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Nancy Young wrote:
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> jmcquown wrote:
> > Sky wrote:
> >> Nancy Young wrote:

>
> >>> It's the new square containers. Seems they cost less to
> >>> ship, and use less labor somehow, saving some 15 cents
> >>> a container.

>
> >> 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.

>
> > 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.

>
> I don't know. I noticed them practicing how to pour it on Good Morning
> America, so I guess there's an issue.
>
> nancy


Here's the spot I saw on CBS evening news yesterday about the new square
milk jugs:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_vi...ayer3420.shtml

TinyUrl: http://tinyurl.com/5z724u

Forewarning - there's a 10-second (give or take a few seconds)
commercial before the actual video about the square milk jugs starts.

Sky

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