Tupperware has gone bust

Fond memories of Tupperware Parties, I still a e the blue and red shape sorter ball along with the newer version which is pale blue and violet.

I use Tupperware containers in my dry store cupboard for rice, flours, sugar dried fruit etc, along with their jelly mould and many more.

What a shame.

Oh those Tupperware parties!
The plastic cups with sealable lids and lettuce crisper containers.
I suppose it is because every store now does a cheaper version of it, and also plastic is no longer popular.

That is a shame, as an RAF wife we attended and had plenty of these parties, good social occasions and I too got the shape ball amongst other items, non left now though.

Tupperware lasting forever with much cheaper alternatives now available have brought about Tupperware's demise. I found the little gadgets they gave out at parties were really useful.

Like many of you I am also still using tupperware. My aunt was an agent(?) - she sold the stuff - and was for ever asking me to host yet another 'party' because the more parties she organised the more money she earned.
Quite frankly I think by the time she finished she'd spent more on buying items for herself than she earned.
Sorry to see it go after all these years.

I believe the company wanted to keep it quiet, you know, keep a lid on it. However they couldn't find one to fit.
I'll get my coat

Amazingly durable stuff and very well made. It's a pity that they were driven out by cheaper (and probably inferior) imitations, although some people still call any plastic lidded food container Tupperware. Yes, I do remember that toy, and the Tupperware parties.

Reusable takeaway boxes are great for storage and putting stuff in the freezer .... I have a pile of them in my cupboard. They must have taken a lot of the trade from Tupperware?
The parties were fun but not as 'surprising' (and shocking) as Ann Summers parties.

I confess that at first I tried to avoid them, but then I saw a friend's child with a lovely toy, a red and blue ball shape with holes you fitted different yellow shapes

We had one f those, the DC then the DGC all enjoyed playing with it.

The first Tupperware party I went to was when I'd been married for just a fortnight, had moved somewhere new and one of the other wives in married quarters thought it would be a good opportunity for me to meet others.
I still use some of the containers I bought thst evening.

The jelly mould, GrannyGravy! I haven't used it for years, but it was a very clever idea. 😀

I only ever went to one party where I felt obliged to purchase something . Came away with a 'rice cooker' - never did get rice to cook in it

Here are my heroic survivors- crackers tub and 🧵 stuff, 45 years old!

I also utilise take away containers and large plastic yogurt containers, the sort like a plastic bucket.
I never throw away a good container. Tins that had biscuits in them etc., I always keep. Glass jars for jam making or keeping odds and sods in, my DH uses them to store different sizes of screws/nails in his shed.

As a young mum in the 70s I recall the seemingly endless invitations to Tupperware parties. Also Pippa Dee parties for clothing. Does anyone remember them? Just googled and found this amusing article about Tupperware and Pippa Dee parties.
popandcrisps.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/pippa-dee-and-the-tupperware-mountain/

Vintage Tupperware isn't all safe to use as it often had what we now know to be cancerous chemicals in it.
The chemicals included lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and BPA. They can leach into food and obviously are not suitable for babies.

If you want to check if your Tupperware is BPA-free, check the bottom of the container. Any number 1 through 6 means it is BPA-free, but a 7 means there might be BPA in that product.

I don't know how to check for other chemicals to be honest.

One of my lovely friends in America used to occasionally (if prompted) do a little "skit" on the "egg-pot." This was apparently the perfect container for taking a single hard boiled egg from place to place.

I can't hear or read the word Tupperware without thinking of her.

I’ve never been to a Tupperware party ( I did go to an Anne Summers one though) my Mum did, she bought one of those cake carrier things and some measuring spoons. The carrier was used a lot as she baked, not so the spoons, they just took up space in a drawer.

I still have many of mine in daily use from around forty years. Great product.

Though they disappeared years ago?
I did have a few beakers for my DC as they washed well in the Dishwasher.
But not much else.
The name will linger, as people still refer to plastic containers as "Tupperware".

Yes, Tupperware has become the generic name for any plastic container- so the name will carry on…..

The parties were still happening here in France until a few years ago. It is called toopairwaar. 😂

Im still using Tupperware appliances after forty years! The fridge jug is going strong and the "free" items too. One is a small gadget for removing a boiled egg from hot water, another is a very effective gadget for "separating" an egg. I wish modern products were as good.

Is anybody surprised?
Built -in obsolescence is essential to the success of a brand ie the need to replace items - so the company can sell more.
As we have seen, Tupperware lasts for ever and there’s only so much one household can accommodate (I know, that’s probable me)
But I am sorry , Lock&Lock are much more boring and not really any cheaper (other brands are available )

I had a lovely Tupperware jelly mould with different patterns on the top, I used it to make jellies and blancmanges for children and grandchildren many times I over the years, it always worked perfectly when the jelly or blancmange was set and I took it out of the mould because the top was removable. I gave it to my daughter-in-law eventually. I had other pieces but that is the one that stands out.

The Tupperware company might have gone bust but the four or five things I still use regularly are still in perfect order.