>So I wonder how consumers would react to seeing the
>price per 100g instead of the price per pound.

For information, the standard in the UK is price per
kg, per litre, per metre etc. This keeps it simple and
allows comparison of small with large packs.

There is a short (but important) list of exceptions
e.g. coffee, bread, cooked meat, and soft drinks can
be per 100 g or per 100 ml. Herbs, spices, and make-up
can be per 10 g.

See the list in the UK law:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20040102.htm


It is important to keep the list of exceptions short
because people compare different products e.g. butter
with margarine, cooked with uncooked meat. Rice was in
the list and priced per 100 g but there were
complaints because it gets compared for value with
pasta priced per kg. So the list was revised and rice
was dropped. Now they are both priced per kg.
See some of the issues discussed at:

http://www.consumer.gov.uk/CACP/ca/consultation/schedule1.htm

It is difficult to make things easy.
Terry

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