Bill, John I sent this e-mail off to the Washington Times web editor Christopher Wavrin just now, and copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-
Dear Christopher, I see that ice cream manufacturers are going to considerable expense to change their containers to a '1.75 quart' size instead of the standard 1-liter or 2-liter size. Is there such a very strong anti-metric body in the US that prevents the US from catching up with the rest of the world, or is it that the rest of the world does not exist? Yours sincerely Mike Joy 8 John Pace Perth 6027 Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:29 AM Subject: [USMA:23588] RE: Ice Cream | When I was living in D�sseldorf in 1988, I used to buy M�venpick ice cream | and sorbet at the supermarket. As far as I can remember, it was sold by the | liter. | | Bill Potts, CMS | Roseville, CA | http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] | | | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of | kilopascal | Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:46 | To: U.S. Metric Association | Subject: [USMA:23587] Ice Cream | | | 2002-11-25 | | According to the INTERNATIONAL ICE CREAM ASSOCIATION | | Most Ice Cream is sold in pints, quarts and gallons. Either ice cream is | not popular world-wide, or ice cream is sold world-wide in FFU containers. | | Is ice not sold in litres anywhere? | | | Three-quarters of all ice cream is sold in half-gallon containers, but the | pint container segment is experiencing the fastest growth (up 10% since | 1998). | According to 1999 supermarket/supercenter gallon sales, regular ice cream | accounts for the largest share of the frozen dessert market, at 77%. | | http://www.rab.com/membership/samples/icecream.pdf | | John | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: kilopascal | To: U.S. Metric Association | Sent: Tuesday, 2002-11-26 09:46 | Subject: [USMA:23586] FFU down-sizing | | | 2002-11-26 | | The most opportune time to metricate is when changing package sizes. Well, | ice cream is going from the traditional half-gallon (1.89 L) containers to | 1.75 quart (1.66 L). Why not 1.75 L? Every time the issue of metrication | comes up, the excuse as to why it can't be done is that it would cost a | fortune to change packaging. Well, here we have another example of a | producer changing a package size and for some reason, the cost is not an | issue. | | Maybe there should be a law that says if you are going to change your | package size, then you have to change it to something metric. And a series | of allowable sizes would be listed. This way the manufacturer has the | choice to pick the metric size that is best for himself and the "market | forces". | | see: http://www.washtimes.com/business/20021119-9797683.htm | | John | |
