Canada went metric, or perhaps not

Sign outside Clancy's Meat Company

Fresh Bacon $1.68 per 1/2 pound

In theory, food sold by weight in Canada is sold by metric measure. Yet the application of metric measure seems to be increasingly haphazard.

This is one of the most recent examples that I discovered. This shop, Clancy's in Kelowna, is selling bacon by the 1/2 pound. Usually meats are either sold by the kilo or hundred grams, or if the measure is imperial, meat is normally sold by the pound.

I'm not sure why they are selling by the 1/2 pound, perhaps the psychological benefit of a lower price will convince consumers to buy even if they don't fully realize that the price is for only a 1/2 pound.