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Despite the auctioneer lowering the starting bid to just 50p, nobody bid and the item was unsold.

A recent spate of national media coverage has even asked why some people "hate" Gail's so much, focusing on everything from who owns it to what it does with unsold pastries.

"Elsewhere, the price rises are much more modest and sellers need to price their homes carefully or risk seeing them stuck unsold on the shelf."

The majority of unsold products had been withdrawn from shelves, according to AFP, and the company was in the process of withdrawing the rest.

For unsold solitary bananas, more likely to be thrown away than their unsold bunched counterparts, are one of the most wasted types of food.