My Grandma was a Tupperware salesperson way back in the day. She loved it so much it became a part of her identity. We still have some of her old containers that are pushing three to five decades old. They're built like tanks. RIP Grandma 💗
@@sarysa Not to sound harsh, but I suspect cancer may have played a role in alot of peoples deaths using early plastic products. Modern plastics are still bad for health, but older ones before regulations were horrific.
Online business is over- hyped for starters. There is so much choice with the Chinese flooding every market they can with substantially cheaper products in this category.
It's insane they said that live demo is the way to go as people might be intimidate by plastic container, while in fact I had been using such containers before I know Tupperware. rofl
I got a story for you! About 15-20 years ago, I was trying to buy some new Tupperware for my mom. Problem was I couldn't find any online (for reasons you mentioned) and nobody in my area was selling any. So I tried making multiple deals with people from other areas, trying to get stuff like a lettuce holder and some microwave ware. I got some lady blacklisted for trying to sell on Yahoo Auctions because she used her full name as the seller. I even tried driving 2 hours to go to a Tupperware party after RSVPing, but the lady wouldn't let me in the door because I wasn't a neighbor. I eventually gave up, and I feel bad about it
I've been trying to find the green lettuce container with the domed lid and removable bottom spike for years! I got my mom's, but it finally cracked and died in 2006 (she did buy it in the late 60s!). I've always tried to find the cheese container that held a 32 ounce block of Velveeta perfectly as well😮
Another reason Tupperware failed is because the quality went downhill. I still have Tupperware from the 70's where as Tupperware from just a few years ago doesn't seal properly or is cracked. Just turned to junk.
@@katv1195 For similar reasons at least one brand of plastic wrap no longer clings as well, and/or is more permeable than it used to be. In that case I believe it was some plasticizer that was banned, because it produces a highly toxic chemical when incinerated.
You are 100% right about the quality going down, still have containers from 53 years ago and they are doing great, above all we are still alive and healthy so I do not believe the contamination BS.
@johannakamstra-schickendan7380 recalled or modified products don't need to be guaranteed dangerous, just potentially. It's a liability to take the chance
I think them not leaving the mlm model behind and selling only online and in stores hurt them a ton. If they stopped that in the 90s/early 2000s I feel like they’d be more popular.
I don’t think they accounted for generational shifts, and also the gender of potential customers. My mom went to these parties when I was a young as did the moms of many of my friends. But neither I, nor anyone I know, has any inclination to attend a Tupperware party. If we could have just walked into Walmart and bought it, or these days ordered it on Amazon, we probably would have.
@@Mehwhatevr Absolutely. I don't want to have to deal with an MLM 'hun' in order to buy a product. I just want to go to a store or go online and purchase it without being pressured to buy more product I don't want/need or to join the hun's downline so s/he can make money off me.
I feel like that model worked when society as a whole was more apt to going places. Like malls and recc centers. Now people socialize at work and church and random drug/alcohol parties.
I am unaware of any millennial hosting or attending a Tupperware party. That said, when I got married in 2005, I registered at Target for a set of Rubbermaid containers as well as a few Corning ware because there was no true Tupperware for sale. A few years later, I ended up buying one of those As Seen On TV stackable lazy susan style container sets, and for bigger stuff have found myself reusing plastic containers previously sold as actual frozen food products, as they seal pretty well and store easy. Basically, unless they were hand me downs, an entire generation missed out on owning the product.
Tupperware was ubiquitous in my childhood in the late 70’s and 80’s-it’s shocking how they just ignored the world as the world changed and not ONE CEO there thought to adapt until 2022??!! When i saw Tupperware in my local Target, i bought a set immediately! Tupperware should have put their products in stores YEARS before they did-i am a gen x’r who heard about the superiority of Tupperware from my grandmother and mom and was happy to have an opportunity to buy it without dealing with a party or some pushy MLM person. Tupperware has some products that other companies still dont offer, pickle keepers, things like that-if they get someone energetic and forward thinking in there, they may be able to save the company. I hope so for the employees sake
The issue is that no one wants to deal with MLM in the modern world. If I need a food container, I can just go to one of a dozen stores and buy one. If it breaks or gets melted by the heating element in the dishwasher Ill throw it out and get a new one. No need for a sales person, just a trip to the store. Their stuff is really good quality but it's an expensive hassle to buy it.
