Mars does not put FFU units on its products in the EU. I wrote: "Here all Mars products are packed in rational metric sizes with no TABD 'supplementary' indications at all". WITH NO TABD... Chris stated that the same is the case in the UK, rational metric only. Mars even makes a "Metre of Mars", hardly indicative of an anti-metric bias, I would say, in the contrary. I think that the US branch can set its own policies.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-11-27 15:51 Subject: [USMA:23613] Re: M&M's > 2002-11-27 > > It seems Mars is not consistent. In the Australian market, Mars products show grams only. But, in the EU they have to add FFU. Why? If the EU packages are not sent back to the US then there is no reason to add FFU on to them. The only reason I can see for them to do this is that they are being spiteful to Europe for its desire to be metric only. > > John > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 2002-11-27 02:41 > Subject: [USMA:23607] Re: M&M's > > > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:32:36 +0100, "Han Maenen" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Simple. Mars Products America is trying to prove that metric is ridiculous, > >difficult, always yielding monstrous numerical values and therefore it > >should never be adopted in the USA. On the other hand this company is > trying to prove that USC is rational, simple, always yielding sane numerical > values and the only sensible choice of units. > > > >Here all Mars products are packed in rational metric sizes with no TABD > >'supplementary' indications at all > > As in the UK. In fact, it's Mars who bring out a Christmas special, > called the 'Metre of Mars', while the good old British company, > Cadbury, brings out a 'Yard of Dairy Milk' (or somesuch). > > Chris > > -- > UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/ > >
