Stupid Product Contest! - Millions in prizes*

I'm starting a competition to describe the most wasteful product or packaging that you have observed recently. I'll split this into two parts, you can enter either or both and as many times as you wish. One is actual wasteful packaging and the other is imaginary products that you propose that are even more wasteful. Extra points if one of your outrageous ideas actually turns up for sale in the future.

I'll start off with a couple of my own examples to give the flavor (but don't think you have to restrict yours to grocery items).

*The "millions in prizes" are the millions of kudos you gain from those who read and vote for your contributions to this diary. Some things are just worth more than money - praise is one of them.

My "how dumb can it get" moment was triggered by an ad for individually wrapped prunes that I saw yesterday. Apparently this is being promoted as a new snack food "item". Other recent innovations I've seen include individual shrink wrapped potatoes and rigid plastic containers of salad greens. I could go on, but you get the idea.

For the other group I'm going to suggest green peas packaged in a zippered plastic "pod". This will eliminate the need to struggle with nature's own casing and the number and quality of the peas can be carefully controlled. I think five peas to a "pod" would be the proper number.