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Michelle Cehn snapped the photo at a Whole Foods in Oakland and posted it on Facebook with the comment: "You have GOT to be kidding me. More ridiculous than $9 spa water. Humans, you cray!"
Then #orangegate went really viral when Twitter user Nathalie G. tweeted the photo and included the sarcastic comment: "If only nature would find a way to cover these oranges so we didn't need to waste so much plastic on them."
If only nature would find a way to cover these oranges so we didn't need to waste so much plastic on them. pic.twitter.com/00YECaHB4D
— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) March 3, 2016
Whole Foods responded on Twitter saying in part, "Definitely our mistake."
@awlilnatty Definitely our mistake. These have been pulled. We hear you, and we will leave them in their natural packaging: the peel.
— Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) March 3, 2016
They said they've pulled them and will leave them in their original packaging -- the peel.
#orangegate pic.twitter.com/cVn2xpkr85
— Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) March 4, 2016
The most hilarious bit about #orangegate? The people tweeting me who think I don't know that oranges actually do have a peel.
— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) March 4, 2016
