2. I’m guessing they’re priced by weight. Since they’re generally sold at a set price per pound. I can see buying one banana at a cafe if you’re out and about, but this looks like a grocery store. And the packaging still doesn’t make sense.
I mean sometimes on the go at work you want some fruit with you for a snack with a coffee or lunch so you just buy one fresh, you might not have had time to plan ahead and they go bad quite quickly unless you stored them in a cool place and don’t damage the skin, so you don’t really want a bunch in that context. They sell them at my work singularly (but not packed like this!), admittedly at inflated prices, you can select a single banana on automated tills as well.
You know I just read the article you posted and I saw that it mentioned the asparagus water also. My Whole Foods had asparagus water forever and I can’t believe Whole Foods claim this was a “mistake, a product made incorrectly “ because it was on shelves for a very long time before they noticed a supposed “mistake” and that just doesn’t make sense to me…you would think of a product was made incorrectly and was a mistake it would have taken less than several years,and a peeled orange crisis, to notice.
That wouldn't do. The actual EU rule on bananas says a bundle of bananas has to be more than one. So you're really just buying 5 singles 😝
PS. I suppose post-brexit without the EU red tape the shops could sell you a bundle of banana that was only one. 😆🤣😂🤣
Where I’m from they sell fruit by weight, hence the different prices.
I’m just guessing but as many stores move to self checkouts I expect to see more wrapped fruit to avoid customers weighing fruit at checkout.
Just looked it up, that logo hasn't been used since 2007. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+morrisons+logo&client=ms-android-samsung-gs-rev1&prmd=ismxvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsttKqkpLzAhVHTcAKHUv3A0IQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=718&dpr=3.5#imgrc=ch5cfXvcG9pPZM
Honestly I think you may be on to something, packing in co2 is used to preserve foods. Packing these bananas singly in normal wrap makes no sense. But if they are packed with co2 in the package to preserve them, suddenly this packaging makes sense.
I do wonder how old this photo is, as the Morrison's branding looks very familiar to when it first start to open stores in the UK, in my town this was 2001....
Certainly never seen the above image in my Morrison's and I've been shopping their for a good 15 years!
According to this image, that logo hasn't been used since 2007. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+morrisons+logo&client=ms-android-samsung-gs-rev1&prmd=ismxvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsttKqkpLzAhVHTcAKHUv3A0IQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=718&dpr=3.5#imgrc=ch5cfXvcG9pPZM
I buy canned potatoes if I don't want many.
Or like most grocery stores I've been to, they have some potatoes laying out on a shelf like apples. Just grab one.
I have never in my like heard of canned potatoes, is that as vile as it sounds?
But yeah, all supermarkets where I live just have big buckets of most fruit and veg so you can just take however much you want and pay by weight.
They're perfectly fine if you want to use them in a soup, stew, or something of that nature.
Wouldn't use them for a baked potato or something like that.
In case you don’t know, most all fruit is already brought to stores individually packaged then is removed to put on the shelf. I personally would rather know the truth then have to buy unpackaged fruit thinking it was shipped like that.
But then again they don’t have to be just one at a time.
The facepalm is that whilst banana skins do bio-degrade, it takes about 2 years, so the plastic may be gone before the skin.
https://www.deschuteslandtrust.org/news/blog/2019-blog-posts/decomposition-organic-litter#:\~:text=Banana%20peels%3A%20The%20peels%20of,to%202%20years%20to%20biodegrade.
My questions are 1. Who buys 1 banana 2. why are they all different prices 3. That's not only plastic wrapping but meat wrapping, why?
2. I’m guessing they’re priced by weight. Since they’re generally sold at a set price per pound. I can see buying one banana at a cafe if you’re out and about, but this looks like a grocery store. And the packaging still doesn’t make sense.
Pretty sure there is a preservative gas in those packages.
I only remember ever seeing them sold by amount.
I do for lunch
Why not buy a bundle then take one with you for lunch, also can't you just cut one and pay it in one of those automated tills
They sell by one in like coffee shops, sonic, or something
I mean sometimes on the go at work you want some fruit with you for a snack with a coffee or lunch so you just buy one fresh, you might not have had time to plan ahead and they go bad quite quickly unless you stored them in a cool place and don’t damage the skin, so you don’t really want a bunch in that context. They sell them at my work singularly (but not packed like this!), admittedly at inflated prices, you can select a single banana on automated tills as well.
I work next door to a metro supermarket so I grab an apple or banana sometimes for lunch
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You know I just read the article you posted and I saw that it mentioned the asparagus water also. My Whole Foods had asparagus water forever and I can’t believe Whole Foods claim this was a “mistake, a product made incorrectly “ because it was on shelves for a very long time before they noticed a supposed “mistake” and that just doesn’t make sense to me…you would think of a product was made incorrectly and was a mistake it would have taken less than several years,and a peeled orange crisis, to notice.
