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Ohfour · Hooker

RE: Whole Foods Sells Peeled Oranges In Plastic Containers, World Revolts

cadiver · Senior Member

Lawyerlady wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
They've been selling sliced apples in bags and/or plastic containers for years now. What's the difference?
The difference is edibility on the go. You need a peeler and a knife to peel and slice an apple. You need neither to peel and section an orange. It is perfectly portable and edible with no help.

That's the other thing, it's not even sectioned. If I am going to buy a pre peeled orange it's better be sectioned. Otherwise my hands still will get sticky pulling the sections apart.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Ohfour wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
They've been selling sliced apples in bags and/or plastic containers for years now. What's the difference?
The difference is edibility on the go. You need a peeler and a knife to peel and slice an apple. You need neither to peel and section an orange. It is perfectly portable and edible with no help.
But you dont have to do either. Apple peels are edible and you can easily eat an apple one handed...

That's what I thought too.

cadiver · Senior Member

What about peeled bananas or chucked ears of corn? Yeah or nay?

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

They do sell shucked ears of corn on the cob.

Lindley · Guru

To each their own.

-- Edited by Lindley on Sunday 6th of March 2016 11:36:40 PM

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Well, our local store has been selling all their organic produce dirt cheap! Pun intended. The day it is at the sell buy date they are practically giving it away. I got three packages of organic mushrooms for 59 cents and a huge container of organic spinach for a buck.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Because at the sell by date, they are no longer fresh.

Don't get me wrong, I don't go by sell by dates very much.

Just saying.

weltschmerz · Guru

"Whole Foods Sells Peeled Oranges In Plastic Containers, World Revolts"

Really? The world?

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

That's the headline from Huffpo one of your face ragtags. Ask them.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Fave ragtags

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
They've been selling sliced apples in bags and/or plastic containers for years now. What's the difference?
The difference is edibility on the go. You need a peeler and a knife to peel and slice an apple. You need neither to peel and section an orange. It is perfectly portable and edible with no help.
But you dont have to do either. Apple peels are edible and you can easily eat an apple one handed...
That's what I thought too.

A lot of people don't want to eat the peel. And it still needs to be washed, even if you do.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

just Czech wrote:
Keurig cups are the biggest source of waste ever, IMHO.

Thought I would throw that out there..

I agree. They do make re-usable cups, though, but it's all about convenience to most consumers.

When we went to the coffee plantation on Kauai, an employee said that they refused to manufacture Keurig cups until they could make a totally degradable one.

Also, if you go to many stores there, you need to bring your own bag. I love that.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

How hard is it to make coffee? I have a 4 cup Mr. Coffee that was like $20 instead of $99. And, i make myself exactly the amount of coffee i want. It even has a timer. And yeah, some of you will say you have the reusuable filter, but if you are out and about, a lot of establishments now have them and they still have the plastic cups. Like car dealers and hair dressers and other places where they give you coffee.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

How hard is it to do anything? Yeah a lot of things people do now are born out of convenience. Premade, prepared, prepackaged, precooked, chopped, frozen, whatever. It is all meant to appeal to our laziness. And, I am not so sure what is wrong with that? How hard is it to wash your own dishes? Why have a dishwasher? How hard is it to do anything. It's silly to get up in arms over a peeled and orange and pretend that you personally are not doing tons of things in your own life for convenience.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
How hard is it to make coffee? I have a 4 cup Mr. Coffee that was like $20 instead of $99. And, i make myself exactly the amount of coffee i want. It even has a timer. And yeah, some of you will say you have the reusuable filter, but if you are out and about, a lot of establishments now have them and they still have the plastic cups. Like car dealers and hair dressers and other places where they give you coffee.

We have a keurig Vue. It uses Vue cups instead of K cups and they are recyclable. It's one of the reasons we bought it instead of the regular Kuerig.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Yes, we do like our conveniences. We take short cuts when we can.

It's just funny to me.

