3 L is a weird number something like this never appeared in Europe
we scale in 1 L, 1,5 L, 2 L and 5 L ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 12:11 AM Subject: [USMA:20835] Re: Wallmart's aseptic juice box > 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 > > > > >
