One that nobody seems to have mentioned: Not being able to buy an individual piece of fruit in many inner-city shops. This isn't about making it cost more, bu

One that nobody seems to have mentioned: Not being able to buy an individual piece of fruit in many inner-city shops. This isn't about making it cost more, but about reducing waste. When fruit is loose some people will simply grab what's in front of them, but some will be choosy taking the best specimens. The inferior ones get rejected--but they were handled to do so. They get picked up, looked at and put down again and again--and pretty soon they're not in shape to sell. When you package fruit you considerably reduce people's ability to determine which are the best specimens and you considerably reduce the amount of inspection/rejection going on. Thus more of the packaged fruit actually gets sold.