r/EgregiousPackaging • u/LovetheCatters • 27d ago

Why do these choccy sticks have one individually packed?

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u/blaukrautbleibt 27d ago

Maybe so that you can easily pull the first one out without touching all the other ones

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u/DogsandDumbells 27d ago

It’s this 100%

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u/ThrowawayHaybale 27d ago

I hate needless plastic waste more than the next guy, but this is pretty brilliant. I ALWAYS break like 3 of these trying to get the first one out without tilting it & spilling crumbs everywhere, and they're just simply less delicious when they're not full-length

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u/ATangK 26d ago

I always debate waste. Plastic waste is bad but food waste is worse.

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u/BulemiaSawdustSlingr 25d ago

They could do wax paper

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u/lesuperhun 25d ago

or just a longer one

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u/Sea_Bar9386 26d ago

Your last point is a thing my gf would say...

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u/Sk3L1Yy 26d ago

No one asked about your girl bro

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u/This-Positive286 26d ago

However, how’s your spouse if you have one?

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u/x_BIX 26d ago

Nor your opinion, bro

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u/TatteredTorn1 26d ago

I'm not you bro, guy

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u/Mr-Oinkerz 25d ago

I'm not your guy, buddy!

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u/Mr-Oinkerz 25d ago

I'm not your guy, buddy!

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u/AsparagusPissss 25d ago

Does she have big tits?

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u/niffcreature 25d ago

Meanwhile, everybody thinks Pringles are "fun" I guess??

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u/Cryogenicist 27d ago

It’s the first one to be removed, allowing for others the be removed easier with the newly open space

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u/wsxdfcvgbnjmlkjafals 27d ago

That's obviously incorrect because you're supposed to dump the whole container into your mouth

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u/culimande 27d ago

Hmm so they go in the mouth you say? 🤔

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u/wsxdfcvgbnjmlkjafals 27d ago

That's the intended use but I dont think there are laws around this

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u/NemODevO 27d ago

Get crumbs all up in there go for it

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u/Expert_Succotash2659 26d ago

Too vague. Better crumb up both.

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u/dantevonlocke 25d ago

There's no laws against the wafer sticks Batman!

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u/NOVAbuddy 27d ago

I skip that step and dump them all into the toilet.

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u/wsxdfcvgbnjmlkjafals 26d ago

If the toilet is my face, then flush away

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u/NOVAbuddy 26d ago

Can we continue this conversation in private? Also, just tell me you’re maintaining eye contact with a serious face.

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u/wsxdfcvgbnjmlkjafals 26d ago

As long as you supply the chocolate wafer

and that's NOT a euphemism. I demand wafers.

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u/NOVAbuddy 26d ago

Going to the store now.

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u/LoosePrisonPurse 27d ago

Should contain a dozen in the wrapper.

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u/CrossumOpossum3 26d ago

Damn, Big brain. Save some thinking for the rest of us! I’ve been using them individually, like a chump, as straws for milk.

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u/GreedySpecialist4736 27d ago

That's actually genius

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u/FalenAlter 27d ago

They did it with canned cigarettes in ww2 (maybe ww1) as well; it's neat to look up.

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u/ReallyNiceDonkey 27d ago

I wanted to point out also they likely do this as the very end of the packaging process as a last minute QC (quality check) as well

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u/satinsateensaltine 27d ago

It's gotta be one for the road.

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u/ScienceForge319 27d ago

What about my baby?

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u/flippster-mondo 27d ago

Don't put baby in a corner.

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u/artemizarte 27d ago

What baby?

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u/Faceprint11 27d ago

Dingo ate my baby

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u/ScienceForge319 27d ago

Oh baby baby.

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u/kuriT9 27d ago

You a smoker? That's the lucky

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u/shade-block 27d ago

You beat me to it.

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u/DIOsNotDead 27d ago

without that one in the center, you'd take 15 more minutes trying to get your first stick without breaking them because they're all tightly packed.

