Took a day trip to a farmstand today. Their vidalia onions all had labels on them like this and no other fruit or vegetable did, not even other onions.
Took a day trip to a farmstand today. Their vidalia onions all had labels on them like this and no other fruit or vegetable did, not even other onions.
I love them and where I live now I have to hunt them down. They are different tho
F2PClashMaster on
probably too many people trying to pay regular yellow onion prices for the vidalia onions
01101110-01100001 on
r/onionlovers
catdogfox on
Interesting. They’re out of season now, so I would question it.
Also, plu 4166 (which you can see on the sticker) is for general sweet onions. Vidalias are plu 4159.
cincyshawn on
You have to give credit to the Vidalia Factory they came from. Why do they already have barcodes if they are at a farm stand?
Esturk on
So I imagine the reason they’re labeled is because you can only market them as Vidalia onions if they come from specific areas in GA.
You can grow them in other places, but you can’t use the Vidalia name when selling them if they’re grown elsewhere.
Born-Work2089 on
Vidalia is a trademarked brand/type of onion. This was done to prevent copycats.
Code_NY on
Confused my brain for a sec coz it almost looks like the label and text Google translate adds to images
kd7kxw on
Walla Walla are the superior sweet onion
Wheresmyburrito_60 on
Someone has a new label maker
rubseb on
It’s rather strict. If they’re not from a specific region in Georgia, you can only call them sparkling yellow onions.
FnordRanger_5 on
“Do you guys have vidalia onions?”
bekisuki on
Well, they are the best onions
CaitieLou_52 on
It’s the different text sizes on the stickers that gets me lol.
tomwhoiscontrary on
Helvetica onions.
Maiyku on
Ex-produce manager here!
So it looks like these onions are properly labeled already, because you can see the tiny little PLU stickers on them.
This leads me to believe they are having issues with identification at checkout. It’s possible that the cashiers themselves could’ve complained (more rare) or they are having issues at the self checkout with people typing in the “cheaper” options instead (more likely).
There’s really no other reason to label those onions like that and the large print makes it much easier for a cashier or self checkout attendant to catch.
PeacemakerBravo on
Former produce associate for an Iowa-based grocery chain:
Yellow Onions and Sweet Onions are different. Vidalia is a specific brand of Sweet Onion, so the tag is being used to differentiate this basket of onions from the basket of yellow onions that look similar or other brands of sweet onions.
When I started in produce, we would wrap them in heatseal plastic wrap. Eventually, that changed to giving them a line of red tape around the onion.
edwardothegreatest on
So they don’t get mixed in with common onions
OkArgument4487 on
The Vidalia onions are a sweet onion. I can see someone mistakenly purchasing one. They were expecting a yellow onion and instead you got something sweeter. Could really mess up someone’s recipes.
bigwig500 on
They are LYING!!
SubstantialWarning61 on
I can guarantee you;
Supervisor to new employee; make sure the box full of Vandalia onions gets labeled this time. There are 4 boxes of onions that need to be labeled. Here are the 4 labels.
New employee; Why did I only get 4 labels when each onion needs to labeled? Prints 396 more labels.
Supervisor; WTF?!
New Employee; Don’t mention it. I took the initiative to print more labels for you! I didn’t tell anyone you shorted me on labels.
Vidalia onions are the superior onions and people don’t want them confused with yellow onions, or worse, Walla Walla Onions…
JeremyAndrewErwin on
My grocery likes to ring up Vidalia as yellow onions. (and vice versa). Probably wreaks havoc with their inventory.
Vidalia onions are sweet, without browning, yellow onions don’t break down in a stew or a curry. Neither is inherently more valuable.
Comfortable_Candy649 on
There are sweet onions that aren’t Vidalias. My store never has Vidas but always has generic “sweet”. Vidalia is a trademark, so they should be identified.
ArguablyMe on
Silly. (Said with affection, not derision) Of course none of the other things had that label, they weren’t Vidalia Onions.
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Try one and you might see why. 😉
I love them and where I live now I have to hunt them down. They are different tho
probably too many people trying to pay regular yellow onion prices for the vidalia onions
r/onionlovers
Interesting. They’re out of season now, so I would question it.
Also, plu 4166 (which you can see on the sticker) is for general sweet onions. Vidalias are plu 4159.
You have to give credit to the Vidalia Factory they came from. Why do they already have barcodes if they are at a farm stand?
So I imagine the reason they’re labeled is because you can only market them as Vidalia onions if they come from specific areas in GA.
You can grow them in other places, but you can’t use the Vidalia name when selling them if they’re grown elsewhere.
Vidalia is a trademarked brand/type of onion. This was done to prevent copycats.
Confused my brain for a sec coz it almost looks like the label and text Google translate adds to images
Walla Walla are the superior sweet onion
Someone has a new label maker
It’s rather strict. If they’re not from a specific region in Georgia, you can only call them sparkling yellow onions.
“Do you guys have vidalia onions?”
Well, they are the best onions
It’s the different text sizes on the stickers that gets me lol.
Helvetica onions.
Ex-produce manager here!
So it looks like these onions are properly labeled already, because you can see the tiny little PLU stickers on them.
This leads me to believe they are having issues with identification at checkout. It’s possible that the cashiers themselves could’ve complained (more rare) or they are having issues at the self checkout with people typing in the “cheaper” options instead (more likely).
There’s really no other reason to label those onions like that and the large print makes it much easier for a cashier or self checkout attendant to catch.
Former produce associate for an Iowa-based grocery chain:
Yellow Onions and Sweet Onions are different. Vidalia is a specific brand of Sweet Onion, so the tag is being used to differentiate this basket of onions from the basket of yellow onions that look similar or other brands of sweet onions.
When I started in produce, we would wrap them in heatseal plastic wrap. Eventually, that changed to giving them a line of red tape around the onion.
So they don’t get mixed in with common onions
The Vidalia onions are a sweet onion. I can see someone mistakenly purchasing one. They were expecting a yellow onion and instead you got something sweeter. Could really mess up someone’s recipes.
They are LYING!!
I can guarantee you;
Supervisor to new employee; make sure the box full of Vandalia onions gets labeled this time. There are 4 boxes of onions that need to be labeled. Here are the 4 labels.
New employee; Why did I only get 4 labels when each onion needs to labeled? Prints 396 more labels.
Supervisor; WTF?!
New Employee; Don’t mention it. I took the initiative to print more labels for you! I didn’t tell anyone you shorted me on labels.
This is how it would go down at where I work.
[Relevant xkcd](https://xkcd.com/262/)
Vidalia onions are the superior onions and people don’t want them confused with yellow onions, or worse, Walla Walla Onions…
My grocery likes to ring up Vidalia as yellow onions. (and vice versa). Probably wreaks havoc with their inventory.
Vidalia onions are sweet, without browning, yellow onions don’t break down in a stew or a curry. Neither is inherently more valuable.
There are sweet onions that aren’t Vidalias. My store never has Vidas but always has generic “sweet”. Vidalia is a trademark, so they should be identified.
Silly. (Said with affection, not derision) Of course none of the other things had that label, they weren’t Vidalia Onions.