Indeed, that could be done. I don't think I've eber seen metric sized ice cream.
In the area of orange juice, Simply Orange introduced a 1.75 L size where half-gallon has been the norm. Tropicana later copied it and the clear carafe, but also still sell a cardboard half-gallon. --- On Fri, 3/13/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:43768] Re: NPR, part 2: meddling with the pint. > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 10:20 PM > This is how metric sizes can be introduced. Instead of > 1.42 L they could have made it 1.5 L. Are there any brands > that are metric? > > Jerry > > > > > ________________________________ > From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:29:21 AM > Subject: [USMA:43707] Re: NPR, part 2: meddling with the > pint. > > > > Almost every brand of ice cream has downsized. > Half-gallons (2 quarts) used to be the standard large size > in the supermarket. They shrank first to 1.75 quarts, and > now many are shrinking to 1.5 quarts. The obscure compound > units, quarts, pints, fluid ounces help hide the > reduction. The metric label makes it much clearer to those > who read it (1.89 L to 1.42 L). > > > --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Remek Kocz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Remek Kocz <[email protected]> > > Subject: [USMA:43698] NPR, part 2: meddling with the > pint. > > To: "U..S. Metric Association" > <[email protected]> > > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" > <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 9:19 PM > > Seems today is a day heavy on measurement stories on > > NPR's morning edition. > > In addition to the Arizona I-19 story going back to > miles, > > we have a story > > about the pint of premium ice-cream not being a pint > > anymore: > > > > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101689498 > > > > Haagen-Dazs will shrink their pint to 14 fl oz due to > > increasing costs. > > Make your voices heard with this story as well. > It's > > obvious that the > > imperial measurements make this kind of meddling > easier, > > since it's > > difficult to compare between ounces and pints. > > > > Please take the time to make your comments heard or > > seen--NPR is a > > nationwide forum, and it would be nice to have metric > > spotlighted there. > > > > Remek
