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> On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 00:40:07 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 22:54:44 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> On 2019-08-08 8:44 p.m., Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 15:08:52 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>> More likely per pound. While we are officially metric, meat prices are
>>>>> usually advertised in pounds.
>>>>
>>>> I wondered about that, and I searched for every measurement of meat
>>>> and poultry prices in CA, and they're all calculated per KG. I
>>>> didn't search individual retail grocery stores, though.
>>>>
>>>> That seems kinda silly that wholesale prices are calculated per KG,
>>>> but retail per LB <shrug>
>>>>
>>>
>>> There are a couple issues. First of all, most older adults/shoppers grew
>>> up with Imperial measures so they calculate their meat quantities in
>>> pounds. That is what they are familiar with. Secondly there is the
>>> matter of a kilo being 2.2 pounds, so something that is $5/lb translates
>>> to $11 per kg, Even though a piece of meat will cost the same whether
>>> is sold by the pound or the kilo, there is the perception of the much
>>> higher cost.
>>>
>>> The way they get around it with cold cuts and deli stuff is to price it
>>> per 100 kg..... about 1/4 lb. Slap a $5 /lb price on a cold cut and it
>>> translates to $11 per kg, but a 100 gram servicing is only $1.10. It
>>> looks like a bargain,
>>
>> Kinda like how they tried selling gas here 'Per Liter' in the
>> mid-late 70's. Nobody really did the math so the price per liter
>> was actually much more than it was per gallon ($.35/L vs $1.25/Gal).
>> They also did it with milk and soda.
>>
>> That's why the metric system never really caught on here back then
>> during "The Big Push". A few people did the math and realized the
>> boondoggle and told everyone else, "Metric is Evil!". Too many
>> companies tried to unjustly profit from the transition and it died
>> quickly.
>>
>> Except for soda - that's still sold in 1, 2 and 3 liter bottles. Go
>> figure, eh?
>>
>> -sw
>
> For beverages the liter caught on because it's a bit more than a quart
> but sells at the same price that a quart did, people think it's a
> bargain. However people forget that the beverage is the least costly
> part of the product; the container, advertising, transportation, and
> profit is a larger share.
> I can deal with weights and volumes in metric but not sizes... I can
> easily visualize inches, feet, yards, even miles but not silly
> millimeters,. Metric wrenches give me a fit, especially allen
> wrenches. And don't dare tell me "spanners".
> Did yoose Canadians know there's a dog breed called a Chinook?
> https://www.dogbreedinfo.com/chinook.htm
>

I bet yoose have a chinook guarding yoose pirate chest!