This should not be a problem when the US changes to SI only labeling
together with unit pricing.
Stan Doore
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject: [USMA:36597] Re: metric stands alone
Your statement here completely negates the FMI's argument that metric-only
labeling will make it more difficult to compare different brands using
unit-pricing labels in stores because different brands will be labeled in
different units. It looks like this is already the case.
On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at 06:31AM, Phil Chernack
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I have seen a mix of items. Supermarkets will advertise "2 Liter" bottles
and in the small print, put 67.6 oz. The same goes for signage in the
store. To even further complicate it, the unit pricing will state 67.6 oz
and the unit price quantity as per quart. At that point, the unit pricing
is irrelevant to me as I compare the price per 1 or 2 liter to other
similarly sized products.
Phil
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Of Howard Ressel
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:25 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:36595] Re: metric stands alone
I can't remember a time when 2-liter bottles of soda were called
anything
other than just that, at least in this area. The only time you see the
oz
is on the bottle. What is worse is the inconsistency in the market, most
common sizes around ere are 2 L, 1 L, 0.5 L and 20 oz??
Howard Ressel
Project Design Engineer, Region 4
(585) 272-3372
>>> "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/17/06 5:47 PM >>>
In Albertson's last night, I saw a huge store display of 2 L Coca Cola
bottles
bearing a sign representing them as 2-liter bottles. There was no
mention
of
fluid ounces or quarts on the sign. This matter-of-fact exclusive
statement of
the liter tells me that the liter is a part of U.S. psychology. I would
think
that the beverage makers would successfully exercise their metric-only
option
under an amended FPLA.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Phone (432)528-7724
www.metric.org
3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122
Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
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