I raised this one sometime last year, Remek. However, it doesn't hurt to emphasize it now.
Note that Minute Maid is owned by the Coca Cola Company and Tropicana is owned by Pepsico, who were both pioneers of the 2 L soft drink bottle. Interestingly, in Canada, the Simply Orange carafe has "Minute Maid" in a prominent place on the label. In the U.S., it doesn't. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Remek Kocz >Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 22:07 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:33769] Metric juices. > > >Since I'm new, I don't know if this hasn't been discussed before, >but here goes: > > >Couple of years ago Minute Maid came out with the Simply Orange line >of premium orange juices. Tropicana followed suit a little while >later. Both companies' products made their debut in elegant and >unashamedly metric (1.75L) carafes. Just recently I noticed that >Tropicana repackaged their Twister line of juices using 1.75L bottles. > >I think that both companies should be congratulated. Especially >Tropicana, since they've gone metric an existing product (the >Twister), and they are taking a genuine risk by placing a 1.75L bottle >in the 1/2 gallon territory. We can only hope that the Ocean Sprays >and Libbys of the world will follow the example. > >Below are the links to the customer contact sections of Simply Orange >and Tropicana's websites. I would urge everyone here to try the >juices if you haven't, and to give a sincere thumbs up to both >companies by writing them. > >http://www.simplyorangejuice.com/talk.shtml >http://www.tropicana.com/index.asp?ID=113 > >Remek >
