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I don’t know if this applies to all the 40 countries Tupperware is selling to, but at least here in Germany, the need to „eintuppern“ (to put something into a T
by pflenker 2y ago
I don’t know if this applies to all the 40 countries Tupperware is selling to, but at least here in Germany, the need to „eintuppern“ (to put something into a Tupperware container) has massively decreased. Up until the 90s it was much more common to cook in abundance e.g. on the weekend and store the leftovers to eaten throughout the week or even deep frozen. These days it is much more common to cook only what you intend to eat right away.
At the same time, the trend went away from buying huge packs of stuff that need to be put in a container to not go stale, towards buying smaller-sized packages, for a multitude of reasons.
- closewith 2y agoIn Ireland, it feels like everyone's going the opposite direction. Smaller families with more leftovers, more meal prep, far wider range of ingredients used and kept for longer, and a bigger focus on food safety. I'm not sure I know anyone who doesn't use loads of containers. That said, the German low cost supermarkets sell much cheaper food containers and if you want higher end, brands like Sistema always seem to be better value than Tupperware.
- chx 2y agoAccording to https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/which-food-storage-containers-dont-leak-a2TqD3G2gDVo https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/which-food-storage-cont... the Ikea 365+ ones are some of the best and they are stupid cheap.
- Macacity 2y agoYes, I am using only the IKEA ones and they are great
- nabla9 2y agoAll that is true, but food containers still sell. People have lunch boxes etc. Tupperware has not innovated, patents have expired. Same injection mold plastics that eventually gets color stains from the food. Cheap knockoffs everywhere. Higher quality plastic containers available. Tupperware brand is associated with grandmothers and valued only by them. Younger people don't buy them. People who are ready to pay more use metallic containers or borosilicate glass containers with plastic lid. Buy one with good silicone-rubber seal lid and they last forever. There is nothing going on with Tupperware.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoI actually really wanted to buy Tupperware,specifically because it lasted. Imagine my surprise when it turned out I'd need to go to a Tupperware party to do so.
- eloisant 2y agoBuy glass containers with silicon lids instead. They also last but don't get stained by the food you put inside.
- Hikikomori 2y agoThe ones from Ikea are great. Lid also works for a large variety of containers.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoYeah that's what I ended up with.
- Iulioh 2y agoFrom a sustainability standpoint ikea is the way to go. They have the glass containers and even plastic if you want something more light. They are safely impilable (the lid is a little shallow) The best thing about them is the fact that you can buy the lids and containers separately (the hinges of the lids tend to break after sometime)
- timeon 2y ago> Tupperware brand is associated with grandmothers Where I'm from Tupperware is associated more with multilevel marketing. While plastic containers are common Tupperware branded are not.
- martin_a 2y agoThe biggest problem with Tupperware, at least for a long time, was their multi level distribution network, I think. Tupperware was only available on those "Tupperpartys" but I don't want to sit through a whole evening when I only want to buy some containers. I think they have shifted to selling online, too, but they really missed the train and now it's too late. Qualitywise Tupperware is really great I think. I'm still using containers my mother bought at least 20 years ago.