Plastik Plastik ...

No need for it, either, Anna. I think it's done to simplify checkout. I gather Americans won't put up with this, but Canadians are too easy-going.

I guess it's done to increase sales, too. I also don't know why they do this in the store I took this photo on -- they have a fair proportion of people who shop daily, and they don't want bagged vegetables.

Canadians vs Americans -- On the other hand current events show Canadians are a lot less easygoing with their prime minister than Americans are with their president.

Fabulous capture!

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Thanks, William.

Nice composition, John ! But I agree with Anna: too much plastic !

Thanks, Ulrich. I agree -- there's no need for plastic, and it stops you frpm inspecting the radishes.

Nice photo. And quite a surprise that people will buy a pound of radishes. I had always viewed them as a garnish rather than a vegetable course. Surely the entire Canadian nation doesn't have damaged taste buds?
I abhor ready-bagged veg, and to a lesser extent, meat too. I seldom want the weight they offer. I suppose it's all to do with hygiene and labour costs. And sales, since customers buy more than they otherwise would.

Thanks, TLC. Supposedly one of the reasons Tesco failed in the US was because it sold bagged vegetables. Americans don't like bagged vegetables, apparently, especially when Tesco branded itself in the States as Fresh and Easy.

I wonder about Canadian tastebuds often. Once you get beyond doughnuts and beer Canadians seem to lose any appreciation of their food.

This has a Warholian feel to it. Radical, some might call it.

I never realized how much pop art had invaded my psyche, Sarah, until I took up photography and started producing pop photos.

Radish and radical are from the same root, so not only an accomplished pun but an informative one. "Radish and radical are from the same root" is a metapun, I guess.

I like metapuns as long as they are not sold in plastic bags.

Lots of interesting 'food for thought' in the shot and connmments!
Here in Spain, supermarkets are cottoning on to the adverse puclic reaction to unnecessary plastic packaging but there is still far too much of it. It also leads to food waste. If you don't have a family of 6 to feed, but need to buy fruit, some will invariably be chucked out uneaten. Oranges and lemons are a case in point. Until recently my local supermarket never sold these loose. I have to say, though, that I am lucky in that I have a good traditional daily market nearby.

Overselling seems to be an important tactic in retail today, Andy. Twenty years ago I could walk into a stationery store and buy a single pen. Now they come in packages of four or more. So I end up buying single pens at corner stores or subway kiosks, where they've split open bulk packs. I probably pay the same price as I would have back when I could buy single pens in the stationery sore. In the end you have to wonder if this tactic does produce more sales. As you point out. the solution is to find alternative sources.