Potato packaging not so sweet
IN THE wake of Woolworth’s Marvel Collectable Disc saga, customers have taken to social media to vent their frustration over the plastic packaging of its sweet potatoes.
Leanna Stokan’s Facebook post shows the extensive use of plastic packaging used by Woolworths and has been liked more than 70,000 times since it was uploaded on Friday.
“Woolworths, we, your customers don’t want this,” she said.
“Sweet potatoes can go from your shelf to my trolley to my kitchen without ever needing to touch a plastic bag, let alone a plastic tray as well.”
The post has also received thousands of comments, with the majority of people outraged at the wasteful plastic packaging.
Woolworths issued a direct response to Ms Stokan which attracted more than 1000 likes itself.
“The packaging we use is designed to preserve the product throughout the supply chain and we make efforts to use our packaging as efficiently as possible.”
Readers of The Chronicle also shared their thoughts on the issue.
Johnny May said: “Woolworths could perhaps direct me to the research that shows sweet potatoes in plastic wrapping lasts longer.”
Petori Smyth also had an issue with the freshness of Wooloworths fruit and vegetables.
“If I buy sweet potato from a farm it lasts about three weeks and tastes better than what you would get from the supermarket,” she said.
“If I buy sweet potato from the supermarket it’s normally showing signs that it needs to be binned on day one.”
A poll by The Chronicle shows that 88% of people agree that packaging sweet potatoes in plastic is a waste.