I went to the super market last week...........

[mrmpa]

and there was a sign in the produce department, near the bananas. It read: "Do not break the banana bunches apart". Now there were no less than 6 bananas in each bunch. I want only 3 bananas, I broke a bunch. I'm not paying for what I don't want.

When I was a kid, you could break a bunch of grapes & take the amount you wanted. Now they package them in bags usually weighing 2 lbs. I've taken a bag found a produce worker & told him I want only 1/2 lb. He did it, but he wasn't happy.

[Hoyt]

1. So you are the one.

[mrmpa]

2. Yes guilty as charged........eom

[LiberalElite]

6. !!!!

[mnhtnbb]

3. That's nuts. I always take only the bananas I want. Same with tomatoes.

And I still usually end up with bananas getting made into banana bread because
they don't get eaten!

[Major Nikon]

4. My supermarket doesn't have any such restrictions

But there always seems to be a lot of singles that people break off and nobody will buy. For me it's kind of a boon because often I want ripe bananas for cooking or eating right away and all the bunches are green.

[LiberalElite]

7. I only want a couple of bananas at a time -

and the more ripe they are the better. "Pre Broke" singles are fine with me.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. In Illinois it's allowed by law that you can split an egg carton in half and buy 6 eggs.

Not sure how you'd get it through those unmanned checkout lines.

[femmocrat]

8. Those big bags of grapes and cherries are really annoying.

I agree, sometimes you only want a little spray of grapes or a handful of cherries. Why do you have to buy 2 lbs? I guess the supermarkets had too much waste with loose fruit.

I have been seeing bags of 5 or 6 stem tomatoes. I still open the bags and take out two tomatoes which is all I need for a week. I also break the banana bunches!

[csziggy]

9. Some of the Publix stores here have only bags of onions, others have singles available

It's strange to me why certain stores don't have single onions, ever. They are all the same chain of stores, so it must be up to the individual managers. Publix used to have a policy they would break packages, but it I'm in a hurry, I don't want to wait around while they do it, and in some of the stores the produce workers seem as if they've never heard of that policy.

I don't have a good place to keep onions from sprouting so I only buy what I need as I need them. If I am forced to buy a three pound of onions, I have to find a recipe to use up the rest.

My husband likes getting the individual bananas sometime - if all the bunches are too green, getting riper individual ones get me to eat them since I like them pretty ripe then the others will ripen in a few days and I'm set. If he just wants to grab one to eat right then, the singles are perfect.

[DebJ]

10. The bags of grapes are always adjusted by customers here, no problem.

So many are juggled about you don't have to do it yourself, can easily find a lighter or heavier bag.

But at least grapes have a longer shelf life. I buy about 6 bananas a week, but not all at once.

[malthaussen]

11. That is a felony offense.

I believe the penalty is drawing and quartering. It's okay to split the person, but never the produce.

-- Mal

[DawgHouse]

12. Six nanners is sometimes too many.

I say, Free the Nanners!

I believe I read somewhere that separating them from a bunch slows down ripening.

[Phentex]

13. I seek out the singles and pairs...

I buy them for my husband and he only needs a couple per week. I can freeze some if I buy a whole bunch but I usually look for the individuals that others have broken off. I don't understand why a store wouldn't allow people to buy what they want when sold by the pound.

[mrmpa]

14. I spotted the same sign in another store today &.......

it also stated to "ask for assistance". I looked around & didn't see any staff. I didn't want any, anyway.