Howard,
With your proximity to Canada they probably figure there's less of an
excuse, than here in South Central PA.
At any rate it seems like Coke is quite intent on not letting consumers get
entrenched with the "16.9" stuff. Introduce it that way for a year, but
then quietly phase it out. It may say something about Coke's intent for the
future, i.e. slowly shift all sizes to metric.
Nat
> The bottler in my area just introduced the 0.5 L bottle and the 16.9 oz is
> not prominent on the bottle at all.
>
> >>> "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/29/01 10:38pm >>>
> Looks like the local Coca-Cola bottler is slowly losing the "16.9 floz"
> designation on 500 ml soda. Last fall I noticed the large "16.9 floz" in
> #24 Arial Italic Font had disappeared from 500 ml Coke, leaving only the
> ".5
> Liter" designation with the smaller SI/ifp declaration at the bottom.
>
> Now I notice it's happening to Sprite and Caffeine-Free Coke. Old and
> new
> stock on the shelves, some with both "16.9" and ".5 Liter", and some with
> the ".5 Liter" only. Looks like Coke is slowly sliding the
> floozies out the
> door!
>
> Nat
>
>
>
