...America is dominated by chain grocery stores who sell the majority of our food and simply put the more food you throw out the more money they make to this end they have two main weapons.
First, "best by" dates everyone knows them but, fun fact: those are not regulated meaning they can set the date to any number they want getting you to toss good food out!
Second, those misters that spray over the. vegetables making them look all shiny and tasty actually ruin the produce making them rot faster by introducing unneeded moisture.