whilst this certainly seems is a complete waste of packaging for most, there are a lot of peole out there with chronic arthritis and other disablilities that makes peeling fruit either incredibly difficult, extremely painful or both. Opening a small plastic tub is nothing compared to peeling an orange, so this sort of thing is a God-send for them.

Are you f*cking serious?!

This s**t is bananas.

and it says 'non drowsy', i'm guessing you'll at least be a little tired after working through all that so not sneeze at the flowers.

Now, this is just silly.

you might say... it's.... coco-nuts! a-hahahaha...

yeah, they could've used one of those envelope packaging things for this.

who has that much time and how would program a machine to do that or even deem it worth creating a machine in the first place

it's just marketing. shelf filling is important but new mold is expensive.

water proof potatoes! the irish could've used these...

the worst thing since sliced bread.

well it's one way to stop you getting crabs...

I would not buy this avocado. I prefer to be the one to cut it and seeded. To me this just seems like the avocado is not fresh and will spoil

You start apreciating this sort of wasteful packaging when you have small kids

Maybe it was cold outside lol

So paper also beats bubble wrap, got it..

Bananas are arguably the easiest fruit to peel.

"honey, that invisible part you needed has arrived"

I thought these were Ping-Pong balls!

it feels like some of this stuff would exist in wall-e's world

top tip - leave some potatoes wrapped in tinfoil in various places around your house. then, in the event of a house fire, you'll have a delicious snack to eat while waiting for the fire brigade to arrive.

Who wants people touching their food this much?

they should fill those pouches with helium, would reduce the weight and cost of postage. they could then float the boxes to you?

It's pretty extra if you ask me.

peek-a-boo

People are pigs. Often when you buy bananas they look like they've been through the wars because they've been manhandled by so many slobs. It's also a way to sell overripe or overly green bananas. If they come packaged, people won't be able to take them off the bunches and leave them behind. ... I still think it's ridiculous, but I can see where they're coming from.

Inception!

This is quite common for luxury fruits in Japan which is often given as a present (since other types of presents take too much space in one’s home). Remeber the whole square watermelon thing? While the rest of the world giggles a bit, I can tell you these fruits are absolutely perfect i every way. I’ve never seen or tasted more consistently perfect fruit.

This might be used to not confuse the people handling the shipment. An empty pallet could look like the cargo is missing or the pallet might disappear and become one of all the other pallets at a warehouse (I work in logistics). This way it's clear that the pallet is the shipment. But it still looks silly.

This one seems more like an anti-theft method.

is a single one called an m or an m&m? asking for a friend.

dya reckon they get paid based on how much packaging they've sent out?

bottom one is morphing and trying to escape!

I guess energy efficient isn't the same as environmentally friendly. Those 2 departments should really have a meeting.

Yes, it's odd. We also buy organiz free-range eggs and they come in a cardboard box, which we then recycle.

didn't dr seuss write about this?

haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate.

I think it's so it doesn't "get lost" in the mail.

That tube of cream looks scared for being surrounded by those beefy Airbags.. :P

Presentation is everything.

Avocuddle?

simple, we have a lot oof these. the first pack is keeping all flavours together. the second to store a nice amount with the flavor shown. the last is an average wrapping. basically so you know what ur eating

Oh FFS.

did you buy a F*cking banana at starbuck?? cost you what? 20 bucks?

it's enough to make a mango crazy.

To grab people's attention with bright colors and big letters? To make it bulky to avoid theft? Either way, it's still a TON of ridiculous packaging.

Hi yeah is that the tea people? yeah, I've been dunking this bag for like, a week now and it's still not fusing. Yeah I'll hold"

These come in jars too...it's pretty convenient unlike some of the other bad packages

for when you plan to travel to Transylvania?

the point? it's the lead, however, it's not actually lead its more graphite mixed with some other things, but it gives the same effect. A standard pencil would write for about 35miles, but I mean, who has ever needed to draw a line that long? a marathon is only 26.219 miles long, it used to be 26, but the royal family were sitting beyond the finish line, and insisted the winners cross the line past them, so they moved the finish line. anyway, I'm rambling, how are you?

Not only is that a waste, it's a dissatpointment too. All Easter Eggs should be chocolatey.

Yoooo, that's dirty.

anyone remember Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?

This is one I can actually understand. When I was living alone, I preferred to buy chicken like this so I didn't have to worry about thawing it for 9 hours at room temperature if I froze it, or worse, have all my chicken go bad and stink up the fridge.

how hot was the mustard??

move your a*s to the store next time

If Wall-e is real then this is the reason why (btw plz dont get mad if I mispelled the title)

Some plastics ARE compostable... biodegradable plastics are being used quite a few places now. Maybe this is one of them? Maybe not, but seems the poster is making assumptions.