There is an Amish market near our house. One counter is a deli. They sell
various potato, macaroni, etc. salads, in three different containers:
small, medium, large. What the customer wants is a full container of one
size or the other, but half of them still ask for a "pound" of this or a
"half-
Martin - a few months ago we had a new arrival to the family.I can tell you
that if my wife noticed his weight dropping while she was doing her own
weighing of him then she would be on panic stations.I can't imagine a parent
that does not track their baby's weight regularly.
In fact one nurse *
That's precisely what I've been saying for ages (the choice on the shelf is
based upon visual size). I have yet to hear someone go to the shops to buy
"3.15 kg of washing machine powder" or "8.5 ounce pack of bacon".Obviously if a
precise amount is needed then you go to the loose food section
While consumers might not appreciate the subtleties of weight on the boxes,
they would be the first to complain if a big box was only half full.
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of James R. Frysinger
Sent: 01 November 2009 13:49
I've said for years that shoppers buy the "yea big" size: "Find me a
nice roast about yea big, honey." Or, "Which size of canned tomatoes do
you want, Mom, the big one or the little one?"
If this were not so, deceptive packaging would not work so well.
Jim
STANLEY DOORE wrote:
The Head of a
The Head of a major consumer group in Northern Virginia USA thirty years ago
found that shoppers in grocery stores visually look at the size of the product
first and not the label before purchasing. so it has been known for decades
that dual unit labeling is not needed except for perhaps measu
Here in California at the UC Davis health network (a HMO) they take your
weight, er., mass, on scales with electronic options for kg or lbs, the
nurse announces it in lbs (it is always set that way), but when you
leave even a few minutes later you receive a printed page with your
weight reading
