Customers' fury over plastic packaging on Lidl peeled onions

Lidl has come under fire for selling peeled onions wrapped in "unnecessary" plastic packaging.

The budget supermarket chain is selling "naked onions" which are "ready to cook".

Lidl UK is displaying the peeled onions in a plastic tray wrapped in plastic.

Environmentally conscious customers have flooded the German seller with complaints about the use of plastic, pointing out that onions have their own natural packaging.

Others said people who buy the naked onions are "lazy".

David Rose tweeted: "Just as I was singing the praises of Lidl and their wonderful unwrapped veg, I come across this monstrosity - naked onions!!!

"Remove the perfectly good protection and then add plastic protection. Unacceptable Lidl."

Winnie Courtene-Jones posted: "Found this #pointlessplastic monstrosity in Lidl this morning. Seriously?!"

Olivia Hamilton added: "Unbelievable that anyone is so lazy that they would buy peeled onions!!"

A Lidl spokesman told Sky News the supermarket is trialling the onions in some of its stores and will consider all customer feedback as part of its attempt "to meet consumer demand and market trends".

He said the peeled onions are "equivalent to pre-prepared options already available at other supermarkets".

The spokesman added: "At Lidl we are proud to have one of the highest proportions of loose fruit and vegetables of all British supermarkets, and continually test and trial the removal of packaging throughout the range.

"We remain mindful that packaging can be beneficial in optimising shelf life and helping to reduce food waste, both in store and at home, so we are also working closely with both our suppliers and industry partners WRAP, to increase the proportion of recyclable material used."