Dear All, Or as the writers of the Bible put it in Deuteronomy 25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. See: <http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV2&byte=851672>
Or in Proverbs 20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. See: <http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV2&byte=2509340> Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://metricationmatters.com on 2005-06-02 09.29, Philip S Hall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No Dan. I must re-iterate for the benefit of non-UK posters here. Tesco did > not revert to imperial. > > They took advantage of the legal option to display dual prices (price/kg + > price/lb) and started displaying large posters with imperial only prices for > promotion on some products (but always showed a metric unit price near the > products themselves). > > They still weigh and sell in metric. They use metric scales at the deli > counter and the till receipts are metric only. They also operate in metric > behind the scenes (inventory etc) > > With pre-packed items they put dual weight (g/oz) on some of their own-brand > chilled food products and put dual price labels on the packaged cuts of meat > and fish. All other chilled food products (vast majority in fact) are as the > original manufacturers label, i.e. in grams, they don't modify them. > > Everywhere else they are metric except perhaps for clothing (Tesco aren't > just a supermarket, they're into practically everything which is why they > are so big). > > Phil Hall > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:19 PM > Subject: [USMA:33047] RE: freight in UK > > >> Wouldn't reintroducing imperial after going metric be kind of expensive? >> If you spent maybe a few million to change your scales and update your >> inventory software, then you decide to change it all back seems the kind >> of business practice that puts a company like Tesco out of business, not >> increase their profits. >> >> So is Tesco the only store that changed all their metric equipment back to >> imperial or were there others? Do they also sell pre-packaged goods in >> imperial too or are those still metric? How long did it take them to >> revert as they couldn't have changed all the equipment in all stores in >> one day? >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, 2005-06-01 05:16 >> Subject: [USMA:33036] RE: freight in UK >> >> >>> You mean like when Tesco 'sales figures' went up after the publicity >>> surrounding there decision to re-introduce imperial. >>> >>> It certainly worked for me! >>> >>> Well, add to that the fact that I moved home and the nearest hypermarket >>> is under 2 miles away and is called "Tesco" ;-) >>> >>>> From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [USMA:33024] RE: freight in UK >>>> Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 20:25:43 +0100 >>>> >>>> >>>>> When a company makes a change to its look or feel they sometimes send >>>>> out a >>>>> survey. >>>>> I've had loads of these. >>>>> I suspect that they don't do a similar thing with imperial measures >>>>> being removed because despite most people still using them in day to day >>>>> life they feel that they "know what's best for us" on this one. >>>> >>>> Or maybe they use a more tried and tested way of doing "customer surveys" >>>> >>>> It's known in the trade as "Sales Figures" >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>> Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.3 - Release Date: 2005-05-31 >>> >>> >> >
