[gomox]

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...

[ghaff]

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.