So they'd have to fill all the the containers to 3.8 L, not
just the Canada bound ones (if they wanted to label the gallon of drink to a simpler number of litres than the 3.78 exact equivalent).
No they wouldn't. (But if they did, so what? A half percent overfill wouldn't cost them much.)
But they wouldn't have to fill the US and Canadian bound containers to the same fill line. They do a run of 3.8 L fills and send them over to get Canadian labels on them, then (maybe on another day) they do a run of 3.78 L and send those over to the labeling department to have US labels put on them. Then ship the ones with Canadian labels to Canada and the ones with US labels to US distributors. Big deal!
So, they'd have two inventories to keep track of. They have that now anyway if they have to put different labels on them (as Stephen himself said: "they just put a US or Canadian label on it, depending on where it's going to be sold").
In the long run, it would probably be easier (and cheaper) just to fill them all to 3.8 L, or better yet, to 4 L.
Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
