It is harder to keep from spilling the milk with this design. There is also a seal across the opening, which, after you unscrew the top, has to be peeled off.
The reason they went to this design was that it doesn't have the open space at the top the old jugs did; as a result, while the height is about the same, the other dimensions are smaller. Thus, more fit on a pallet, and the pallet can be stacked higher because the bottles are stronger and will hold the greater [I hesitate to use the word] of the layers above. Also, a number of years ago, Costco got away from regional brands (the one around here was Shenandoah) in favor of their national brand, Kirkland (from the town in Washington state where their headquarters is). My guess is that this bottle is some kind of industry standard that can be either 4-liter or 1-gallon, depending on what the dairy wants to put in it. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 15:38 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:43451] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices! My Costco has them too. I refuse to buy them. Costco introduced a 4 L container in one part of the country. There was even an article in "Metric Today." However, in many areas they are using the container but only filling to 1 gallon. The metric marking (3.79 L if I recall) is consistent with that fill, and there is a LOT of headspace (0.21 L of excess headspace to be precise). There are reports that the design (which saves space) is hard to pour without spilling. I don't know if they went to 1 gallon fill to help the spilling problem, or if it makes a difference. --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com> wrote: From: Jeremiah MacGregor <jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com> Subject: [USMA:43431] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices! To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 12:41 PM Are you sure it only contains one US gallon if it is in a 4 L container? It just may be labeled as one gallon to keep it simple. Have you verified the fill to know for sure? Jerry _____ From: Carleton MacDonald <carlet...@comcast.net> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 11:44:20 AM Subject: [USMA:43415] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices! A pint of milk certainly doesn?t seem like a lot, so I wonder why they delivered such a small size. In our house we go through three large Costco bottles a week. (These are the rectangular four-liter bottles that Costco fills with only one US gallon.) Carleton
