"Phred" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "Gabby"
> > wrote:

>>That all depends where you live. I don't think I've ever seen 'sticks' of
>>butter anywhere in Canada (but admittedly I haven't been 'everywhere' in
>>Canada). Our choices are 1 lb & 1/2 lb blocks.
>
> Same here in Oz AFAIK. Though there does tend to be a bit of fudging
> these days since we went metric (500 g and 250 g blocks) with a lot of
> "specialty" butters ("lo salt", "spreadable", etc.) sold in 375 g
> blocks or (more often) plastic boxes. The motive for this diversity
> of weights is to confuse the consumer who is trying to do price
> comparisons.

Since Canada went metric our butter comes in 454 g & 227 g blocks.

Gabby