@@LordOfElysium Huh? Tupperware's independent contractors recruit other stay at home moms to sell for them and they collect a large chunk of their revenue. These moms then go and recruit more and so on. Literally the definition of an MLM. Unfortunately, none of this scummy stuff was mentioned in the video for some reason.
@@handsanitizeroos5235 Sorry to tell you, but that definition of mlm is also like.. kinda just the definition of how capitalism work. :/ It’s like any other job is what I’m trying to say.
@@LordOfElysium No, MLM is not "like any other job." The entire structure of MLMs is designed to ensure that the vast majority of people in the company lose money so that a tiny fraction of the people at the very top of the pyramid make boatloads of cash. Also, MLMs are now becoming more frequently understood to be commercial cults. According to the FTC, who is unfortunately in bed with the MLM lobbying group "Direct Selling Association," you have better odds of making money gambling in Vegas than you do of earning a profit (even a single dollar) in ANY MLM. Over 99% of people who join an MLM lose money. In "any other job" you get paid for your work and don't have a 99% chance of losing money after being hired. In MLMs, you are only paid when you make a sale or, more commonly, when you recruit someone else into the pyramid. People in MLMs can spend 80+ hours a week prospecting, trying to recruit or make a sale and not earn a single penny for their efforts. And they are often heavily pressured to spend money on the company's products, whether that's to "be a product of the product" or to artificially reach sales goals to rank up. I highly recommend checking out Julie Anderson's channel here on UA-cam for some really interesting insight into the world of MLM and the MLM "coaching" industry that feeds off the high failure rates and cult brainwashing tactics MLMs use, to beat it further into people's heads that, when they inevitably fail to make money, it isn't the MLM business model that's at fault, it's their own mindset that's failed them.
@@LordOfElysiumMLMs put more incentive on recruiting than selling the product. Its the opposite of how capitalism works, as you are recruiting more competition for yourself, making it harder to make money through selling. I recommend Hannah Alonzo for some deepdives into MLMs and how they differ from other jobs that seem similar on the surface. Hope this helps!
You mean using the same business model as the 1950's in the 2020's doesn't work gangbusters? Gee willickers, I'd better ramble on down to the general store and check out the latest newspaper and get myself up to date on the most happenin' trends! Anyone have a spare nickle, I have to use the phonebooth right quick!
@@planescaped I worked well enough for like 3 different waves of owners to get their 10’s of millions exits. It was never meant to last forever. I mean if you want I guess you can become obsessed with chasing money. But homie got his 17 million.plus whatever he had invested/saved up to that point off it. And ride off into the sunset to go big chill in Costa Rica for very long and chill 30 year retirement.
What does that even mean? Advanced? What does that mean? Shocking? How? Little? How? Decades? Explain. You didn't end your sentence with proper (or any) punctuation. Please consider deleting your absolute non-sense comment.
Intrigued by your video, I looked up Tupperware on Amazon. You're right, other brands showed up, and there was one huge difference that made many of the others more attractive: while all the Tupperware was opaque, the ones I liked best were clear. This meant, of course, that I wouldn't have to open the container to see what was in it. The Tupperware might be more sturdy - the things I own mostly don't last very long - but being able to see what's in each container in the fridge wins hands down.
Tupperware was truly the better product but didn't keep up with the times to be competitive. It's sad to see another classic company fade away like Kmart and sears.
@@StevenHatcher-n6v what an annoying shill, I get that you try to make a living, but it still annoying, they filed for bankruptcy, they're done, common folk will just buy the one that's easy to buy, not the one that you'll have to go out of your way to reach a "consultant" and have to sign up or subscribe for the product
Ah yes, there's nothing worse as a kid than opening the fridge, seeing a Cool Whip container, opening it up, and finding left over vegetables from the night before.
One nice thing about Tupperware - if you broke a container or a lid, they would replace it or give you a new one. Even though they cost a bit more, this helped a lot. I have (and still use) some of my mother's and grandmother's Tupperware, along with some I have bought myself. You can still find some of the sturdy older pieces at antique and resale shops
Not in Australia for quite a few years. You had to contact head office to send back ( at your own expense) let them asses it to make sure it wasn't something you had done, then if you wanted the replacement part you had to pay to have it sent back. Cost me over $20 for my replacement salad bowl lid that they gave me under "warranty" Didn't purchase another item afet that
who would want some old crusty poisonous plastic tub? everyone is in comments bragging about how theyre storing food in estrogen mimicing unstable plastic dishes wtf. rubbermaid makes modern quality glass dishes with all the same pros as tupperware.
