While shopping yesterday I bought some new potatoes to go with the schnitzel I was cooking for my Sunday lunch. My first thought was to buy loose potatoes, but comparing the cost with prepacked they were more than double the price, so I ended up buying many times more than I needed - half of which I would probably end up throwing away, also having to throw away the unrecyclable polythene bag.

What is the logic behind buying far more than you need costing more than buying as much as is needed? I also miss having local greengrocers who would wrap the vegetables skillfully in newspaper!!