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by kleene_op 875 days ago
I still have the mental image of that SINGLE banana wrapped in plastic in a random 7-11 I went to during my trip to Japan a few months ago.

Hard to keep a straight face reading that headline with that image burned in my mind.
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gomox 875 days ago
Individually shrink-wrapped fruit is also a thing in the US (and in every airport in the world, probably). But I haven't seen these [0] in the US.

[0] https://ibeantravelling.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/6e290558...

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ghaff 875 days ago
I have as Christmas gift items but not sure I ever have for day to day.

There's also a huge amount of plastic kitsch in Japan.

We probably are seeing more plastic-wrapped fruits and vegetables in the US. Part of it is probably there a certain amount of pressure to make everything barcoded for quicker checkout--especially at self-checkouts.

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