At the BJ's Warehouse club that we occasionally visit, I saw the first instance of metric unit pricing so far. The two different sizes of Listerine bottles were priced per liter. In addition, the price displays, showed the volumes only in liters.
Normally, I see metric-sized products like pop, olive oil, or mouthwashes priced per fluid ounce at the grocery stores. Remek On 6/5/07, Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If one product is labeled in metric-only and a competing product is dual-labeled, then the unit pricing tags would need to be in metric to make comparisons across all similar products. On Tuesday, June 05, 2007, at 09:55AM, "STANLEY DOORE" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Paul et al: > >Unit pricing could be in either English or SI units regardless of how they >are labeled. It's done by computer which computes and prints the shelf >labels. So, SI labeling only should be no problem mechanically. It's >getting consumers adjusted to it. However, back in the 1970s the head a >national consumer organization said that UP in SI would not be much of a >problem since consumers shop by comparing items and unit-prices. > >Regards, Stan Doore > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Scott Hudnall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:48 AM >Subject: [USMA:38871] Re: the states united--a psychological barrier > > >> I do believe that would require changing all the unit-pricing tags in >> stores to compare prices in metric :) >> >> The current unit-price labels I've seen do not include any metric on them >> whatsoever, even for such obviously metric product as a 2 L soft drink. >> One would think that a 2 L soft drink would have a unit price listed as >> $/mL but the tags read $/fl oz. >> >> >> On Tuesday, June 05, 2007, at 08:39AM, "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>I've read that FMI letter numerous times. It is five years old now. It >>>seems to >>>have been written in a panic. Relabeling products in the metric system >>>only, >>>would not change the size, just the labeling. Since all products must be >>>labeled in metric, price comparisons could still be made between >>>metric-only, >>>and dual-labeled, products. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > >
