Never seen these… What’s the point?
…it’s just the tip.
The red wax-tipped bananas can be found in two Japanese supermarkets — one in the Kanto region, the other in Hokkaido
Well, that explains why I haven’t seen them. I imagine they will still be wrapped in plastic at least once for local markets here. I assumed the wax tip was to avoid using plastic or something, but I guess it’s just marketing.
I still can’t get over plastic wrapping individual bananas but sticking a price tag directly on the side of a fish.
Some places do unwrapped and I think it’s slowly getting more ccommon. There was a survey at some point where the majority said they think we should reduce plastic, including on fruit and veg, to help the environment. The unwrapped proceeded to sell worse.
Bananas are the epitome of wasteful wrapping for me. I don’t think there’s any other food with as thick a skin that gets wrapped here. At least with like tomatoes or lettuce you’re eating the “exposed” parts directly, so even though it’s still a waste I can sort of squint and see the Japanese logic behind it.
My local grocery store also does single bagged limes, which also annoys me.
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Every time I see those in Coles, I think to myself, “Ah - uncircumcised bananas!”
*unmutilated
You see how that ruins the joke, right? Mutilate means a lot of things, circumcise refers to one thing. There’s no humor in saying unmutilated.
Don’t make jokes about genital mutilation, then. It’s not funny, and it’s still legal and accepted in many places
Really gonna make me click the link… which does not explain…
Guess ill look it up… Aaaand its just a marketing thing. No purpose.
Thank you for letting us know.
Just the tip, to see how it sells
