Nancy Young wrote:
> I was in Costco yesterday and came across a strange
> sight ... palettes of milk sitting outside the cooler. I did
> a double take to see that it really was milk without it clicking that
> something was odd about it. Odd enough for me to think, is that really
> milk? if that makes any sense.
>
> It's the new square containers. Seems they cost less to ship, and use
> less labor somehow, saving some 15 cents
> a container.
> nancy

Its to maximize the amount of product that can be shipped/stored etc in
a given volume. High fuel prices cause a lot of rethinking. I walked by
the liquid detergent aisle the other day and they had some significant
signage declaring everything is now 2x concentrated. Costs a lot of
money to ship watered down detergent so now they are leaving half the
water out.