When stocking up on apples, bananas, and avocados at the grocery store, you’ve likely noticed that many fruits and vegetables come with a sticker on their surface. These stickers are also known as PLU ...

View Pictures via Getty Images Ever wonder why a pear or bell pepper has an individual sticker? If you assumed the sole purpose is for the price scanner at the grocery store checkout, you’d be wrong.

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PLU codes aren't a reliable consumer guide found on all forms of produce. Those little round stickers with numbers that shoppers often see on produce items such as apples, bananas, and oranges (as ...

Those small, often-overlooked produce stickers on apples, bananas, and avocados hold more information than most shoppers realize. Managed through a global labeling system, these tags help retailers ...

Whenever you grab an apple and prepare to bite into it, you've probably noticed a little sticker attached to the fruit with a row of four or five numbers on it. That string of digits is something ...

You’ve no doubt removed countless stickers from fruits and vegetables over the decades. Have you ever stopped to wonder what the numbers mean? Perhaps you thought the numbers on fruit stickers were ...

Those little produce stickers are ubiquitous fruits and vegetables everywhere. But, as CBC notes, they’re actually a significant problem despite their small size. Produce stickers carry price look-up ...

And what’s it there for, anyway? A registered dietitian weighs in. When stocking up on apples, bananas, and avocados at the grocery store, you’ve likely noticed that many fruits and vegetables come ...