# Do you remove stickers from produce? Other purchases? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550 "2023-03-01T17:32:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550/41 "2023-03-02T04:37:45Z")
> [@fordgt100](#): > > Seems like a dumb idea to me. Do the grocers think people are so stupid that they can’t tell a banana from an apple? Can you tell the difference between an apple and an organic apple? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550/42 "2023-03-02T06:27:57Z")
I ignore produce stickers. They don’t get in the way when I peel a orange or banana. I also ignore stickers on household cleaners, cereal boxes etc. I remove stickers on glassware and items that I’ll use long term. I wouldn’t want a sticker or label left on a lamp or clothing. Clothing tags bug me. It’s such a pain cutting them off. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550/43 "2023-03-02T06:57:14Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > I had to do a double take on this as I wondered just what exactly it was that you were composting here. Sometimes the stickers are on the peel of a banana which gets removed and put into the compost bin. We eat butternut squash that we grow, so no sticker, but if we bought it we might get sticker in with the skin which you remove before cutting it into cubes. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550/44 "2023-03-02T07:00:51Z")
Not close to produce, but some used bookstores put easy to remove price stickers on their books (yay!) and others put impossible to remove ones on (boo!) I remove them unless doing so would damage the cover more than it was damaged by sticking an impossible to remove sticker on. I collect books and so I care. If I was going to donate or resell them, I wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550/45 "2023-03-02T11:57:41Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Can you tell the difference between an apple and an organic apple I get your point, but IME the organic apples look less pretty. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550/46 "2023-03-02T17:04:09Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > If I am going to eat that part of the produce (i.e. apple) then I remove the stickers. For oranges, bananas, etc. where it will just be discarded with the peel I leave them be. Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550/47 "2023-03-02T19:19:15Z")
I was going to say avocados, but I couldn’t remember if they sell those. I don’t buy organic stuff usually ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550/48 "2023-03-02T19:34:25Z")
They can print edible labels on stuff now but stickers are probably still more cost effective. I remove then just before use. I haven’t found any all that difficult to remove from produce though occasionally it’s hard to get them off a tomato without tearing the skin. Drives me crazy that C-clamps often have a sticker attached to the threads on the clamping mechanism. They don’t peel off easily and residue left on the threads can collect dirt and jam up the clamp. If it’s a peelable sticker on a flat surface I don’t mind, otherwise I’m annoyed if I have to spend time cleaning up from a sticker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550.md?page=2)