Not only are they using FFU, but incorrect FFU -- ounces, rather than fluid ounces.
That's similar to the wine and liquor unit pricing at Albertson's supermarkets. (Safeway's unit pricing for wine and liquor is equally bizarre, but they do at least know the difference between ounces and fluid ounces.) Saying "7 oz more than half-liter size" is, of course, really stupid. By the way, I never shop at Wal-Mart. (They're one of the world's biggest exploiters of sweat-shop labor.) Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of kilopascal Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 16:39 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:25004] Pepsi Products 2003-03-02 I was in two stores today both featuring Pepsi products. In the one store, Wal-Mart, there was a aisle display offering various half-litre 12 pack plastic bottles for 3.98 $. Yet, you would never know it was a half-litre. The plastic wrap holding the 12 bottles together was marked in large print:16.9 oz bottles. There was no mention of 500 mL except as a secondary declaration on each bottle. At the other store, Pepsi was advertising its 24 oz bottles. They were advertising 3 packs (6 bottles per pack) for 4.00 $. What was odd was the display sign that said in big print: 7 oz more than half-litre size. It does seem that even if Pepsi produces some metric sizes they like to advertise them as FFU. Anyone else experience this? John