@@nicolevidgen1356 a friend said similar - they actually also didn't even have the lid to replace so said she could have a store credit towards a future purchase ...
My mom still has Tupperware from the mid-60s. She still has a huge pitcher of tea in the fridge that she's been using since then. The inside is permanently tea-colored, but it still works perfectly and the outside still looks great.
At my dad’s house there is a mint green Tupperware “popcorn bowl” that we’ve been using since the 80s! I hope I inherit it someday…so many memories, so much homemade popcorn 😊
I have the green bowl too and yes we use it for popcorn. I bought it maybe in the late eighties. My son who's almost 40 saw it recently and said he has fond memories of it. It'll be part of his inheritance.😄
Mad respect to them for not buying into the "cheap and disposable" hype train. Unfortunate, however, that they did not sell their goods in stores on online until it was too late.
Their independent contractors, aka MLM shills who rely on scamming people to sell for them, probably didn't want to compete against Walmart and Target so they fought long and hard against it.
The other problem was that you had to buy different containers for each purpose: the pantry containers cannot go in the microwave, neither can the freezer containers, the microwave containers are dark and not stackable (so not useful for storing in the pantry) and get brittle when frozen. I have an entire pantry of matching Tupperware, but have long since decided that there are other, more flexible options available for less. Also, they killed their warranties but kept their high prices.
In the early 2000's they did shift most U.S. production to Mexico. They loaded the injection molding machines on box cars and shipped them to Mexico. Only so called "high end" products remained at the SC plant and distribution center. It was sad because the little town in SC where it is located had become so associated with Tupperware and of course there were massive layoffs. The local high school used to give the graduates their diploma rolled up inside a Tupperware mug. I worked at the headquarters near Orlando for 20 years until my position was eliminated.
I knew tupperware was particularly good, but they made it SO DIFFICULT to buy that I could never be bothered. Then I got into a system that worked for me so by the time they finally got online they had missed the window. I literally WANTED to buy them, but just didn't want to deal with their nonsense.
Me also, I wanted them, but bought Rubbermaid because I could find it. Then I went to Gladware because of the price and if a container got ruined, no big deal. Now I am on Ziplock because I liked their containers more at the time I bought them.
Yeah exactly. When I need plastic containers I go to the store, not a party or online to their specific site. I can’t remember the last time I saw new Tupperware. If you had told me they went out of business 25 years ago I would believe you.
In the early 1980’s I rented a room from a woman who sold Tupperware. She hosted many parties at her house. She was such a good sales lady she had all sorts of gifts from the company including a new car. And she collected commission cheques too. Sad to see this company in decline.
Tupperware is absolutely iconic! I have and recognize so many of the products you displayed. And remembered the Tupperware 'burp'. I still have some of my Mom's avocado canister sets. Their biggest mistake is understanding that working women wanted their products, but didn't have a way to buy them. They are better than anything else you can get today.
I still have Tupperware containers my mom passed down to me. I love the pitcher with the push-button lid to relieve the sealing pressure. After 45+ years, it still works. Good stuff.
Every time we have a party, my friends bring deviled eggs in a Tupperware dish. They have had that dish, made for deviled eggs, since the 80s. That's quality.
I have a bread box that was my grandmother’s in the 50s. That stuff really does last forever. I have A bunch of it from the early 80s to early 90s. You can always tell The age of Tupperware by the colors. My yellow, orange, maroon & brown sets are from the early 80s when the 70s colors were still around and then it shifted to Gray, slate blue and dusty pink with some kind of pale green as the fourth color. And then there are the white or silver canister sets with the black lids. We even went to a local business park where they had Tupper bingo once a month. It was like a bingo party and a Tupperware party combined. You could win things and also place orders..
