Even if it is in some states there may be exemptions depending on what type of
store you are. Do you have Aldi stores where you live? The Aldi store that is
near me doesn't do it. Maybe they are exempt or maybe they don't care and no
one has complained.
Jerry
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From: John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:49:21 AM
Subject: [USMA:43298] Re: discussion of Food Marketing Institute objections to
metric-only labeling option
This may vary by state law. Everybody seems to do it in Michigan. I believe
the unit pricing may be a requirement for the shelf edge sticker IF you don't
want to stamp the price on every item.
Thus it trades one cost for another.
--- On Sat, 2/28/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com>
wrote:
> From: Jeremiah MacGregor <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com>
> Subject: [USMA:43297] Re: discussion of Food Marketing Institute objections
> to metric-only labeling option
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
> Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 10:19 AM
> Unit pricing may be "built in", but it is still a
> cost passed on to the consumer. When you are competing in
> a tough market you lower your costs as much as possible and
> thus things like unit price labels are not used. The
> stores that sell goods at a lower cost because they have
> less frills do a better business then those that try to be
> fancy. Obviously not having unit price labels is not
> hurting the business in the stores I visit.
>
> Another point is that unit price labels does not help you
> compare prices between stores, just different brands in a
> store. In many cases a store will offer a sale on a
> particular brand that makes the unit pricing ineffective.
>
> Jerry
