Some years ago in western New York, a store actually came out with a 3 L
container that was not only spill proof but was made to prevent light from
destroying the Vitamin D in the milk. The container failed for two reasons.
1.) They didn't stop selling the gallon size.
2.) The price for 3 L was more then the price for the gallon, thus sales of the
3 L were poor.
If they would have priced the 3 L less then the gallon until sales were steady
they could then have dropped the gallon and slowly raised the price. But they
were greedy and thus wasted their efforts and blew the opportunity to have
introduced metric milk sizes.
Jerry
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From: John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 8:11:53 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
>
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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
