Most (all?) fruit sold in American grocers has an assigned code for ringing up at the register. Bananas is the only one I remember anymore, but it’s 4011. Not sure if it’s a global standard.
Somebodies lying (or at least being deceptive). I checked the link. There’s no mention of 20 countries anywhere. Nobody said 20 countries here either. Setting that pedantry aside. In fact, even if it were used by significantly fewer than twenty countries, the ones that without a doubt do use them are spread around the globe. Thus, they are used globally.
So…
If you click on the little 2 at the end of:
“The codes are administered by the International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS), a global coalition of fruit and vegetable associations that was formed in 2001 to introduce PLU numbers globally.[2]”
Scroll down to members. I counted 14 organization from at least 11 countries. So yeah , even the 20 was a streach.
This is what I ment. Sorry if it was not clear.
About the other thing, it is subjective. I would not consider something effecting less then 10% of the countries a global thing. But you do have a point there.
10% of countries is still a large population, and given the list, a large portion of globally traded food.
You also didn’t factor in GS1 being a member, which serves 115 countries. Surely all of them aren’t also using PLU, but they wouldn’t be a member if some portion of their base wasn’t.
After going down the rabbit hole, too, I wish they just had a clear country listing vs having to read about the members. So dumb.
It is the PLU code used for bananas in grocery stores. The PLU code is the code the cashier punches in before weighing the produce to get the correct price.
Wow. That is a very obscure reference but I got it.
well i did not
Most (all?) fruit sold in American grocers has an assigned code for ringing up at the register. Bananas is the only one I remember anymore, but it’s 4011. Not sure if it’s a global standard.
It is indeed a global standard!
Well… if you check the link, it is like 20 country. Hardly a global standard.
Somebodies lying (or at least being deceptive). I checked the link. There’s no mention of 20 countries anywhere. Nobody said 20 countries here either. Setting that pedantry aside. In fact, even if it were used by significantly fewer than twenty countries, the ones that without a doubt do use them are spread around the globe. Thus, they are used globally.
So… If you click on the little 2 at the end of: “The codes are administered by the International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS), a global coalition of fruit and vegetable associations that was formed in 2001 to introduce PLU numbers globally.[2]”
It will take you to: https://web.archive.org/web/20150310160444/http://www.ifpsglobal.com/AboutIFPS.aspx
Scroll down to members. I counted 14 organization from at least 11 countries. So yeah , even the 20 was a streach.
This is what I ment. Sorry if it was not clear.
About the other thing, it is subjective. I would not consider something effecting less then 10% of the countries a global thing. But you do have a point there.
Ahhh. The autism. I get it bro.
10% of countries is still a large population, and given the list, a large portion of globally traded food.
You also didn’t factor in GS1 being a member, which serves 115 countries. Surely all of them aren’t also using PLU, but they wouldn’t be a member if some portion of their base wasn’t.
After going down the rabbit hole, too, I wish they just had a clear country listing vs having to read about the members. So dumb.
Idk about register code, but if you weigh them yourself, bananas are #1 in at least 2 chains here
Ah, thanks. I thought it was loss.
It is the PLU code used for bananas in grocery stores. The PLU code is the code the cashier punches in before weighing the produce to get the correct price.
I think that’s because 4011 is a cool number for bananas /s
No jk, I don’t know
I didn’t.
Spoiler
In the US and likely elsewhere, 4011 is the scale/cash register code for non-organic bananas sold by weight.
:|
Yep. All silica.
And a bit of added ⁴⁰K, just for the extra authenticity.
Organic bananas is just 94011
I used to randomly punch in the non-organic code for the organic bananas just cuz
Or anything in Burlingame, California.
I had to google it