[mikeash]

The waste and transportation is easy to solve: just don't use these companies. Go back to the old-fashioned way of obtaining your food from the store.

The real problem would need solving (and I'm not sure it really does, because how popular are these things, really?) is people's desire for these wasteful services.

[magic_beans]

I kind of wish stores would just sell pre-cut vegetables. There HAS to be a way to do this en masse. The pre-cut kale at whole foods is almost ALWAYS sold out. Not to speak of the cauliflower "rice" that people actually battle over at Trader Joes.

If stores stocked these kinds of pre-cut veg, that would take 3/4 of the pain out of cooking.

[nkrisc]

My local mid-range grocery store sells peeled garlic, containers of chopped onions and other vegetables and fruits. It's great for people who want to save time or lack the dexterity to do it easily on their own. I personally don't buy them because I can and don't mind doing it myself.