On Tuesday 07 October 2003 11:47, john mercer wrote: > Hello everyone. Could anyone tell me if in the U S there are any food > products that are packaged with only metric units on the package. I see > there is going to be another meeting on Nov. 6 03, I hope it goes well. > Another question in the States is meat packaged by the lb? In Canada meat > is packaged in metric but sold by the the lb. Actually it's packaged in > metric and advertised in dual units. When you get a grocery store flyer in > Canada meat and produce are advertised in dual units, with the lb price > in larger letters and the metric units in small letters.
Hello John, Our grocery store in Los Angeles (Ralph's, the biggest supermarket chain in the U.S., I think) does not sell any meats by metric units. Fresh meat packages do not even have metric unit equivalents, either for the price, or for the mass. Even many packaged meats (like Oscar Meyer lunch meats and hot dogs) don't have metric labeling. At Ralph's, there are many spring scales for weighing fruit and vegetables. These scales are pounds only. They don't give metric equivalents. Fresh fruits and vegetables are sold by the pound only, with no metric pricing equivalents given. There are also electronic deli scales. Once again, pounds and ounces only, no grams or kg. On the bright side, I've noticed that wine and spirits are usually sold METRIC ONLY. Bottled water is usually sold hard-metric, with traditional equivalents given. Most other packaged foods are sold hard-traditional, with metric equivalents given in smaller print. On the bright side, there are plenty of foods sold hard metric with soft traditional conversions. I've noticed this with pasta, rice, and olive oil, for example. John
