Mighty Chimp >Do you also notice if any stores using imperial have switched to metric?
I live in the UK. Almost all of them comply with the law and display metric prices. Some continue to display dual prices. Some dropped imperial but went back to dual. >Do you ever stand and listen to see how many people order >in metric vs. imperial? No. >Do you inform the authorities of their illegality? I rarely see illegal pricing and I have not reported any. I once made a report about an imperial only weight shown on a prepacked food item in supermarket. The packer agreed to change the label in the next print run. Ironically, it was a Belgian company that thought that British law required imperial only labels. My main focus has been on reporting cases where taxpayer funded organisations (e.g. local governments) are breaking the law. >I was told that Tescos still has pound scales. Imperial only scales are illegal. Tescos is pro-imperial but will be acting within the law. I will go to one of their shops and confirm this to you. >If a store has a dual unit digital scale, I don't think it is possible to >show both units at the same time. Failing to display metric units is illegal. >if a customer asks for pound and the merchant looks at the >pound side of the scale and uses the per pound price to calculate the sale, >then the merchant is not selling by the kilogram. That scenario as stated, sounds legal to me. >Do you see a general trend towards more metric acceptance, Yes. >Can you also give me some indiscation as to the units used on >prepackaged foods? Prepacked goods are the easiest issue for metrication (as you may know from the US experience). The UK has had dual units on prepacks for an extremely long time. Metric only goods have been available for quite some time. I would say that a substantial majority of prepacked goods in UK supermarkets have metric only labels put on by the manufacturer. Cosmetics and milk are commonly dual unit. Please reply in the group. I am getting two copies of your reply: one in the group and one in my personal mailbox.
