In a message dated Mon, 10 Jun 2002 �7:49:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Kilopascal writess; >> BTW, Jim, is the 1.5 kg alone, or is there an FFU equivalent that you >> might have omitted? �What is the name of this company out of Boston >> that manufactures this ice tea? �Or is Stop & Shop the name of the >> company as well as the store you were in? �We use t have some Stop & >> Shop stores in the Cleveland area, but they had no connection with any >> other Stop & shops that exist elsewhere. > >It was not metric-only, it was dual label: > >NEW WT 53 OZ (3 LBS 4 OZ) 1.5 kg > >Since this is entirely caps except the "kg" I would presume that someone >knew what they were doing. >Stop & Shop is a grocery-store chain, and no doubt this is manufactured >"under license," a common practice for larger chains. They will call, for >example, the Dole people, and say "We want 100 cases a week of grade B >pineapple slices with our 'XYZ Stores' label." Then Dole would can them, >label them, and XYZ would sell them as a store brand. >BTW, a friend mentioned that she recalls that Stop & Shop is now owned by >a Dutch company. Whether that has any connection to the 1.5 kg is anyone's >guess. >Jim Elwell, CAMS > Well, Giant Food in Washington, DC is owned by a Dutch company (Ahold), and as far as Giant is concerned, the metric system does not exist. "67.6 oz" bottles of soda. #$%@^# Carleton
