Brexit Butcher Begins to Sell Meat Using Imperial System
26th June 2016
A butcher has begun selling meat using the imperial system, following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
It was because of an EU law that the UK formally adopted the metric system.
But Gratton’s Butchers in Barnstable, Devon, is now giving customers the choice of pounds and ounces or grams and kilograms.
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The move has been popular among his customers who voted for Brexit: “All the customers wanted it back in pounds,” Mr Gratton said.