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:
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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