The point I take from this is that many stores and small traders continue to contribute to the metric muddle in the UK by promoting and keeping visible Imperial units in their advertising, store signs (other than shelf labels), and Imperial scales (even if only for show). This makes it all the harder for the populace to complete the mental shift to 100% metric.
-- Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Davis" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:46:09 AM Subject: [USMA:50566] Unfortunately...... .....although Mr Humphrey's has moved the goalposts on this debate, (yet again) I'm afraid it is correct that there is metric AND imperial signs in certain supermarkets in the UK. However, I hasten to add, this is for loose fruit and veg ONLY! I don't know how widespread it is and I have no reason to believe that the experience of certain USMA members shopping in the UK wasn't totally correct - that is supposing that they weren't confused by Mr Humphreys mentioning only IMPERIAL on shelf edging. Of course, this would be totally illegal, as he well knows. Signs for the selling of loose fruit & veg in certain stores in the UK have both metric and imperial. There are often scales as well to weigh in either metric or imperial but, as I keep saying, these scales are mainly for show anyway, The loose goods are weighed electronically in metric at the store checkout. To recap, I am unaware exactly how many supermarkets in the UK actually do this, but it is certainly true that a number of them do this..
