diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
index eea60e9d09..d18c48b771 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_product_update.js.coffee
@@ -289,6 +289,16 @@ productsApp.controller "AdminBulkProductsCtrl", [
         else
           product.variant_unit = product.variant_unit_with_scale
           product.variant_unit_scale = null
+      if product.variants
+        for id, variant of product.variants
+          $scope.packVariant variant
+
+
+    $scope.packVariant = (variant) ->
+      match = variant.unit_value_with_description.match(/^([\d\.]+|)( |)(.*)$/)
+      if match
+        variant.unit_value = parseFloat(match[1]) || null
+        variant.unit_description = match[3]
 
 
     $scope.productsWithoutDerivedAttributes = ->
@@ -377,6 +387,12 @@ filterSubmitProducts = (productsToFilter) ->
               if variant.hasOwnProperty("price")
                 filteredVariant.price = variant.price
                 hasUpdatableProperty = true
+              if variant.hasOwnProperty("unit_value")
+                filteredVariant.unit_value = variant.unit_value
+                hasUpdatableProperty = true
+              if variant.hasOwnProperty("unit_description")
+                filteredVariant.unit_description = variant.unit_description
+                hasUpdatableProperty = true
               filteredVariants.push filteredVariant  if hasUpdatableProperty
 
         hasUpdatableProperty = false
diff --git a/app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb b/app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb
index 28e422049f..e55fc5d04f 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/variant_decorator.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Spree::Variant.class_eval do
+  attr_accessible :unit_value, :unit_description
+
   validates_presence_of :unit_value,
                         if: -> v { %w(weight volume).include? v.product.variant_unit },
                         unless: :is_master
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.rb
index 7c1307a23e..2cbb520454 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/bulk_product_update_spec.rb
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ feature %q{
   scenario "updating a product with variants" do
     s1 = FactoryGirl.create(:supplier_enterprise)
     s2 = FactoryGirl.create(:supplier_enterprise)
-    p = FactoryGirl.create(:product, supplier: s1, available_on: Date.today)
-    v = FactoryGirl.create(:variant, product: p, price: 3.0, on_hand: 9)
+    p = FactoryGirl.create(:product, supplier: s1, available_on: Date.today, variant_unit: 'volume', variant_unit_scale: 0.001)
+    v = FactoryGirl.create(:variant, product: p, price: 3.0, on_hand: 9, unit_value: 250, unit_description: '(bottle)')
 
     login_to_admin_section
 
@@ -272,11 +272,13 @@ feature %q{
     first("a.view-variants").click
 
     page.should have_field "variant_price", with: "3.0"
+    page.should have_field "variant_unit_value_with_description", with: "250 (bottle)"
     page.should have_field "variant_on_hand", with: "9"
     page.should have_selector "span[name='on_hand']", text: "9"
 
     fill_in "variant_price", with: "4.0"
     fill_in "variant_on_hand", with: "10"
+    fill_in "variant_unit_value_with_description", with: "4000 (12x250 mL bottles)"
 
     page.should have_selector "span[name='on_hand']", text: "10"
 
@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ feature %q{
 
     page.should have_field "variant_price", with: "4.0"
     page.should have_field "variant_on_hand", with: "10"
+    page.should have_field "variant_unit_value_with_description", with: "4000 (12x250 mL bottles)"
   end
 
   scenario "updating delegated attributes of variants in isolation" do
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
index bd449602a8..1728fcc4e8 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_product_update_spec.js.coffee
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ describe "filtering products", ->
         id: 1
         on_hand: 5
         price: 12.0
+        unit_value: 250
+        unit_description: "(bottle)"
       ]
 
     expect(filterSubmitProducts([testProduct])).toEqual [
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ describe "filtering products", ->
         id: 1
         on_hand: 5
         price: 12.0
+        unit_value: 250
+        unit_description: "(bottle)"
       ]
     ]
 
@@ -169,6 +173,8 @@ describe "filtering products", ->
         id: 1
         on_hand: 2
         price: 10.0
+        unit_value: 250
+        unit_description: "(bottle)"
       ]
       variant_unit: 'volume'
       variant_unit_scale: 1
@@ -187,6 +193,8 @@ describe "filtering products", ->
         id: 1
         on_hand: 2
         price: 10.0
+        unit_value: 250
+        unit_description: "(bottle)"
       ]
     ]
 
@@ -500,6 +508,50 @@ describe "AdminBulkProductsCtrl", ->
           variant_unit_scale: null
           variant_unit_with_scale: 'items'
 
+      it "packs each variant", ->
+        spyOn scope, "packVariant"
+        testVariant = {id: 1}
+        testProduct =
+          id: 1
+          variants: {1: testVariant}
+
+        scope.packProduct(testProduct)
+
+        expect(scope.packVariant).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testVariant)
+
+    describe "packing variants", ->
+      it "extracts unit_value and unit_description from unit_value_with_description", ->
+        testVariant = {unit_value_with_description: "250.5 (bottle)"}
+        scope.packVariant(testVariant)
+        expect(testVariant).toEqual
+          unit_value: 250.5
+          unit_description: "(bottle)"
+          unit_value_with_description: "250.5 (bottle)"
+
+      it "extracts into unit_value when only a number is provided", ->
+        testVariant = {unit_value_with_description: "250.5"}
+        scope.packVariant(testVariant)
+        expect(testVariant).toEqual
+          unit_value: 250.5
+          unit_description: ''
+          unit_value_with_description: "250.5"
+
+      it "extracts into unit_description when only a string is provided", ->
+        testVariant = {unit_value_with_description: "Medium"}
+        scope.packVariant(testVariant)
+        expect(testVariant).toEqual
+          unit_value: null
+          unit_description: 'Medium'
+          unit_value_with_description: "Medium"
+
+      it "sets blank values when no value provided", ->
+        testVariant = {unit_value_with_description: ""}
+        scope.packVariant(testVariant)
+        expect(testVariant).toEqual
+          unit_value: null
+          unit_description: ''
+          unit_value_with_description: ""
+
 
     describe "filtering products", ->
       beforeEach ->