Pointless Plastic

[Greynomad]

What's the point of supermarkets stopping the issue of single-use plastic shopping bags, when they start doing this:

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Up to now, turnips have been sold unwrapped...

[bob r]

So they can sell you there bags and make more profit Ray.

Bob

[Busman]

Look like parsnips to me....

[jon_d]

I agree Ray.

I think it has a lot to do with being able to use the self check-outs.

I hate the single use plastics around food.

[SteveW]

Well, that didn't take long to go off topic! The sinister reason is probably/possibly to extend the shelf life. I don't know which would be worse for shelf life - having them dry out or having them sweat.

[BruceS]

After seeing a few shoppers handling/squeezing/pinching/smelling/etc the fresh fruit I'm glad some items are covered/wrapped.
A week or so before Christmas I watched in amazement as one old deri pickup, smell and squeeze just about every cherry in a huge stand. He even raked the top ones back & went through the ones about 10 deep. I pointed it out to the store manager as this went on for more than 10 minutes. He went & spoke to him & got told that there is another supermarket in town.
People!

[T1 Terry]

At first I thought it was green mould growing on the outside, but a closer , look I realised it was cling wrap. we found a similar strange practice with cryovac packed meat wrapped in a layer of cling wrap as well. I believe it was to attach their scan/pricing label, but possibly there is some law or worker issue where the reseller needs to have added something to the packaging to apply their own GST because they had added a service to the item ...... Who knows, maybe ask the store manager next time and see if there is a logical answer, the check out operator just shrugged her shoulders and didn't seem to know if it was in store or delivered that way.

T1 Terry

[Greynomad]

Look like parsnips to me....

I stand corrected...by both you and SWMBO...

[Greynomad]

SIGH...

What's the point
Woolworths is at it again !?!?!?!?!?!
At Corowa on Sunday. Just started wrapping & packaging greens individually!

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[T1 Terry]

Value added? I know a number of green grocers started wrapping and packing the broccoli because customers were cutting off the green stork part and just buying the heads by weight. Others started packaging the Truss tomatoes because customers were pulling the stalk bit out of the top or off the piece of vine and swiping them through the self serve as the much cheaper bulk tomatoes.
I reckon the wrapping is so they will scan through the self service check-outs to reduce the amount of false product selection, a sort of stealing really, and to try and cut down on staff and staff produce recognition training. I've seen the front controller/manager do the random basket full of produce test on the check out staff and was amazed at what they got wrong. Most couldn't differentiate between a Lebanese lettuce/cabbage looking thing, a cos-lettuce, an iceberg lettuce and a fancy leaf lettuce, those crinkly leaf things. Apples were a hit and miss thing, but you would think the difference between a granny smith and a delicious wouldn't be too hard to pick, but they would still tick the wrong box as far as the description went.

T1 Terry