I've been to a number of Costco stores in Toronto, Montreal, Sherbrooke,
and Moncton. There I noticed meat priced by the kilogram only. No pounds
anywhere. (Admittedly, this was a few years ago.)
I also noticed poutine priced and sold by the tonne, but that's another
matter entirely.
Carleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Frewen-Lord" <[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:06:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [USMA:43624] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices!
When I lived in Canada, we used to do some of our shopping at a large
Costco
in Mississauga, Ont, where most products seemed to be packaged in larger
sizes suitable for, and directed towards, the non-retail hospitality and
instutional industries (hotels, restaurants, hospitals, etc). What
surprised me was that all this packaging was in hard metric sizes - 2 kg
tins of coffee, 1 kg packs of bacon (Canadian of course!), 4 L jugs of
milk
(although that is also a Canadian retail size sold in normal supermarkets
and convenience stores), 10 kg bags of potatoes, etc, etc.
It strikes me it would not be beyond the realms of possibility for Costco
to
simply switch their US packaging operations to the same as their Canadian
ones? (I know, I am on dangerous ground here, but just pointing out some
logical - commercially sensible - moves to help metrication in the US).
----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:57 PM
Subject: [USMA:43612] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one notices!
>
>
> I made a point of checking my supermarket milk (in the frig) and the
> milk
> at Costco while I shopped today. Here in Michigan both are labeled 1
> GAL
> / 3.78 L and have a nutrition label exactly like any other food
> regulated
> under FPLA and the nutrition label requirements. However, I suppose it
> could be under UPLR or even similar State requirements. If State
> requirements, then there is a "50 States = 50 Ways" problem.
>
> On the Costco milk, the net contents is printed on the label. On the
> supermarket milk it is stamped into the plastic container and a little
> hard to read unless you turn the bottle correctly.
>
> I still believe they could fill to 4 L if they wanted too.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 3/9/09, STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [USMA:43487] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and no-one
>> notices!
>> To: [email protected], "U.S. Metric Association"
>> <[email protected]>
>> Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 1:37 AM
>> I can't cite a specific law about dual labeling milk and
>> other dairy products, however they are not dual labeled now.
>> Milk comes under special state laws for farm products.
>> Stan Doore
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M.
>> Steele" <[email protected]>
>> To: "U.S. Metric Association"
>> <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:13 AM
>> Subject: [USMA:43487] Re: USC units spread to the UK - and
>> no-one notices!
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Are you sure about that? Can you cite a law?
>> >
>> > I can't see an exception for milk in the FPLA, and
>> sectio 1461 seems to be pretty clear that it supercedes
>> state law, requiring less or different information..
>> >
>> > I believe it must be dual labelled and could be sold
>> in either a round Customary or metric quantity.
>> Specifically, I believe a 4 L fill would be legal, but it
>> would also have to be properly labeled in Customary.
>> >
>> > --- On Sun, 3/8/09, STANLEY DOORE
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]>
>> >> Subject: [USMA:43486] Re: USC units spread to the
>> UK - and no-one notices!
>> >> To: "U.S. Metric Association"
>> <[email protected]>
>> >> Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 8:58 AM
>> >> milk which must be
>> >> sold by the gallon
>> >> due to government laws and regulations.
>> >>
>> >> Stan Doore
>> >
>
