Tupperware - soon to be history?

3lb, I think, Callistemon. Or 1.5kilo in new money. .

I fell down a Tupperware wormhole earlier after there was a link on a news website. The price! 😱

SueDonim

Good point, Callistemon about over-priced v VFM. As my Tupperware has disappeared (often mysteriously reappearing in my DD’s kitchen ) I’ve replaced it with the Lakeland version. It isn’t as good, though, and it’s been sent to a charity shop.

I bought some Lock and Lock, which is quite good, although I sometimes find it hard to open/close. But that seems to have disappeared from our local shelves, though I’ve got enough for now.

Were your flour containers the three round ones of differing sizes? If so, I had those as well. I finally ditched them last year when the particular went sticky and they couldn’t be properly cleaned.

My flour containers are the tall rectangular ones which took an imperial weight bag of flour exactly, SueDonim - was it 2lbs?

I use a couple of 1960s Tupperware containers on a regular basis, they are as good as new. I also use a jug for mixing up houseplant feed.

My mother used to go to occasional Tupperware parties. I think she enjoyed them and wasn't the sort of person to be pressured into anything.

plastic went sticky.

Good point, Callistemon about over-priced v VFM. As my Tupperware has disappeared (often mysteriously reappearing in my DD’s kitchen ) I’ve replaced it with the Lakeland version. It isn’t as good, though, and it’s been sent to a charity shop.

I bought some Lock and Lock, which is quite good, although I sometimes find it hard to open/close. But that seems to have disappeared from our local shelves, though I’ve got enough for now.

Were your flour containers the three round ones of differing sizes? If so, I had those as well. I finally ditched them last year when the particular went sticky and they couldn’t be properly cleaned.

I have Tupperware which is over 50 years old. I use it regularly and it is still in perfect condition. As they say it doesn't owe me a penny.

I read about this in the paper today too - for the first time I discovered there was a Mr Tuper! Apparently a full set is now £150+, but I think it’s been a victim of it’s own success, as ‘we’ are all saying we’ve been using the same set for 40 years. The bread store thing is heavily advertised on shopping channels.

Callistemon21

Freya5

Living in Germany, Tupperware parties were a chance to get to know other service families. Great fun, and never bought every time. Containers and a serving dish. Alas no more. They were also more robust than todays plastic, and guaranteed for quite a while if I remember.

Yes, very popular with service wives as a way of getting to know people when you move around.
No, you didn't have to buy anything

The 'Sales person/leader' would always say things like 'your friend has invited you and the only reward she will get will depend on how much you buy. so please buy lots to be fair to your host' - kind of stuff. Cringe-worthy, and if you didn't buy you would be made to feel very mean.

I’ve got a couple of Tupperware jugs, one of which was picked up from a charity shop, a long Tupperware spoon that I still use all the time. I did find though that, as a young mother, I used to go to Tupperware parties out of loneliness and end up buying things that I couldn’t really afford. Tupperware had a huge sales drive recently which obviously didn’t work, probably because it’s still horrendously expensive.

GrannyGravy13

gillgran I have been using mine in the microwave and dishwasher for nearly 40 years never had a problem.

We won't have invalidated the guarantee then, GrannyGravy!

gillgran I have been using mine in the microwave and dishwasher for nearly 40 years never had a problem.

I use Tupperware for flour, rice, sugar, pasta, nuts and other baking ingredients, regularly use the jelly mould and other containers rather than cling film. Definitely had my monies worth.

Lakeland’s containers are good quality, I am not a fan of any round containers as they take up far too much room in fridge/freezer.

In the mid-60's, my sister was involved in selling Tupperware.
I think my mother bought most of it..!! I acquired a lot of it in 1968 when I got married!
I can't remember how long the guarantee was, but I'm still using it almost 55 years later!
I seem to recall it wasn't suitable for microwaves nor dishwashers in those days, so maybe that lad to it's decline here?

I have my mums Tupperware rolling pin that can be filled with cold water
Presumably to roll out pastry.

Freya5

Living in Germany, Tupperware parties were a chance to get to know other service families. Great fun, and never bought every time. Containers and a serving dish. Alas no more. They were also more robust than todays plastic, and guaranteed for quite a while if I remember.

Yes, very popular with service wives as a way of getting to know people when you move around.
No, you didn't have to buy anything

Living in Germany, Tupperware parties were a chance to get to know other service families. Great fun, and never bought every time. Containers and a serving dish. Alas no more. They were also more robust than todays plastic, and guaranteed for quite a while if I remember.

I still use some cereal containers that I bought at a party many many years ago. They were well made and do last. Haven’t heard of Tupperware for years though.

SueDonim

That’s a blast from the past! I remember the parties, looking for the cheapest item on the price list to buy.

Having said which, I still use some containers from 40 years ago and I’ve never found anything that is quite as good as a Tupperware.

Is something over-priced or is it good value for money, bearing in mind that so many similar items are much poorer quality and end up in the recycling bin?

Wheniwasyourage

I'm another one who thought it was history already! The storage boxes , colander and butter dish I bought at parties have lasted me for years and are still going strong.

I've only just got rid of the butter dish but the matching cheese container is still in use.

As are the flour containers I bought just a couple of weeks after we were married - how old are they?

The last one I went to was in Australia as they were still going strong over there, but I didn't order anything as the prices did seem extortionate now, especially as so many alternatives are available in shops and online.

of not being a very nice person

That’s a blast from the past! I remember the parties, looking for the cheapest item on the price list to buy.

Having said which, I still use some containers from 40 years ago and I’ve never found anything that is quite as good as a Tupperware.

I was so very lucky to have my French MiL give me three small Tupperware containers for my thirtieth birthday. I still have them. My ex never said anything to his mother but when our DD turned 30 and I advised him not to buy 3 Tupperware containers, he accused me of being very nice person.

Kate1949

I agree Fleurpepper. Women in the flats where we lived as newlyweds were always having them. I felt obliged to go and buy something. I had a useless Party Susan or something at one point.

Oh yes, you definitely felt obliged to buy something. I got dragged along to a couple by my MiL and came back with some weird kind of pickle fork or something. I think now you can buy similar stuff almost anywhere - even in the pound shops, so I'm not surprised Tupperware itself is struggling.

Mamie

Very popular in France - there was an item on the lunchtime news today. They pronounce it Toopairwaar and I have even beein invited to the parties. 😂

A French friend asked me years ago to bring her a 'mattercar' catalogue from UK. I asked her what it was and she said 'you know, the shope that sells stuff for babies'!

I always refused to have one of those parties myself, as I never wanted to put that kind of pressure on friends and neighbours.

In some parts of Europe, they changed the name to a very different kind of sales parties '*uckerware' (yes, with an 'F'). Never been to one though.

I'm another one who thought it was history already! The storage boxes , colander and butter dish I bought at parties have lasted me for years and are still going strong.