Tory peer and Asda chairman Lord Rose says returning to pounds and ounces would only please 'a small minority who hark for the past'.
It denied it would mean extra costs for businesses and insisted firms would not be forced to make changes.
"While we think of our fruit and veg by the pound, the legacy of EU rules means we legally have to sell them by the kilo," said business minister Paul Scully.Asda chairman Lord Stuart Rose of Monewden in 2016The potential revival of imperial comes after the prime minister's appointment ofwith a brief to slash Brussels red tape.
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