Why, just WHY?

And air miles too...

Okay, this is the world's most expensive strawberry packaged for valentines day. It's wasteful as heck, and apparently not really all that special taste wise. The company who produced the strawberry tried to justify the cost and the packaging, but it's just a strawberry.

ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ғʀᴇᴇ sᴄʀᴜɴᴄʜʏ!

Here I am recycling and reusing as much as I’m able and people think this S@it is a good idea. I’m actually really angry.

Who buys a single Strawberry for 21$? And in an unrelated matter: I got about 400$ in my garden such a person might be interested in. Always happy to help

...there just greedfy for money.

This is very ostentatious but I read that it's usually given a gift for a bit of novelty.

For shame

ONE strawberry!!!!!!!

Was this from an episode of "Firefly", on a planet far far away?

Is it organic? :P

WTAF???!!!

they would have to be good...

Fools and their money are easily parted. I hope no one fell for this one.

I heard, these are presents when some visits important people. A perfect fruit is nearly exaggerated wrapped and handed over.

another stupid thing to do

It's a thing they have, they tend to gift "perfect" fruit, a lot of care is given to the plant to make a very sweet and beautiful treat. Some fruit basket can cost over 2000$!

Montreuil peaches used to be presented in a special gold embossed box like a piece of jewellery. Apparently the price even raised king Edward 7 eyebrows (a chap in no way noted for frugality)

Ultra perfect fruits are traditiinal gifts in some Asian countries because of the very small living spaces. How is this worse than the piles of unnecessary gifts given in Western countries? Thinks of the dozens upon dozens of gifts that every person in the USA or UK recieves in a lifetime, and how many of them end up stuffed in a cupboard and eventually thrown out.

Some fruit in Asia like that. The more wrapping; the more expensive it is. What’s funny is the same fruit (take dragonfruit) literally drops onto streets and are left there in tropical countries.

They should just stop selling strawberries altogether

This is really out of mind! The worst thing is, there are people who buys that!

Looks like I can import a strawberry farm and retire.

This has to be a joke!

I don't know which is sadder. The packaging or that price. Strawberries are rather cheap here. And we export them to places like Japan.

Not even close to being the most expensive, that honour goes to a Japanese strawberry which costs 350 BRITISH POUNDS. It comes in a specially designed box.

Nooooooooooo! What the heck?!

why??? What possible benefit is there to be gained by removing an egg from its shell???

Good luck getting it all out of the package, too.

I don't know in other countries, but here in México that isn't plastic, is some sort of gelatin film completly edible, you can choose if you eat it or discard it.

FYI Those are mandarins... Not hating, just stating facts. Incredible post and caption though!

no wonder asian countries provide the most plastic in the sea

This is outrageous! Coke production is harmful to the enjoyment and many water reservoirs already! Add plastic to it to ensure that it turns out to be a total disaster to all living beings. Painful 😣

Why is it that it seems that the most plastic used in packaging is in Japanese/Chinese markets? I've seen many examples of this and it makes no sense to me

That's appalling

i cannot believe somebody would pay money for this...

I understand the waste aspect here. But the title? Why do you have to make something with a tomato? Slice it up and put it on a sandwich.

Do you see the stickers on the potatoes? "Microwave ready". They are for bringing into work and bunging in the microwave with the plastic still on. Because if you're stuck with only a microwave, plastic wrapped potatoes apparently taste better when microwaved and not every workplace has cling wrap. Actually saves some plastic use with how some people trail cling wrap.

As soon as you peel a banana and expose it to air, it begins to turn brown. That's disgusting

waste of water and plastic!

What the hell...?!? That is truly infuriating..!

That's not packaging...that's more like bedding...lol

Banana releases ethylene...which speeds up ripening. Putting it in a bag just makes it worse.

For people with arthritis in their hands but who still want to enjoy oranges...

Wonder how "organic" their packaging is

Oh the irony...

Is HelloFresh different in other countries then? My HelloFresh comes in so little plastic packaging I've occasionally lost the single garlic clove they sent until I tip the entire box upside down and it's under one of the ice bags!

WTFH!!

Words fail.

... And an easy one to peel too...

This caption is funny

I'm starting to feel better about my own country. We still use too much plastic, but at least we don't do this.

Another lunchbox/halloween bag of sweets.