Today I decanted to my local Tesco Extra to purchase the final few ingredients for a curry, one of said ingredients was a bulb of garlic. I spent some time circling the store at one point proclaiming 'Am I stupid, I can't find garlic anywhere', I received a few strange looks.
When I was finally pointed to the garlic I couldn't quite comprehend that which I saw, at first I thought they obviously only sell garlic in packs of 2 or more which was annoying as I only needed one bulb, but as I lifted the sack to my face for inspection I discovered that the sack contained just one.
I can understand the need for a sack if storing two items, but this is completely unnecessary.
I can only guess that Tesco have had numerous requests from customers that they need to be able to swing their garlic around and Tesco felt that swinging a sack would provide the best end user experience.
I am certainly not saying that you can't have a great deal of fun with a sack, but a sack containing a single bulb of garlic is completely unnecessary.
This is made more ridiculous when examined in context, nowadays Tesco provides carrier bags that are designed to bio-degrade, they actually bio-degrade before you've even managed to get your shopping home often leaving a boot full of plastic confetti, and they want everybody to re-use their bags to help 'save the environment'. Well then, why on earth are they manufacturing garlic sacks? Surely the carbon footprint of that garlic sack is far larger than selling the garlic loose and the customer using one of those little clear plastic bags that Tesco already have to supply for the other vegetables?
Plus most bizarrely Tesco sell their "Chef's Choice" garlic in sacks of 1(49p) or 4(£1) and Organic garlic in sacks of 3 (90p), I found this bizarre, why not sell the "Chef's Choice" garlic loose for say 30p each and let the user choose however many they want?
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