Trading Standards officers have been inundated with complaints about ‘ready to eat’ pears. Customers say that, despite paying twice the price of ordinary pears, ready-to-eat pears are often anything but.
‘It’s obviously a scam,’ says pear-loving Colin Froot from Dorset. ‘You buy regular pears in bulk, repackage them as ‘ready-to-eat’ and double the price. Instant profit. It’s the same dodgy crew that buy ordinary eggs and repackage them as free-range.
‘I’m fed up with buying ‘ready-to-eat’ pears that are so hard that you could rob a jewellers shop with them. And when I buy a tray of ‘ready-to-eat’ pears and a bag of ripen at home pears, then guess what? They are all bullet hard when I get them home, and they all suddenly and randomly go soft on the same day in about two weeks time. And the day after that, they’re all just a sticky puddle in the fruit bowl.
‘Fresh fruit is a big scam. In future, I’m only going to eat UPFs. They’re not good for you, but at least you know what you’re getting.
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