I've long said we will convenience ourselves to death.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Pretty soon we can hire people to chew our food for us.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

lilyofcourse wrote:
Yes, we do like our conveniences. We take short cuts when we can.

It's just funny to me.

I've long said we will convenience ourselves to death.

I don't understand how that will work.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Pretty soon we can hire people to chew our food for us.

Yup.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Convenience has freed us up to have modern society. If we spent all of our time hunting, chopping firewood and washing our clothes on rocks in the creek, then not much else would be happening. Not sure how convenience is such a terrible thing?

weltschmerz · Guru

flan327 wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Keurig cups are the biggest source of waste ever, IMHO.

Thought I would throw that out there..
I agree. They do make re-usable cups, though, but it's all about convenience to most consumers.
When we went to the coffee plantation on Kauai, an employee said that they refused to manufacture Keurig cups until they could make a totally degradable one.
Also, if you go to many stores there, you need to bring your own bag. I love that.
flan

I love that, too. So many people bring their own bags here, that's they're going to make plastic grocery bags illegal throughout the island of Montreal.

The "plastic" biodegradable bags made of cornstarch will still be OK.

Ohfour · Hooker

weltschmerz wrote:
flan327 wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Keurig cups are the biggest source of waste ever, IMHO.

Thought I would throw that out there..
I agree. They do make re-usable cups, though, but it's all about convenience to most consumers.
When we went to the coffee plantation on Kauai, an employee said that they refused to manufacture Keurig cups until they could make a totally degradable one.
Also, if you go to many stores there, you need to bring your own bag. I love that.
flan
I love that, too. So many people bring their own bags here, that's they're going to make plastic grocery bags illegal throughout the island of Montreal.
The "plastic" biodegradable bags made of cornstarch will still be OK.

They tried that here. Um no. Aint happening...

Do these stores sell bottled water? That's much worse than plastic bags...

Bonny22Pye · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
flan327 wrote:
just Czech wrote:
Keurig cups are the biggest source of waste ever, IMHO.

Thought I would throw that out there..
I agree. They do make re-usable cups, though, but it's all about convenience to most consumers.
When we went to the coffee plantation on Kauai, an employee said that they refused to manufacture Keurig cups until they could make a totally degradable one.
Also, if you go to many stores there, you need to bring your own bag. I love that.
flan
I love that, too. So many people bring their own bags here, that's they're going to make plastic grocery bags illegal throughout the island of Montreal.
The "plastic" biodegradable bags made of cornstarch will still be OK.
They tried that here. Um no. Aint happening...
Do these stores sell bottled water? That's much worse than plastic bags...

S.F. is banning single use plastic bottles as well...

weltschmerz · Guru

Fine, aint happening in your world. It's happening in mine, and I like it.
One step at a time.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

The stores should all just start charging for the bags. That would encourage people to use the reusable ones.

Although, I intentionally don't do so at Target. Target has wonderful bags and I re-use them to clean out the litter boxes. They don't tear easily like the others.

weltschmerz · Guru

The stores ARE charging for the bags right now.

Ohfour · Hooker

weltschmerz wrote:
The stores ARE charging for the bags right now.

No they are not...

weltschmerz · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
The stores ARE charging for the bags right now.
No they are not...

Again...in your world.

Ohfour · Hooker

weltschmerz wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
The stores ARE charging for the bags right now.
No they are not...
Again...in your world.

Not in 99.99% of the places in the US. Lib Utopia like SF and a couple other places, but for the most part, it's a convenience for the customer...

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

The ONLY store that I shop in that charges for bags is Aldi. That's it. Everyone else still just bags your purchases as normal.

And I shop a LOT.

weltschmerz · Guru

I'm talking about MY world. I think I made that pretty clear when I mentioned the island of Montreal.

