2002-12-31 Their standard package size is 400 g, which they label as 396.9 g or something like that. This particular package had a bonus; 10 % more free. 400 g x 1.10 = 440 g. I don't think having a promotional gimmick and adding 10 % is defeating the purpose. Defeating the purpose is when their standard bags consistently contain at least 400 g of product and they insist on marking the contents as 396.9 g.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-12-30 15:30 Subject: [USMA:24286] Re: kg vs pound > John and friends: > The retailer who purchases the stuff has to sell as it reaches him. It is > the factory packaging that got to get instructions. 440g is again defeating > the purpose: it could be 250g, 500g or 1 kg packs that people must be > encouraged. > Brij<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [USMA:24272] M&M's > >Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 21:36:12 -0500 > > > >2002-12-29 > > > >Today I bought a regular bag (yellow) of M&M's with peanuts. The package > >contains 10 % more than the standard bag. The amount stated is 15.40 OZ > >436.6 g. Again I weighed in the bag and found it to be 442 g. This bag > >could easily been declared as 440 g. That is a standard 400 g with 10 % > >more or 440 g. > > > >Mars can easily mark the SI in rational numbers, but for some reason > >continues to give us SI with funny numbers. > > > >John > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 3 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=747 4&SU= > http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_advancedjmf _3mf >