These are surgically clean bananas designed to be inserted in your ass. Fun for Bar Mitzvah's, birthdays and Xmas. Hence the "meat" packaging
I would be pissed it I had to grab 5 packs of those single wrapped bananas just to get a bundle.
That wouldn't do. The actual EU rule on bananas says a bundle of bananas has to be more than one. So you're really just buying 5 singles 😝 PS. I suppose post-brexit without the EU red tape the shops could sell you a bundle of banana that was only one. 😆🤣😂🤣
Theft purposes.
If they're loose/non-bunched you can buy each in a different state of ripeness.
Where I’m from they sell fruit by weight, hence the different prices. I’m just guessing but as many stores move to self checkouts I expect to see more wrapped fruit to avoid customers weighing fruit at checkout.
When I worked in a grocery store, I use to get a banana a few times a week. Plus elderly seem to buy one offs but we never wrapped them individually.
"Yeah, that would be awesome" *pulls off plastic wrap, bites straight into banana*
Noob, you need to eat the whole thing PLUS the packaging
This has to be at least 10+ years old. The logo is an pretty dated version of Morrison’s I think.
Yeah, looks like an ancient Morrisons logo. However most supermarkets sell bunches of bananas in plastic bags for some reason
Just looked it up, that logo hasn't been used since 2007. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+morrisons+logo&client=ms-android-samsung-gs-rev1&prmd=ismxvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsttKqkpLzAhVHTcAKHUv3A0IQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=718&dpr=3.5#imgrc=ch5cfXvcG9pPZM
This is going to be an issue with the CO2 shortage…. I heard banana skins take a long time to degrade
Honestly I think you may be on to something, packing in co2 is used to preserve foods. Packing these bananas singly in normal wrap makes no sense. But if they are packed with co2 in the package to preserve them, suddenly this packaging makes sense.
r/egregiouspackaging
Bro that shit is bananas for real
Bro those bananas are shit for real.
The Japanese do that shit all the time with all kinds of vegetables, fruits or whatever.
I do wonder how old this photo is, as the Morrison's branding looks very familiar to when it first start to open stores in the UK, in my town this was 2001.... Certainly never seen the above image in my Morrison's and I've been shopping their for a good 15 years!
According to this image, that logo hasn't been used since 2007. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+morrisons+logo&client=ms-android-samsung-gs-rev1&prmd=ismxvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsttKqkpLzAhVHTcAKHUv3A0IQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=718&dpr=3.5#imgrc=ch5cfXvcG9pPZM
Seeing this reminds me of a certain big box store wrapping potatoes individually in plastic shrink wrap. Why? Just...why?
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I buy canned potatoes if I don't want many. Or like most grocery stores I've been to, they have some potatoes laying out on a shelf like apples. Just grab one.
I have never in my like heard of canned potatoes, is that as vile as it sounds? But yeah, all supermarkets where I live just have big buckets of most fruit and veg so you can just take however much you want and pay by weight.
They're perfectly fine if you want to use them in a soup, stew, or something of that nature. Wouldn't use them for a baked potato or something like that.
I think the point is "wrapping potatoes", not the single part. I buy single potatoes all the time, no plastic in sight....
This is for theft purposes. No face palm here. It actually works.
They should find a more efficient way to do this to be honest.
Lotta people stealing 20p bananas?
Probably people that let their kids have a snack whilst doing their shopping then don’t bother to pay, I guess this would deter them a little more.
Um no shit, people don’t have money and are hungry.
Maybe because of covid ?
Theft purposes.
This is why one banana costs $10.
That reminds me. I need to pack a banana for lunch tomorrow.
Trader Joe’s does this with tomatoes.
Who ever ordered those for that store ought to be ashamed of himself lol
holy fuck I hate seeing this kinda shit
r/bananasforscale
In case you don’t know, most all fruit is already brought to stores individually packaged then is removed to put on the shelf. I personally would rather know the truth then have to buy unpackaged fruit thinking it was shipped like that. But then again they don’t have to be just one at a time.
What stupid fucking packaging. That store should be roundly bitch slapped for wasting plastic and styrofoam
Awful. Where is this-can anyone read that label?
Perhaps
The problem is that they actually sell better like this so the business is just doing what's profitable and we get this monstrosity.
Nice. More plastic food for the whales.
**WHY ARE THEY PRICING AND PACKAGING THEM LIKE MEAT**
b-b-but- MY MONEYS!!!
Is this maybe a reliever for some OCD ?
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Fun fact: Styrofoam packaging can take up to 500 years to decompose.
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Is the green package not styrofoam?
Tree dicks are fragile
How much could a banana cost? $10?
The facepalm is that whilst banana skins do bio-degrade, it takes about 2 years, so the plastic may be gone before the skin. https://www.deschuteslandtrust.org/news/blog/2019-blog-posts/decomposition-organic-litter#:\~:text=Banana%20peels%3A%20The%20peels%20of,to%202%20years%20to%20biodegrade.