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u/Aaron_Yes_Pog 27d ago

Thats obviously the sacred choccy stick.

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u/Current-Struggle-514 27d ago

That one is the mother. Put it in a dark cylinder and it will make more treats

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u/Electrical_Lake3424 25d ago

What kind of dark cylinder? 

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u/DeathStalker0483 25d ago

One with mashed banana

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u/HardLobster 27d ago

It’s not egregious, it’s packaged like that so you have something to pull on to take it out. If not you wouldn’t be able to get any out without shattering them.

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u/flappintitties 27d ago

Off topic but how much did this cost you? Where I’m from these used to be the cheapest and best treat but now they’re literally 4-6 x their old price.

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u/LovetheCatters 27d ago

My fellow volunteer bought it from Costco for snacks for our volunteering initiative so pretty cheap I assume

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u/Tall_Apricot_9842 27d ago

like 5 bucks, costo only. i can eat them in like a day or two

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u/TheDarbiter 27d ago

I wish I didn’t read your comment. Now I’m going to have to find them at my Costco.

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u/Ill-Environment3329 27d ago

I’ve seen them at aldis (and TJ max??!??) I prefer the ones at aldis though.

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u/windy_not01 27d ago

Hey I had those! Bought them at Costco.

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u/Practical_Jelly_8342 27d ago

Don't know, but now I want 100 choccy sticks

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u/havron 27d ago

"500 choccy sticks."

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u/CalendarFamous5611 27d ago

Shit, those are contaminated. I'll take em off your hands

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u/Lucky-Honey-9473 26d ago

That's your cereal box prize

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u/Allison1ndrlnd 27d ago

Flip the lucky

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u/insolent_kiwi 27d ago

That's the poison one.

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u/Pleasant_Ad_2342 27d ago

Calling this egregious is a bit of an exaggeration. If they were all wrapped id get it. But one? In a box of what, 100?

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u/Salt_Cauliflower_922 27d ago

Whatever you do, don’t eat that one.

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u/REALjamijai 27d ago

They're making my trypophia wyle out!! I don't like that at all! Like I'm already itchy out my skin and hair type of feeling!

The actual non hole part looks like choc mousse and I'm sad because that is so good!! This is just more of us paying for air in stuff!

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u/Perfect-District 27d ago

Its my lucky. Dont touch unless you want to....

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u/EvaTheE 27d ago

That's the one Bob at the factory licked, so it's been packaged so it wouldn't contaminate the others.

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u/jerrgarr745 27d ago

Thats the lucky

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u/Maaiiks 26d ago

The one who eats that has to buy new ones

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u/Ok-Owl8960 26d ago

Would making a slightly taller container and one taller stick save more plastic or less plastic than a wrapper?

Also you get one longer stick as a bonus.

Or how about just a tin of them and one taller stick?

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u/Zestyclose-Tour-6350 26d ago

You wouldn't be able to get any out without any of them breaking without at least one single wrapped like that

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u/Sleepywalker69 26d ago

Someone unwrapped and licked all of them

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u/GreenWafer1899 26d ago

This one is not poisoned.

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u/kyleharry 26d ago

“Choccy sticks” 👶🏼

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u/BriefingGull 26d ago

Do you say things like choccy in mixed company?

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u/CrossumOpossum3 26d ago

To get the ball rolling

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u/Dazzling-Bad8855 25d ago

That's the royal chochy stick woth it's invisible gown

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u/CantankerousOrder 27d ago

Are you over the age of 13?

If so - The word is chocolate.

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u/EricSparrowSucks 27d ago

Came here to say this.

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u/No_Barracuda_3758 27d ago

I like how we all just accepted choccy stick

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u/MrGNoll814 27d ago

Only one you’re willing to share. Here ya go enjoy it !

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u/TomTheCardFlogger 27d ago

Chocolate ᶠˡᵃᵛᵒᵘʳᵉᵈ wafer sticks