Dear All, We have 3�litre milk containers in Australia, too. It's not so weird when you realise not only how well they pour but also how well they fit into the fittings on the refrigerator door. The refrigerator door fittings were originally designed to fit the 2�L container and the 3�L container is the same width and the same height but it has a longer base.
Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-07-06 08.50, Wizard of OS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 3 L is a weird number > > something like this never appeared in Europe > > we scale in 1 L, 1,5 L, 2 L and 5 L > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 12:11 AM > Subject: [USMA:20835] Re: Wallmart's aseptic juice box > > >> 2002-07-05 >> >> Well, there was one dairy company that did market a 3 L milk container. > It >> was Weggman (sp?) in New York State. We also had the same container here > in >> Ohio. I forgot the company that was using it, but the containers were >> available at the local super K-Mart. The last time I checked, a few > months >> back, they were still on the shelves. >> >> However, when they first came to this area, they received bad press. The >> product cost more than a gallon and it appeared to be a rip off. Now, the >> price is lower that the gallon, but the product size has not spread. > Can't >> say why. >> >> But, if this 3 L size ever had taken off, it would have replaced the > gallon >> size completely. >> >> John >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Friday, 2002-07-05 12:07 >> Subject: [USMA:20831] Wallmart's aseptic juice box >> >> >>> Don's list of consumer products on the USMA web site lists numerous >>> manufacturers of metric aseptic juice boxes. I noticed yesterday that >>> Wallmart's house brand (Great Value) is also metric (250 mL). It uses >>> metric symbols properly, too. >>> Now if we can only get the dairy industry to pay attention, we will have >>> essentially all beverages on the way to metrication. Of course, unlike >>> other beverage products, dairy is highly regulated by the USDA, which > does >>> not help matters. >>> Jim Elwell, CAMS >>> >>> >> >
