Sky wrote:
> 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
>
> This must've been interesting news, because I saw this very thing
> about the square milk jugs last night on the local (or was it
> national?) evening TV news yesterday. The news droids reported that
> there seems to be a problem with these new square bottles (is that an
> oxymoron?) because they're very ackward to use and cause inadvertent
> spillage when the milk is poured.
>
> Sky
>
I haven't seen (looked for) the square milk containers. What sort of pour
spout do they have? What would make pouring the milk so difficult? I'm
imagining something akin to the cartons of chicken broth; no trouble pouring
that stuff out without spilling it.

Jill