I’m surprised they can advertise and price things by the ounce, you say that’s perfectly legal Martin? I found the same thing in a fast food place in I think it was Tokyo where they had ounce size steaks on the menu, also in South Africa where a Starbucks had fluid ounce size cups advertised on the board behind the counter. No one but an American would realise the 16 and 20 meant US fluid ounces.
Mike > On 20 Mar 2015, at 20:18, Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > I checked their website. It complies with UK law. However the product label > in the website: > http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/cos_6,cos_6.3,cos_6.3.1/131511 > > <http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/cos_6,cos_6.3,cos_6.3.1/131511> > does not - it is illegal to display US gallons, quarts and pints on any > goods that are sold in the UK – if gallons, quarts ort pints are used as a > supplementary unit, they MUST be imperial units. > > It is of course possible that the Costco site detects where you are living > and chooses its text accordingly. I live in the UK. > > Martin > > From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of > Ressel, Howard R (DOT) > Sent: 20 March 2015 17:31 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:54652] RE: Costco UK > > Just wondering why you didn’t ask her to change the web site to read kg or > grams which, if I understand (but I may be wrong since I’m in the States) is > the only legal way to show it in the UK. I wonder how she would have > responded to that. > > Howard R. Ressel > Project Design Engineer > > New York State Department of Transportation > > From: owner-u...@colostate.edu <mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu> > [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu <mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu>] On Behalf > Of Michael Payne > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:25 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:54651] Costco UK > >> >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> Thank you for your email. >> >> Each 18oz steak is approximately 510g and so the total weight of this pack >> is 2.04kg. >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Maureen >> Customer Care Team (UK) >> >> On 20 March 2015 at 15:31, Michael Payne wrote: >> http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/cos_6,cos_6.4,cos_6.4.1/166834 >> >> <http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/cos_6,cos_6.4,cos_6.4.1/166834> >> >> We use grams in the UK, what is the mass of this item in grams? >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Michael Payne >> >> >> >> > >
