>For the same reason grocery store managers are afraid to include
>the price per kg... the prices look unrealistically high, compared to
>the old pound price. In the winter in Canada it is not unusual to see
>prices for fruit and vegetables jump 3 or 4 times over the summer
>price so seeing $3.28 (per kg) rather than $1.49 (per lb) makes it
>appear that the price has increased dramatically.
That's always been a big argument. Some groceries have said that
if they displayed only metric prices then they would appear
higher to shoppers than the prices in the stores that display metric
and imperial prices. Of course, this would not be an issue if
all stores were require to solely display metric prices. All stores
would be using the same units so prices would be uniform,
and shoppers would soon become used to seeing $3.28/kg instead
of $1.49 per pound.
