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First Madoff, now Tupperware parties - pyramid schemes are having a hard time ;-). I wonder if the decline of Tupperware's plastic container use has to do with

by jll29 2y ago

First Madoff, now Tupperware parties - pyramid schemes are having a hard time ;-). I wonder if the decline of Tupperware's plastic container use has to do with the fact that people either cook afresh, for 1-2 meals max, use microwaves to heat up ready meals from supermarkets (instead of "cook on Sunday, eat for the whole week") or they go out and grab fast food. Or people are saving by buying unbranded Chinese plastic containers.

piva00 2y ago
Personally I just stopped using plastic containers and have sets of glass ones, mostly French Pyrex ones which are still made of borosilicate glass. I can cook in a large one (things like lasagna), put in the fridge/freezer and back into the oven without caring it might break. Don't really enjoy how stained plastic containers get with sauces and stuff either, they never "felt" clean afterwards.
- jaeckel 2y ago
  Absolutely this. Less microplastic FTW. For lasagna we cook the ragu etc for multiple times eating, then we prepare the glass boxes as if they went to the oven, but put them to the freezer. Finishing this is basically: put the box from the freezer to the oven, then turn on the oven and bake for ~75minutes instead of the usual 60. IKEA and DM (in Germany) have also nice glass boxes which are not as expensive as the Pyrex ones, but especially the cover of the Pyrex are better IMO.
Hamuko 2y ago
Where can I even buy a Tupperware container if I don't wanna go hang out in someone's home for an hour?
- AStonesThrow 2y ago
  A thrift store? eBay?
mathgeek 2y ago
I think it’s a combination of things. There is more competition, the brand is not trendy with younger generations, plastic containers are neither stylish nor considered healthy, the company is probably typical of most older brands in regards to inertia and mismanagement, etc. I imagine many folks associate Tupperware with “those old stained and warped plastic lids in the back of the cupboard”.

by jll29 2y ago

piva00 2y ago

Personally I just stopped using plastic containers and have sets of glass ones, mostly French Pyrex ones which are still made of borosilicate glass. I can cook in a large one (things like lasagna), put in the fridge/freezer and back into the oven without caring it might break. Don't really enjoy how stained plastic containers get with sauces and stuff either, they never "felt" clean afterwards.

jaeckel 2y ago
Absolutely this. Less microplastic FTW. For lasagna we cook the ragu etc for multiple times eating, then we prepare the glass boxes as if they went to the oven, but put them to the freezer. Finishing this is basically: put the box from the freezer to the oven, then turn on the oven and bake for ~75minutes instead of the usual 60. IKEA and DM (in Germany) have also nice glass boxes which are not as expensive as the Pyrex ones, but especially the cover of the Pyrex are better IMO.

Hamuko 2y ago

Where can I even buy a Tupperware container if I don't wanna go hang out in someone's home for an hour?

AStonesThrow 2y ago
A thrift store? eBay?

mathgeek 2y ago

I think it’s a combination of things. There is more competition, the brand is not trendy with younger generations, plastic containers are neither stylish nor considered healthy, the company is probably typical of most older brands in regards to inertia and mismanagement, etc. I imagine many folks associate Tupperware with “those old stained and warped plastic lids in the back of the cupboard”.