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2002-02-09
A few days ago, I went to the local Super K-mart, the
only store in town selling the 3 L milk jugs.
Just to keep everyone up-dated, they are still there, and
to my surprise, the milk is cheaper (unit price) than the gallon and quart
containers they are next to. At first, they were very expensive and people
were turned away from them. Even articles in the newspaper at the time
criticised the container for costing more.
The milk is produced by Superior Dairy here in Ohio.
I think the same carton used in New York was sold by Wegman's Dairy.
I wonder if these cartons have ever expanded outside their initial
markets. It would be nice if they took off enough to replace the gallon
jug completely.
Also, I noticed some of the Vaseline products, that a few
years ago went to rational SI. I even checked the same products at
Wal-mart. I don't remember the exact sizes, but it seems the products are
neither rational in SI or FFU. What is odd, is that while Vaseline states
its sizes in SI (FFU), the Wal-Mart clones (American Fare) states the contents
in FFU (SI), the reverse.
The one size that I did buy (American Fare), as it
was cheaper than the Vaseline brand was stated as 24.5 FL OZ (725
mL). Even though 725 mL is fairly rational, the other sizes on the shelf
were not that rational. Those of you who shop often may want to visit the
aisle that sells these products and report back some of the other sizes.
You'll see that both FFU and SI are both funny numbers. I wonder if they
are packaged by weight and sold by volume, and that is why the numbers are
funny.
John
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