Okay, so I am opening a box of cereal and I see this little note on the tab: Contents may have settled during shipping."
What the hell does that mean? Did my cereal make a compromise with another party prior arriving on the Store's shelf? Why is this statement relavent? What does it even mean?
2007-12-23 05:09:25 · 7 answers · asked by Kiker 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It means that when the box left their packing facility, it was filled to the top, but in traveling, most of the stuff was shaken to the bottom, so it will only appear half full to you- stuff settled to the bottom.
Funny, though, I seem to remember back in the day when I would buy a box of cereal or a bag of chips and they'd be filled to the top even after shipping...
2007-12-23 05:15:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, when cerial is packaged, it has a certain metered amount that ends up being put in the box.. The vibration due to the machinery, shipping, stock boys...everything along the way to the grocery store.....may cause the cerial to settle....or...compact.
As to the relavance, I can only imagine maybe some hopped up on coffee mom that opened the box and saw only a 3/4 full box might have wrote a hate letter to the company thinking they got ripped off.
2007-12-23 05:19:34 · answer #2 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That means if the box does not appear full, it is because the cereal has 'settled' in the box. Try taking 50 paper clips and tossing them in a box. Now neatly stack the same paper clips in the box. See how much less space they take up? The same idea applies to the cereal. It is sold by weight, not volume.
2007-12-23 06:09:46 · answer #3 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the cereal may have moved around in the box in a way that makes it look like it is no longer full. However, cereal is sold by weight, not by volume, so you still have to pay full price.
2007-12-23 06:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by StephenWeinstein 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means what was in it may have settled to the bottom like if their is sugar on it. Or I could be totally off. Thats what it sounds like to me tho.
2007-12-23 09:39:30 · answer #5 · answered by MiMi ♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It just mean the contents may have been packed down due to gravity!
2007-12-23 06:03:42 · answer #6 · answered by Andy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe.....not at the original packeged level you know ,handling and all the like....
lol.....lol...... enjoy ur cereal!
2007-12-23 05:44:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