The "milkman" is a delivery person who works for milk producers. The company that produces milk still exists, the role of the milkman was just made unnecessary due to advances in commercial refrigeration - milk did not have to be delivered fresh, it could be stored and then bought on-demand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_delivery
"Human greed" didn't take over to fuck over the milkman, they just didn't need a delivery person any more because milk could be stored on site safely between shipments.