Consumers blast ‘ready to eat’ pears scam

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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