On Saturday 15 October 2005 15:30, Ezra Steinberg wrote: > I don't think FMI is confusing any of those things. They see some real > downsides with voluntary metric-only labelling because, as I read their > objections, it will create a proliferation of sizes and labels and > introduce more complexity in managing the distribution and display of > merchandise. > > I think we ought to address those issues from a "business" standpoint > first. That will be the basis for finding ways to alleviate their concerns.
We already have a proliferation of sizes. I've seen 500 g and 454 g pasta packages on the same shelf and two bottles of water, one a round number of fluid ounces and the other metric, from the same company. I think what we need is some litership ;) phma
