The 4 L jug is filled with a gallon of milk which must be sold by the gallon
due to government laws and regulations.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Steele" <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:11 AM
Subject: [USMA:43482] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices!
Is your Costco using a 4 L or 1 gallon fill?
I have never tried them as I am (slightly) mad at my Costco for using a 1
gallon fill in a 4 L container. However, the picture I have seen for the 4
L fill looks VERY full; it looks like pouring could be a problem.
--- On Sun, 3/8/09, STANLEY DOORE <stan.do...@verizon.net> wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE <stan.do...@verizon.net>
Subject: [USMA:43479] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices!
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 7:51 AM
I don't find pouring milk for the Costco container any
more difficult to pour.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: John M. Steele
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 4:37 PM
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
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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
