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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by xnorswap on Monday September 05, 2022 @08:41AM (#32723631)
That used to be the case but typically I'd say most meat now is sold in round number of grams, for example 500g mince:

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/250871426

And 400g Chicken (these definitely used to be ~450g packs for a long time):

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/304404328

I suspect shrink-flation has ended up rounding things to metric even when they were previously based off round imperial measures.

Unlike inches, I can't remember the last time I saw something marked with lbs, I'm not sure I could even properly process how heavy "2lbs" is.

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