Really?!

CDMay2006

I guess these have been around for a while, but this is the first i learned of them:

 

Individually wrapped prunes!

Alisha_A

Wow, what a waste of packaging.

 

ksdk

But boy are they moist and not stuck to each other.

Tambcat

yeah, that's pretty lame. I remember when these came out. I was like "whaa??"

KateLouise

I remember these coming out and thinking, "who gets suckered into buying these" although I suppose we're so used to everything being packaged to wihtin an inch of its life that lots of people wouldn't even think about it.

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My SIL buys these and when I mentioned the ridiculous amount of packaging she gave the excuse that she likes that she can put them in her daughters lunch easier that way.  Poor poor excuse.

Roni.Cedra

My gf actually caved when she was pregnant because she needed a prune in her diet a day... but the smell of them in the jar/bag made her vomit (literally), so she took one a day to work with her, kept it in her desk... She is usually really good about this, hated it, but it had a real purpose for her. 

Tambcat

See, I can't imagine just eating A prune. They already come in packs of 5 (or so).

DharmaChick

DH laughs b/c I get so annoyed when the commercial airs on tv.  They play it off as a sneaky way to add fruit to your kid's diet by making it look like wrapped candy.  One of the teenage actors says "That's SO cool!" -- really? Why??

SuperGreen

Ugh what a waste of packaging.  What really bothers me is individual bags of chips, which are held in one big bag, and that big bag has a carboard bottom and the whole thing is shrink-wrapped