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
