Bunches

I’ve occasionally wondered why some vegetables are still sold in “bunches”, instead of by weight.    Many years ago, for example, carrots were sold by the bunch, but that ceased long ago.    Yet asparagus and one or two other items are still sold by the bunch, with no weight marked.     I don’t have any real problems with this, but it does seem a little anomalous.

Ho3ever, perhaps things are about to change.    Our local Coles has just started selling asparagus by the kilo. But the reason given is not that this is in the interests of “transparency”, but in order to save rubber bands, for the sake of the environment.