Paul et al:
Unit pricing could be in either English or SI units regardless of how they
are labeled. It's done by computer which computes and prints the shelf
labels. So, SI labeling only should be no problem mechanically. It's
getting consumers adjusted to it. However, back in the 1970s the head a
national consumer organization said that UP in SI would not be much of a
problem since consumers shop by comparing items and unit-prices.
Regards, Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Hudnall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:48 AM
Subject: [USMA:38871] Re: the states united--a psychological barrier
I do believe that would require changing all the unit-pricing tags in
stores to compare prices in metric :)
The current unit-price labels I've seen do not include any metric on them
whatsoever, even for such obviously metric product as a 2 L soft drink.
One would think that a 2 L soft drink would have a unit price listed as
$/mL but the tags read $/fl oz.
On Tuesday, June 05, 2007, at 08:39AM, "Paul Trusten, R.Ph."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've read that FMI letter numerous times. It is five years old now. It
seems to
have been written in a panic. Relabeling products in the metric system
only,
would not change the size, just the labeling. Since all products must be
labeled in metric, price comparisons could still be made between
metric-only,
and dual-labeled, products.
