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A New York Times article I recently read shared some highlights a new efficient milk jug you may have seen recently if you shop at Sam’s Club or Costco.  A more efficient square jug is replacing the standard jug with a tapered spout.

Standard   vs.   New Cube

Sam’s Club reports that they can fit 9% more milk per truck load, or 384 more gallons.  This is all great news for consumers saving us 10¢ - 20¢ per gallon.  The only problem is when pouring milk from these cubes, you should expect to spill about 10¢ - 20¢ worth of milk per gallon! (*this from my own experience)  Efficiency comes at the sake of performance in this case.  There is good news however.  Some stores have live demonstrations to teach customers how to pour from these new cubes.  Rest-and-tip instead of lift-and-pour.  Now they tell me.

– steve