I was pleasantly surprised to see our commercial containers of Coffee Mate 
(from Nestle) here at work labeled as a rational 1.5 L instead of some weird 
metric size. 

Of course, the floozies were there (oddball amount) and in first position, but 
I was heartened to see another major company (besides Proctor and Gamble) 
promoting rational metric sizes on their products (especially a product that is 
hidden from the ordinary consumer because they are destined for the commercial 
food or cleaning market). 

This just seems like another sign that some major players are ready to drop US 
Customary labeling altogether as soon as the FPLA gets amended. And once the 
"big boys" go there, the smaller players and the private labels will quickly 
follow suit. 

Can't wait to see that happen. Just hope we get a Secretary of Commerce who 
favors metrication and that the crush of other legislation doesn't crowed out 
passage of the amendment this year. (Gregg Judd dropping out is clearly a 
blessing on many counts.) 

-- Ezra 

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