this is great, someone who is still caring of it's customers! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis JOURDAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Marsha Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:25 PM Subject: [USMA:20996] GRS or g
> You remember the information Jim Frysinger circulated a few days ago, > about jars and cans from a small company in South of France, having > labels where the content was given in GRS, not in g. Jim suggested > that somebody from France wrote to the company to correct them. > > I took up the challenge, and wrote a gentle letter to this company - > indeed, a one woman-company located in a small village on the top of > a hill. In the letter I mentioned that she should be proud to know > that her products were appreciated as far as the USA, but that now > the correct symbol for "gramme" was "g" and no longer "GRS". > > This morning I got a long telephone call from Mrs Denise Buttafuoco - > the CEO and sole employee of the company. She thanked me a lot for > the information, explaining that she had been told at school - some > 50 years ago - that the plural of "grammes" was abbreviated as "GRS". > Of course now she will correct the labels to "g". She was even > prepared to write "g e" as she had seen on labels of many products in > Europe. I had to explain her the meaning of this e and its > implications (certification, controls, etc.), certainly necessary for > a large company but may be not for a small one. > > For those of you wishing to enjoy Mrs Buttafuoco' jams, jellies and > tomato pulp, be aware that she stays every Tuesday morning at the > fresh market of Annot (Alpes de Haute-Provence), just close to the > City Hall... > > Louis >
