>>>Most of the packaging which has come about is designed to thwart shoplifters. It would be interesting to find out if the costs of the new wraps is offset by any savings from theft.<<<

Why don't we wrap the shoplifters in plastic, then get on with how things used to be packaged, in paper bags. :0)

If the manufacturer's were fined for producing goods with excess packaging, it would cut back vastly at landfill sites.

I can remember when biscuits were sold loose, from tins that were kept on the floor of a local grocer's store..wonderful biscuits that were weighed out and put in a paper bag, then handed over..