when buying vegetables at the supermarket

@topffer (42156)

• France

14 Mar 19

I heard last month that a youngster bought a game console like that : he put it in a plastic bag for vegetables, weighted it, and paid his vegetables at an automatic cash desk without a cashier. He was caught the day after, when he tried to buy two new game consoles for the price of potatoes again

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@topffer (42156)

• France

14 Mar 19

@LadyDuck He was creative, and it shows also how weak are these cash desks without a cashier, there is nobody to control what is in the fruits/vegetables bags... It was already a problem when I worked 2 months in a hypermarket as a security guard 40 years ago (a holiday job) : even without changing a label, an employee could omit an article or two in the shopping basket of another employee. We were supposed to control their purchase when they were ending their day : I never did it, it was stupid, they could as well come back an hour later like normal clients...

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

14 Mar 19

@topffer

The guy was creative. I have read today that in Italy 22 Ikea workers have been caught changing the labels on the most expensive items that their "friends" paid at the self cash out. This happens all the time in Italy.

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@Mavic123456 (21898)

• Thailand

14 Mar 19

as much as possible, i buy vegetables in the wet market or local market i also hate the idea of wrapping it by cling wrap but i know it is protection also in other case we recycle clingwrap by wrapping also half sliced onions and sometimes i used it to keep soap for traveling.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

14 Mar 19

i think you can also do that with fruits, like half an avocado. that's a good idea wrapping soap when travelling.

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@Mavic123456 (21898)

• Thailand

15 Mar 19

@hereandthere yup because of the small soap that i bring in the bag. also good for avocado. but we do recycle these wraps.

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@Mavic123456 (21898)

• Thailand

23 Mar 19

@KlyliePot yes, if we can limit the use of plastic or at least reuse them the better.

Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

2 Apr 19

Vegetables are keeping open and they sprinkle water on it in summer season. I think keeping the same in plastic bag will damage it quickly (if it is not in fridge).

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Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

2 Apr 19

@hereandthere Here they are keeping as open.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

2 Apr 19

some use brown paper/paper bags

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

2 Apr 19

@Sreekala i mean when you put it in the fridge

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May2k8

@May2k8 (18080)

• Indonesia

23 Mar 19

What I hate the most, all now use plastic bags and even some areas have been filled with plastic waste even though they have been reduced but no changes have been seen.

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May2k8

@May2k8 (18080)

• Indonesia

23 Mar 19

@hereandthere Here, it is only in the minimarkets if we do not carry plastic bags we are obliged to pay for them, but at the supermarket, plastic is free of charge.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

23 Mar 19

i bring my own bag or ask them to put in a box. but many people are still willing to pay for plastic bags

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@topffer (42156)

• France

14 Mar 19

We can have even more packaging : they sell vegetables in plastic boxes wrapped with plastic. Like most of this plastic cannot be recycled, and people are sensible to that, bulk selling of fruits and vegetables is also coming back.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

14 Mar 19

yeah, i forgot about the plastic tray, plastic egg containers, etc.

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@Mavic123456 (21898)

• Thailand

14 Mar 19

so agree with you.. i hate it when they put the mushroom on the styrofoam...

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@topffer (42156)

• France

14 Mar 19

@hereandthere Eggs are in cardboard boxes in France, it can be recycled easily.

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Angie

@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

14 Mar 19

Yes at many stores and I do not like it, they will turn a rot spot to the bottom, wrap it and you do not know till you get home, I stopped buying like that because those items are not recyclable and I do not buy rotting food.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

21 Mar 19

they're very good at wrapping it to cover the rotting part. that's why i buy from the market first then go to the grocery for the rest.

Jim Bauer

@porwest (78761)

• United States

19 Mar 19

That being said, a LOT of meat we buy in the grocery store is injected with red dye to make it look fresher. There is no need for them to put that on the label. But MANY stores do this.

Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

15 Mar 19

Sadly we cannot buy much loose stuff and I how I wish they would and I always put this plastic in the plastic recycle bin hoping that they will do as they say and really recycle it not just say that they do and then they don´t do it. I try to buy loose all I can but its a challenge.

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

15 Mar 19

@hereandthere We can only try and trust them and seeing as none of us knows how to transform this plastic stuff into something else its them should take on the care of transforming it safely and with harm to no one.

@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

15 Mar 19

i agree. we trust them but there's also that tiny doubt it's not 100%

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (37726)

• Philippines

2 Apr 19

I love buying in the supermarket but it is cheaper in the wet market to buy fruits and vegetables.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

2 Apr 19

i do that, too. i go to the wet market first then buy the rest at the supermarket

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Beatburn

@Beatburn (4287)

• Philippines

14 Mar 19

No wonder we are the biggest consumers of plastic in the world. Will we ever solve our plastic problem?

@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

14 Mar 19

if we are then why are there containers of trash being sent to other countries?

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

21 Mar 19

@Beatburn it's hard to believe all trash are 100% recycled around the world

Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

15 Mar 19

They do sell many things wrapped in plastic which look clean and sterile but they also sell fruit and vegetables loose so you can pick your own. We tend to buy ours loose and not packaged.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129481)

• Israel

15 Mar 19

@hereandthere We do not have regular vegetables in plastic bags. They are in bins and when I choose something I put it in one of the plastic bags they have there for the customers.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

15 Mar 19

that's good. less plastic and tape.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129481)

• Israel

17 Mar 19

@hereandthere Ours are out in the open and can see how they look.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (55700)

• Portugal

14 Mar 19

I rarely buy vegetables as my parents plant almost all that we eat.

@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

14 Mar 19

yes, i remember. and you can be sure they're organic.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

14 Mar 19

@nela13 how do you call these vegetables in portuguese?

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (55700)

• Portugal

14 Mar 19

@hereandthere yes, that is the best part

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