Fruit Stickers?

[pezenfuego]

Have you ever gotten a banana or an apple, orange, pear, peach, plum, etc with a sticker on it? What did you think about that? What the heck is the point of that? There is no benefit for the consumer. So why do they do it? They do it because it benefits them and nobody complains. It seems like a grossly unnecessary waste of money...but is it?
Think.

 

[lexluethar]

No it is their brand. You cant engrave a product name on a piece of fruit so they put a sticker on it. Otherwise how would you know who the distributor is? I mean i realize you don't give a hoot, but they want you to know what their brand is.

 

[renogaw]

no....
it's the product number so the cashiers know what item to type in...
differentiates from organic and non organic, different types of apples/oranges etc...

 

[stdreb27]

They are GREAT especially if you use self checkout a lot!

 

[renogaw]

you know what the stores are starting up here?
you walk around with bags and a zap gun, scanning and bagging as you put in your cart.
you get up to the register, transmit your list, and pay. no waiting to have everything scanned in, no taking things out of the cart to only have to put back in.

 

[joe____17]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/2999404
you know what the stores are starting up here?
you walk around with bags and a zap gun, scanning and bagging as you put in your cart.
you get up to the register, transmit your list, and pay. no waiting to have everything scanned in, no taking things out of the cart to only have to put back in.
Hey that sounds like a good idea! Every place should do that.

 

[renogaw]

i dunno... it's a HUGE trust that the stores are giving that is definitely going to get taken advantage of...

 

[darthtang aw]

There is actually a new scanner coming out on the market that you push a button and lasers capture every upc in the basket...you take nothing out at checkout.

 

[ruaround]

Originally Posted by PEZenfuego
http:///forum/post/2999342
Have you ever gotten a banana or an apple, orange, pear, peach, plum, etc with a sticker on it? What did you think about that? What the heck is the point of that? There is no benefit for the consumer. So why do they do it? They do it because it benefits them and nobody complains. It seems like a grossly unnecessary waste of money...but is it?
Think.
exactly...
as stated above it is the brand of fruit and the product code and a necesary tool...

 

[ruaround]

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW
http:///forum/post/2999438
There is actually a new scanner coming out on the market that you push a button and lasers capture every upc in the basket...you take nothing out at checkout.
that has been in developement for quite a few years... i was part of a team 8 years ago that had to come up with new ways to make a customers shopping experience quicker and more convenient... both the gun and the lasered cart where ideas we looked into...

 

[prime311]

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW
http:///forum/post/2999438
There is actually a new scanner coming out on the market that you push a button and lasers capture every upc in the basket...you take nothing out at checkout.
Thats what Ive been waiting on.

 

[spanko]

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW
http:///forum/post/2999438
There is actually a new scanner coming out on the market that you push a button and lasers capture every upc in the basket...you take nothing out at checkout.
Still gotta bag it don't you?

 

[alix2.0]

i like knowing where my food comes from... plus, if there were no fruit stickers, what would i stick on innocent passers by?

 

[ruaround]

Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2999482
i like knowing where my food comes from... plus, if there were no fruit stickers, what would i stick on innocent passers by?
you would have to go old school and stick a "kick me" sign on em...

 

[alix2.0]

too noticable.

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW
http:///forum/post/2999438
There is actually a new scanner coming out on the market that you push a button and lasers capture every upc in the basket...you take nothing out at checkout.

upc would have to be magnetic... and how would you do weighted stuff?

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW
http:///forum/post/2999438
There is actually a new scanner coming out on the market that you push a button and lasers capture every upc in the basket...you take nothing out at checkout.
Isn't walmart doing RF tags, to try that?

 

[cranberry]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/2999404
you know what the stores are starting up here?
you walk around with bags and a zap gun, scanning and bagging as you put in your cart.
you get up to the register, transmit your list, and pay. no waiting to have everything scanned in, no taking things out of the cart to only have to put back in.
How would you weigh items like fruits etc.

 

[darthtang aw]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/2999516
upc would have to be magnetic... and how would you do weighted stuff?
Yeah, soemthing like that, the upc's are changing to having some sort of signal/magnetic code these scanners read. Once most companies are switched over we will most likely see it happen. Weighted produce would each get their own sticker, complete with weight coded in the sticker...switch these at your own risk, or do them the old fashioned way...the technology has not been perfected yet.....
They are also doing something similar for warehouse inventory, be able to inventory an entire walmart in mere hours....could do this daily.

 

[alix2.0]

couldnt you just peel the stickers off?