Is your Costco using a 4 L or 1 gallon fill?
I have never tried them as I am (slightly) mad at my Costco for using a 1 gallon fill in a 4 L container. However, the picture I have seen for the 4 L fill looks VERY full; it looks like pouring could be a problem. --- On Sun, 3/8/09, STANLEY DOORE <stan.do...@verizon.net> wrote: > From: STANLEY DOORE <stan.do...@verizon.net> > Subject: [USMA:43479] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices! > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 7:51 AM > I don't find pouring milk for the Costco container any > more difficult to pour. > > Stan Doore > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John M. Steele > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 4:37 PM > Subject: [USMA:43451] Re: USC units spread to the UK - > and no-one notices! > > > My Costco has them too. I refuse to buy them. > > Costco introduced a 4 L container in one part of > the country. There was even an article in "Metric > Today." However, in many areas they are using the > container but only filling to 1 gallon. The metric marking > (3.79 L if I recall) is consistent with that fill, and there > is a LOT of headspace (0.21 L of excess headspace to be > precise). > > There are reports that the design (which saves > space) is hard to pour without spilling. I don't know > if they went to 1 gallon fill to help the spilling problem, > or if it makes a difference. > > --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Jeremiah MacGregor > <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > From: Jeremiah MacGregor > <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com> > Subject: [USMA:43431] Re: USC units spread to the > UK - and no-one notices! > To: "U.S. Metric Association" > <usma@colostate.edu> > Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 12:41 PM > > > Are you sure it only contains one US gallon if it > is in a 4 L container? It just may be labeled as one gallon > to keep it simple. Have you verified the fill to know for > sure? > > Jerry > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Carleton MacDonald > <carlet...@comcast.net> > To: U.S. Metric Association > <usma@colostate.edu> > Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 11:44:20 AM > Subject: [USMA:43415] Re: USC units spread to the > UK - and no-one notices! > > > A pint of milk certainly doesn’t seem like a > lot, so I wonder why they delivered such a small size. In > our house we go through three large Costco bottles a week. > (These are the rectangular four-liter bottles that Costco > fills with only one US gallon.) > > > > Carleton