On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:54:34 +0100, "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:

Mary Fisher wrote:

I don't understand why they need labels anyway, did we all get
confused before we hd them? No.

But I really don't think many people can eat them, surely ...


They're used so that the apples can be easily identified at the checkout -
they all have a four digit number on them which is typed into the till and
the computer knows what you're buying, or more precisely, what the shop is
selling.

Si



I've got a collection of them! Not in the anorak sense, but first
noticed them when I bought a grapefruit every week and the labels were
different each time. Stuck them on the kitchen wall and have about 25
different ones plus those from other fruits.

There's even a person who's got his own web page of them:

http://www.nationalfinder.com/fruitlabels/#ALPHA

No, its nothing to do with me, I just googled on them to find out what
the numbers meant. A PLU (Product Look Up number) should you be
remotely interested.



Dave