The bright side

Following up from my last post about excessive packaging, it does have its good points.

If you buy cakes or desserts from a food hall or cake shop, the staff will ask you how long until you get home. This is so they can work out how many packs of ice to give you. If you buy a piece of cake, it will come in a box, wrapped in a piece of cardboard so it doesn't touch the edges of the box, and nestled next to little packs of ice to keep the cake cold. This box will then usually be put in a plastic bag (etc etc). But the ice idea is really great.

It's not only for cakes. A lot of larger supermarkets have an ice section. That is, after you've gone through the checkout with your purchases, you can help yourself to a free bag of ice, to tuck in with your perishables. Useful if you've got a long trip home, it's summer, etc. You can even get dry ice so that it doesn't fill the bag with water when it melts! How cool is this!