That was exactly my thought, was this a way to raise the price without
people noticing. I've seen 300 ml cans instead of 12 oz...for the same
price as the 12 oz. Things like that are exactly what we don't need.
I can see that sort of thing turning people against metric and blaming it on
higher prices. I'd rather see 500 ml 'pints' replace our 16 oz
pint. The 300 ml can is fine with me, but it looks bad next to a 12 oz can
for the same price.
Richard
In a message dated 2006-01-25 16:13:25 Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Was there a change in
price? If not, it is just a way to raise the price without increasing
the actual price. While it’s nice that they are going to a rational
metric size, it is a cheap way of doing so.
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Woelflein
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:42
PM
To: U.S. Metric
Association
Subject:
[USMA:35849] Downsizing to rounded SI sizes?
I bought some Dole Light cranberry juice at work this
morning and noticed that the bottle was no longer a US pint but 450 mL. This
company is owned by Pepsico.
Could this be to sell in Canada and Mexico (NAFTA)
with a sort-of metric size?
Maybe someday they'll just use the 500 mL size, but
this looks like a start, at least.
-John in snowy New Hampshire (25 cm in the past 2
days)
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