on 2002-11-27 06.29, Bill Potts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Bill and All,
It's the same here. Ice cream is sold in litre containers. The most popular sizes are 1�L, 2�L, and 4�L. Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia > 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 >
