View Pictures via Getty Images Ever wonder why a pear or bell pepper has an individual sticker? If you assumed the sole purpose is for the price scanner at the grocery store checkout, you’d be wrong.
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Why nearly every apple has a sticker—and what that tiny label actually does
What began as a marketing flourish in the early 20th century has become a quiet backbone of modern grocery retail.
Those small, often-overlooked produce stickers on apples, bananas, and avocados hold more information than most shoppers realize. Managed through a global labeling system, these tags help retailers ...
Whenever you grab an apple and prepare to bite into it, you've probably noticed a little sticker attached to the fruit with a row of four or five numbers on it. That string of digits is something ...
Such a tiny thing can cause big problems. We’ve all been there. Whether washing an apple at the sink to enjoy as a snack or getting a lemon ready for zesting, we clean the produce and barely notice ...
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