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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by hattmall on Friday March 24, 2023 @12:32PM (#35291519)
A pint? I mean no, but that's because milk is sold by the gallon. If you think people aren't acutely aware of the price of a gallon of milk then you live in a bubble of wealthy people. If milk rises above $3 a gallon or falls below $1.50 half of my Facebook feed has something to say about it. Same goes for many other standard products.
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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by pjc50 on Friday March 24, 2023 @12:44PM (#35291779)
This thread title starts with "UK:", where milk is sold in pence per liter (and also "metric pints", which are pint-multiple containers quoted in mililiters)
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Re:UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate... by jll29 on Friday March 24, 2023 @01:03PM (#35292069)
Outside of chemistry, liquids are typically measured in litres (AmE: liters), a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of one kilogram of water at 4°C (39°F) and at standard atmospheric pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury.

"Gallons" are not a universal metric:

For the US, 1 Liter of milk = 0.2641720524 (US) Gallons.

For the UK, 1 Liter of milk = 0.2199692483 (UK) Gallons.

Because this has been and still is confusing, the standard unit of liter was introduced as a universal alternative (no flamebait intended).

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