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Wouldn’t it be wiser to stop selling packs ? Like when you go to outdoor markets where you can buy 3 carrots if that’s what you only need. And it’ll stop all t

Wouldn’t it be wiser to stop selling packs ? Like when you go to outdoor markets where you can buy 3 carrots if that’s what you only need. And it’ll stop all the plastic waste too. But I understand it will be a supply chain nightmare

GordonS 7y ago
Supermarkets sell loose fruit and veg too. Not for everything of course, but most of the more popular things (including carrots)
timthorn 7y ago
> But I understand it will be a supply chain nightmare I'm not sure why? It's standard practice in UK supermarkets, although prepacked bags are also available.
- JeanMarcS 7y ago
  Yes and I think in many European countries to. I was referring for the US (or maybe the biaised vision I have of it)
- bengale 7y ago
  There was an interesting BBC show the other day about plastic waste and they were pointing out that buying loose vegetables in major supermarkets was between 20-50% more expensive than buying them prepackaged.
  - fredsir 7y ago
    For the consumer or the seller? I think I easily save 20-50% when I buy the amount I can eat before it goes bad instead of having to buy a larger amount because it's prepackaged in a too-big-for-me package. Come to think of it, I never throw out stuff like fruit which I buy "per piece" instead of prepackaged, where as carrots which usually only comes prepackaged where I shop is something I often have to throw out of because the last ones have gone bad before I got to them. This have meant I rarely eat carrots anymore and instead buy something else that isn't prepackaged. Same thing with bread actually. But then they started selling smaller breads all over the country to combat food waste, and it really has, I don't remember throwing out bread in the last couple of years.
    - krsrhe 7y ago
      Have you tried eating more vegetables? It’s not hard for one person to eat 2lbs of carrots in the weeks before they go bad in a fridge.
      - fredsir 7y ago
        I just don’t like that many carrots. Would prefer to be able to buy the couple I want. And yes, I do eat plenty of vegetables. I follow a whole-food plant-based diet and have done so for almost 7 years.
    - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
      For the consumer. I really doubt that the supermarket pays a different price by getting them in big boxes rather than plastic bags. If they do, it's probably less. :) Carrots and all root veg will easily keep for a couple of months or so if you store them in the fridge. Make sure they're completely dry, don't wash - they keep better - and remove any sprouting tops, then keep in an air tight box or bag, or as second best, just in the non-ventilated drawer of the fridge. Or about as long in sand if you have a cool dry cellar or garage to serve as makeshift root cellar. Store flat in plastic trays or tubs covered with dry horticultural sand or soil.
kyriakos 7y ago
That's probably a thing in some countries. Where I live you get to pick and buy as much as you want. There are no packs for fruit and vegetables. There are some exceptions like strawberries but even those are available to pick as well as packaged.

GordonS 7y ago

Supermarkets sell loose fruit and veg too. Not for everything of course, but most of the more popular things (including carrots)

timthorn 7y ago

> But I understand it will be a supply chain nightmare I'm not sure why? It's standard practice in UK supermarkets, although prepacked bags are also available.

JeanMarcS 7y ago
Yes and I think in many European countries to. I was referring for the US (or maybe the biaised vision I have of it)
bengale 7y ago
There was an interesting BBC show the other day about plastic waste and they were pointing out that buying loose vegetables in major supermarkets was between 20-50% more expensive than buying them prepackaged.
- fredsir 7y ago
  For the consumer or the seller? I think I easily save 20-50% when I buy the amount I can eat before it goes bad instead of having to buy a larger amount because it's prepackaged in a too-big-for-me package. Come to think of it, I never throw out stuff like fruit which I buy "per piece" instead of prepackaged, where as carrots which usually only comes prepackaged where I shop is something I often have to throw out of because the last ones have gone bad before I got to them. This have meant I rarely eat carrots anymore and instead buy something else that isn't prepackaged. Same thing with bread actually. But then they started selling smaller breads all over the country to combat food waste, and it really has, I don't remember throwing out bread in the last couple of years.
  - krsrhe 7y ago
    Have you tried eating more vegetables? It’s not hard for one person to eat 2lbs of carrots in the weeks before they go bad in a fridge.
    - fredsir 7y ago
      I just don’t like that many carrots. Would prefer to be able to buy the couple I want. And yes, I do eat plenty of vegetables. I follow a whole-food plant-based diet and have done so for almost 7 years.
  - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
    For the consumer. I really doubt that the supermarket pays a different price by getting them in big boxes rather than plastic bags. If they do, it's probably less. :) Carrots and all root veg will easily keep for a couple of months or so if you store them in the fridge. Make sure they're completely dry, don't wash - they keep better - and remove any sprouting tops, then keep in an air tight box or bag, or as second best, just in the non-ventilated drawer of the fridge. Or about as long in sand if you have a cool dry cellar or garage to serve as makeshift root cellar. Store flat in plastic trays or tubs covered with dry horticultural sand or soil.

kyriakos 7y ago

That's probably a thing in some countries. Where I live you get to pick and buy as much as you want. There are no packs for fruit and vegetables. There are some exceptions like strawberries but even those are available to pick as well as packaged.