I emailed McDonald's and requested that they use SI measurements in all of their US franchises. I suggested a 125-grammer instead of a quarter pounder (I thought of a 100-grammer, but that's less mass and they would probably charge the same as 4 oz), 500 ml drinks instead of 16 fl oz, etc. etc. I told them it would help to streamline their world-wide menus, reduce double inventories, and also help Americans to see that the metric system isn't as horrible as it is made out to be.
I'll let you know what they tell me.
M R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thats wonderful Jim
I will go for the quarter pounder with Cheese
which weighs 200 g.
I wish they round all the items to the nearest '0' or
'5'.
Madan
--- Jim Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:58:07 -0600
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: Jim Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [USMA:20602] interesting McDonalds
> nutrition chart
>
> Noticed on this chart that the descriptions use
> colloquial units (e.g.,
> Shake (16 oz cup)), but the "Serving Size" column is
> entirely in grams and
> milliliters.
>
>
http://www.mcdonalds.com/countries/usa/food/nutrition_facts/media/nutrition_facts.pdf
>
>
> Jim Elwell, CAMS
> Electrical Engineer
> Industrial manufacturing manager
> Salt! ! ! Lake City, Utah, USA
> www.qsicorp.com
>
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