Whole Foods under fire for selling peeled oranges in plastic containers

People are slamming Whole Foods after a photo on social media showed peeled oranges in plastic containers in one of their stores.

Critics say the grocer is wasting plastic and money. According to analysis site Statista, the containers sold for $5.99 per pound.

Twitter user Nathalie Gordon tweeted:

"If only nature would find a way to cover these oranges so we didn't need to waste so much plastic on them."

Whole Foods responded to the tweet:

"Definitely our mistake. These have been pulled. We hear you, and we will leave them in their natural packaging: the peel."

Whole Foods, with its stated "Green Mission," has made a policy of dialing down waste and banning plastic bags.