Ohfour · Hooker

Well, they do a lot of stupid things in Canada.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I like when I buy a single item or just a few Walgreens always asks if I want a bag instead of just bagging it. I always say no. Today I went to Giant & bought a 1/2 LB tub of chicken salad & grabbed a hair dye while I was there. The guy bagged them before I could say no thanks just the receipt please.

weltschmerz · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
Well, they do a lot of stupid things in Canada.

Well, yes. Trying to protect endangered marine life is just so stupid.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

We have reusable bags.

They're great for all kinds of things.

But there is a problem with people not cleaning their bags after using them.

Coliform and E.coli are in just about every bag after one use and then spread when they are set on other things.

There are a few places here you can still choose paper bags.

I like paper bags.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

We have a couple stores here that give you a nickel off for bringing your own bags. If you bring ten bags you get fifty cents off. Not much but every little bit helps. The only problem I have with reusable bags is sanitation. Some people put drippy meat or milk in them and don't wash them out. We love the Target bags too. They're strong and can be used for other things. Most of the plastic bags are so cheap.

Ohfour · Hooker

We actually reuse most of our plastic grocery bags. They are perfect for liners in bathroom cans. When we go to the lake house, we use them to transport groceries and other stuff, then use them for garbage bags. We give most of them to my boss though. His wife likes to shop at the ONE PLACE that does not have bags, so we give them to them and she uses them to do her shopping...

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Our liquor store bags are the absolute best for trash can liners. They are as strong as Hefty bags.

weltschmerz · Guru

Lexxy wrote:
Our liquor store bags are the absolute best for trash can liners. They are as strong as Hefty bags.

Our liquor stores (the SAQ) won't give you a bag. They banned them in 2008.

Ohfour · Hooker

Lexxy wrote:
Our liquor store bags are the absolute best for trash can liners. They are as strong as Hefty bags.

Yeah, those too. Ours have drawstrings, so I tend to use them for other stuff (especially since, for now, I have to get around on a scooter!). I can't really handle a purse...

Tinydancer · Guru

How do you carry your booze home?

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

weltschmerz wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
Our liquor store bags are the absolute best for trash can liners. They are as strong as Hefty bags.
Our liquor stores (the SAQ) won't give you a bag. They banned them in 2008.

Wow. Do they let you use their boxes if you buy a lot. Here they'll box it for you if you are buying for a big party. They also give them to you if you ask.

Ohfour · Hooker

Tinydancer wrote:
How do you carry your booze home?

Right?

weltschmerz · Guru

Tinydancer wrote:
How do you carry your booze home?

Bring your own bag. Put it in your purse or the trunk of your car. It hasn't hurt liquor sales a bit.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I don't go to the liquor store. Hmmmmmmmmm.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Ohfour wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
Our liquor store bags are the absolute best for trash can liners. They are as strong as Hefty bags.
Yeah, those too. Ours have drawstrings, so I tend to use them for other stuff (especially since, for now, I have to get around on a scooter!). I can't really handle a purse...

We don't have drawstrings cry

weltschmerz · Guru

Lexxy wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
Our liquor store bags are the absolute best for trash can liners. They are as strong as Hefty bags.
Our liquor stores (the SAQ) won't give you a bag. They banned them in 2008.
Wow. Do they let you use their boxes if you buy a lot. Here they'll box it for you if you are buying for a big party. They also give them to you if you ask.

I never bought a lot. I have a bottle of rum from two Christmases ago.

I imagine they'll be more than happy to give you a box.

Ohfour · Hooker

weltschmerz wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
Our liquor store bags are the absolute best for trash can liners. They are as strong as Hefty bags.
Our liquor stores (the SAQ) won't give you a bag. They banned them in 2008.
Wow. Do they let you use their boxes if you buy a lot. Here they'll box it for you if you are buying for a big party. They also give them to you if you ask.
I never bought a lot. I have a bottle of rum from two Christmases ago.
I imagine they'll be more than happy to give you a box.

Typical liberal thinking. A big ole box vs a bag. confuse

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Canada sure likes to ban stuff.