The Milky Box FAQ's

Our shipping process was formulated with parents and caregivers in mind!

We want to provide our customers with quality products which are also affordable, which is why we offer free shipping on all our 6, 8 and 12 package orders. We ship to the United States and Canada. 

Please allow 1-5 business days for your order to be processed, packaged, quality controlled and placed for shipping. Priority Processing will be processed and shipped within 48 hours during normal business hours. Please remember that business days do not included weekends or holidays in both the United States and Europe. 

We suggest ordering your formula when you still have a few cans/boxes left! Shipping and delivery may take longer due to slower processing times by our courier or customs. There may also be a delay due to other uncontrollable delays, i.e., weather and holidays. 

We do not ship on the weekends. Orders placed during the weekend will not be processed until the following business day. Unfortunately, we cannot deliver to business addresses or P.O. Boxes.

Furthermore, please check your shipping option! Most carriers do not deliver on weekends.

We understand how important the formula you ordered is to your family, we also understand that customs or carriers sometimes delay the delivery of your order for longer than is considered acceptable.

We can offer a reshipment or refund, (although we do not issue any refunds until after 30 business days since the order was shipped, or reshipments until 15 business days after order has shipped). 

Business days are Monday through Friday and do not include holidays in either the US or EU. 

The days the order takes to be processed and fulfilled are not included in the shipping period. We’d also like to mention that most of the time these orders will still go through.

*** Reshipment Policy for Express Orders Only (DHL, UPS, FedEx) ***

If you choose a reshipment of your order and you receive the original package anyway, we would like to kindly ask you to pay the invoice for the second shipment as well, as that would be equivalent to two orders shipped. However, if the original shipment never makes it through, we will not invoice you again. The reshipment would be on us.

At the 10 business day mark after the order ships i.e…you receive tracking information showing it has left the country of origin, and you haven’t received your order or it shows that there is a delay due to customs, which excludes delays caused by weather and the holidays, you can request a reshipment of the package. 

However, if the original package does arrive within 30 business days since your order left the country of origin, we will invoice you for the reshipment. We will offer you the reshipment invoice at a 20% discounted rate.

*** Reshipment Policy for Non-Express Orders Only***

We do not offer free reshipments until 30 business days after the order has been shipped and left the country of origin.

15 business days after the order has shipped, if due to a customs delay and not a weather or holiday delay, we are offering a 15% discount code that can be applied to the reshipment of your order (including the cost of shipping). 

We will be reshipping all orders through express shipping to help get your little one the formula that they love! Please note that the original order majority of the time still arrives, it just has been delayed due to processing through US customs. 

 *** We do not offer full refunds or reshipments on orders that are not express orders until 30 business days have passed since the order was shipped. ***

**For any delays or questions on orders, please contact the Courier directly as we are only can be held liable to send it with your prechosen service provider. Also, please allow extra time if ordering during the busy holiday season to account for larger demands on carriers.

Please Note: that we are using different shipping operators and aren't responsible for problems caused by the carrier. Also we keep track of all orders and can see if they have been delivered or if there has been a delay. 

**We offer optional special Insurance at checkout for your orders to be safe!! Please choose the "signature required" option at checkout. **

We are direct distributors of the brands we carry. Our products have been carefully chosen and sourced from certified distributors within Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK.

All our fulfillment centers are designed to keep formulas cool during the summer and stored in regulated temperatures all year long.

Our products are free from any radiation exposure, shipped safely, and kept in clean and climate-controlled facilities.

All shipments are removed from the means of transportation, whether that be by plane or truck, and stored in clean and climate-controlled facilities for all overnight stays and customs processes.

If your tracking information shows that your package was delivered, but you can't find it:

Please wait 24 hours after the expected delivery date. 

In the meantime while you wait, you will want to verify the shipping address, look to see if a notice of attempted delivery was left by the carrier, look around the delivery location for your package, check your security cameras to see if the package was delivered and taken, check with the people within your household to see if someone else accepted the delivery, check with your neighbors to see if it was delivered to them by mistake. Please wait 24 hours- in rare cases packages may say delivered up to 36 hours prior to arrival.

** In the random case that your package was lost or stolen, you will have to file a claim online by going to the carrier’s website. In order to be considered lost, a package must be undelivered 24 hours after the expected delivery date and time. A report cannot be made until then. After filing a claim, it takes 5-10 business days for a response and approval for any insurance claim to be resolved by the carrier. Please note that after your order has been shipped, the carrier assumes responsibility for the package.

Please allow additional time when a package is delayed due to adverse weather.

*Unfortunately, we cannot file a claim due to USPS, UPS, DHL regulations. Once you have the claim confirmation from the carrier, please contact us, providing the CLAIM number (not the case number) with carrier approval for refunds, and we will gladly issue you a refund.

Again, please note that all packages are only insured to a 99 USD maximum. If you want additional insurance, please choose at checkout.

There is a slight chance that orders shipped outside the European Union may be subject to an inspection or additional fees charged by the local customs department. US-customers ordering formula valued at $1,000, or less, should not expect to pay any Customs fees.

Our orders are shipped directly from the European Union and may still be subject to local import taxes, duties, and fees depending on the country you are importing into. 

The Milky Box has no control over these charges, nor can The Milky Box predict what they may be. Any import-related fees are the customer's responsibility, and The Milky Box is, unfortunately, unable to help with this.

** Please note that if you are part of a Trusted Traveler Program, you must notify the US Homeland Security that you are importing formula into the US from the EU. This is no different than if you are bringing food or drinks into the US in person. ** For any question, please contact your local Homeland Security office. **

Upon ordering, customers agree that it is The Milky Box's responsibility to deliver to the address provided at the original time of purchase. 

Although our dedicated customer service team will attempt to accommodate changes of address after your order has been paid for, we make no guarantee of a new delivery address. 

Any mis deliveries due to a package going to the old address are not considered refundable. 

Once a package departs from one of our warehouses, The Milky Box cannot take responsibility for mis-delivered packages if a delivery carrier's change of address was not processed in time for the delivery to be redirected. 

While our couriers will do their best to update the address, requests for mail redirection should be avoided due to the high likelihood of the package being delivered to the old address. 

Unfortunately, we cannot deliver to business addresses or P.O. Boxes.