Kilopascal asked in USMA 19309:

>2002-04-07
>
>When I was in Calgary last year about this time, all the goods in the deli
>counter were priced per 100 g, with no FFU equivalents.  The only things I
>saw where there were pound prices, were for large items, like crates of
>apples or sacks of potatoes.  In these cases the pound price was large and
>the kilogram price small.  But, you could not buy these items by their
>weight.  You had to buy the entire crate or sack.  They were sealed.
>
>Is this practice now being duplicated across Canada?
>
>John


In Toronto delis sell by 100 g.  Other food stores price their loose
products by the pound, even though most check-out scales weigh by the
kilogram.  Pound prices usually end in 9.

Joseph B.Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto  M5P 1C8             TEL. 416-486-6071

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