23 February, 2009

Serious Waste of Paper

 
This is by far the longest receipt I have ever seen,  measuring in at 37 and 1/2 inches.  Last Friday, Sierra and I stopped by Fry's Supermarket to grab a few snacks and left with this monster.  The top 7 inches actually pertain to our purchases and the rest is a lengthy list of peanut butter product recalls.  30.5 inches of receipt paper devoted to notifying a single person of recalls.  There are longer receipts in existence, however this is probably one of the most wasteful.  I sincerely hope that Fry's is not printing one of these for every customer and only targeting "value card" users that have purchased a recalled product in the past.  Even then, it would be more responsible to post a list of recalls near the exit and have the cashier remind targeted customers to take a look at the list before they leave.

1 Comments:

At Feb 23, 2009 6:23:00 PM , Blogger X-Istence said...

Yeah, I got one of these receipts too, and I have not purchased a peanut butter product from Fry's within the last year. I prefer the Costco natural peanut butter.

 

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