best treat is the one made close to home.

Alberta Milk has been supporting the Milk & Cookies Shack at the Calgary Stampede for over 20 years, which is located on the Stampede grounds beside the north entrance of the Agriculture Building — directly across from the Saddledome.

Here, visitors can enjoy a delicious and nostalgic snack of milk and cookies for just $3, proving that sometimes simple and classic is just the thing to satisfy a sweet tooth.

Cookies for a cause

Alberta Milk

While the $3 price point makes the milk-and-cookies combo one of the more affordable food options on the grounds, it also helps feed others.

Since 2004, Alberta Milk has donated over $220,000 in proceeds from the Milk & Cookies Shack to the Calgary Inter-Faith Foodbank, and this year will be no different.

This time last year, the Calgary Food Bank was feeding up to 17,000 people across Calgary every 10 days — enough to fill up the GMC Stadium!

At a time when food insecurity in Calgary is at an all-time high, donations make a tangible difference in the lives of people who rely on food banks.

Milking memories

Alberta Milk

The Milk & Cookies Shack is also representative of one of the key pillars of the Calgary Stampede — Alberta’s agriculture. The milk served is produced by Alberta Dairy farmers, proving the direct connection between everyday consumers and the people behind everything bred, grown, and produced in-province.

What does the Calgary Stampede represent for you? Whether it’s family, food, fun, or the importance of Alberta agriculture, the Milk & Cookies Shack shares those same values.

So get in the yahoo spirit and check out the longstanding Stampede tradition for yourself. You’re never too old for a delicious glass of milk and cookies!

Calgary Stampede Milk & Cookies Shack

Where: Beside the north entrance of the Agriculture Building — Calgary Stampede Grounds
When: July 3 to 12
Cost: $3