Paul Trusten
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On May 16, 2010, at 8:24, Remek Kocz <rek...@gmail.com> wrote:
I think you hit the nail on the head. The way the soft-drink
industry is going, I expect the 2L bottle to be replaced with the
more "familiar" 2 qt. bottle. I'm already seeing the 1/2 L bottles
being phased out in favor of 16 oz.
Remek
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:46 AM, John M. Steele <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
> wrote:
Then I must play the Devil's Nitpicker.
Both the Customary and metric claim must be true in the sense that
average net contents must equal or exceed the claimed amount. Since
the 13.5 fl oz must be true, they saved only about 0.76 mL. But
they appear to be making a statement that they are really Customary
internally and metric is just a damn nuisance. I may have to
rethink which cola product I really prefer.
From: James R. Frysinger <j...@metricmethods.com>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 10:09:05 PM
Subject: [USMA:47380] Re: A silly milliliter--Coca Cola commemorative
I feel like playing Devil's Advocate tonight. Humor me.
Perhaps this is related to the probability that most of the very
folks who actually read labels would just round that up mentally to
400 mL. But by not putting in that extra 1 mL, Coca-Cola has saved 1
mL out of 400 mL, or 0.25 %. Now, if you multiply the sales of this
size container by 0.25 %, you probably would get a rather large
number. That's extra profit.
It reminds me of something I read some time ago, back in the days
when airlines provided passengers with food. Delta (I think it was)
decided to reduce by one the number of olives in the salads on its
dinner trays. Seems silly, but they saved quite a bit of money that
way.
Jim
Paul Trusten wrote:
> Yes, it's a soft conversion, but, DANG!
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