2002-07-05 Well, there was one dairy company that did market a 3 L milk container. It was Weggman (sp?) in New York State. We also had the same container here in Ohio. I forgot the company that was using it, but the containers were available at the local super K-Mart. The last time I checked, a few months back, they were still on the shelves.
However, when they first came to this area, they received bad press. The product cost more than a gallon and it appeared to be a rip off. Now, the price is lower that the gallon, but the product size has not spread. Can't say why. But, if this 3 L size ever had taken off, it would have replaced the gallon size completely. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-07-05 12:07 Subject: [USMA:20831] Wallmart's aseptic juice box > Don's list of consumer products on the USMA web site lists numerous > manufacturers of metric aseptic juice boxes. I noticed yesterday that > Wallmart's house brand (Great Value) is also metric (250 mL). It uses > metric symbols properly, too. > Now if we can only get the dairy industry to pay attention, we will have > essentially all beverages on the way to metrication. Of course, unlike > other beverage products, dairy is highly regulated by the USDA, which does > not help matters. > Jim Elwell, CAMS > >
