A long time ago in a synapse far far away in another corner of my brain:
I don’t get it…
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.
non-organic bananas
:|
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
As someone whose first job was a grocery store cashier, this was great. Funny enough, I still remember this 1 code since we are now forced to use self checkouts. Still works!
Big same. When I quit the grocery store some 20 years ago, I immediately deleted all those codes from my memory. But this one remains.
Works for steak and OTC medications too.
What?
It’s the produce code for bananas. Probably one of the most widely known as people also use it to steal at grocery stores at self checkout.
It’s not stealing if it’s from a multi billion dollar corporation.
No, they just jack up the prices for the rest of us so their executive bonuses don’t change.
So we all gotta steal more. Need help?
Some neighborhoods tried, shops ended up closing, causing a lot of problems for the community. The corpos won’t make it easy to pull one over on them.
Obvs more complicated than that, but generally.
And like, if you can’t get groceries in your neighborhood; just organize raids into more affluent ones?
Yes, but that will just end in violence among ourselves fighting for the last can of beans. I’m all for sticking it to big corp, but innocent people can’t get hurt in the crossfire.
Forcing a store to close only make the underpaid staff jobless. The execs can go open up shop somewhere else, or have enough of a financial cushion to not give a fuck and retire.
True that.
My mind is reeling from the idea that there’s universal codes. I would have imagined that every retailer maintained their own inventory and codes.
I never considered using it to price other items! Don’t got that stealing mindset, I guess.
My mindset is that if you’re going to steal, make it worth it, not risk getting a record and banned from local stores because of few dollars.
You should use 94011, way more secure.
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If you focus on the background you see a disturbing ball sack.
AI said you can dewrinkle that ballsack with a steamer or an iron!
…would that not work?