I have a lot of different brands of plastic storage containers, but I have to say my Tupperware is the best of them and it’s been the most durable. While things, like my older, Rubbermaid have become stiff, and Lost their flexibility. The Tupperware is just like the day I bought it. And the Tupperware serve, where is kind of unique cake carriers, thanks for deviled eggs or veggie platters that are made to order to hold those specific things. I don’t know that I’ve seen things like that from other brands and the ones that I have a treasure.
Calling a tissue a Kleenex just sounds wrong and I've never understood how Kleenex is used like that. I guess it's probably an American thing? Because everyone I know has always called it a tissue, like, "do you need a tissue"
Same thing but instead of kleenex and gopro, I call all sandwich bags Ziploc (and all plastic containers Tupperware even though I don't think I've ever owned a Tupperware brand container)
I work in Oil & Gas and am in and out of Olefins plants daily. *THAT* is why I fight to limit all form of plastics and pre-packaged foods in my house. I know enough about how its made to stay tf away from it - and for the love of everything holy, PLEASE never microwave Tupperwear, cling wrap, or ANY plastics, regardless of it being "microwave safe"! All my tupperwear, gladwear, etc was chucked into the recycling bin and replaced by glass and bamboo with minimal rubber used for the sealing rings.
honestly if they would've just stop the parties and started selling in regular stores, I feel they would've done just fine even against all the other factors and completion. They have the name and quality to back them up.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValleynot all MLM are necessary bad. The pyramid scheme MLM don't make there money from product sales, but from just getting more and more people to buy into the company. Tupperware main goal is to sell their product for profit. Especially during its starting time, post WWII it was nearly impossible for women to get a job outside Teacher, Nurse and Hair Dresser. So these private sales gigs was basically an early Gig economy company. Giving payment to anyone who can successfully do the work. Now this isn't all pure and ethical business either, and much like a lot of commissions based sales work, a lack of reliable salary, and a lot of unpaid labor to get the sales is a bad thing. But that hold true to Real estate, and car dealership sales folks too.
what would the consultants do then? l am a consultant and if people do want to do parties, they have the options of book parties,. but that would make the host do the most of the work, where we as consultants would all the work!
Me and my wife like to collect old Tupperware from flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales. Compared to Rubbermaid it is still a better made product.
I always found it pretty cool that they would replace products for free. You just had to know a rep. Sometimes it was a discontinued product and you would end up with a credit, but my mom got replacement pieces for broken hand-me-downs and everything. Funny story: my great grandfather was extremely skeptical of plastic food containers and he refused to let my great grandma keep his food in her Tupperware. She would use a big Tupperware bowl to wash dishes or something, but not for food. He was a bit eccentric with other things (he went to bed with the sunset no matter what the clock said, refused to use an indoor bathroom, etc.) so everyone figured he was just being contrary. Funny how decades after he died people are having serious conversations about plastic getting into our food. Maybe great grandpa wasn't crazy 🤷♀️
There’s also science now on sleep disruption caused by electronic devices- and our inner clock isn’t built for sleeping with electronic lights. Sounds like he was just ahead of his time.
@@scottostrowski5406 Yeah, it's pretty substantiated science that our rhythm should be with dawn and dusk. You can avoid a lot of issues by dimming your lights at night and not doing the screens before bed. It seems a big wild to go to bed at 5 though.
I was a demonstrator in the UK and loved it. The parties were fun and a demonstrator could have a nice part-time job around family. The seals are unique and I’ve yet to find anything as good even today in 2024. The cheap chunky flap lids containers bought at the supermarket are awful to put on and try to get off. I’ve just bought a new designed Tupperware cheese tray with breathing lid for the fridge, it’s brilliant, a new invention, no condensation and keeps several different types of cheese together and fresh, even blue cheese. That’s unique, so Tupperware is trying, I do hope Tupperware can survive in some way.
I’ve considered Tupperware to plastic containers as the Xerox of copier machines, they’re a company that is synonymous with their product they invented, but they underestimate their competitors! When I think of Tupperware as plastic containers, I think of Rubbermaid, Sterilite, and Glad which are more popular brands!
@@JL-sm6cg Yeah, it's just a shame even Pyrex isn't what it used to be. They sold the name for license. So even those aren't the same quality they were 50 years ago
@Markimark151 true, they are, but it must take a football spike to break them, because one fell down on the floor on me, and not even a nik in the glass.
I was surprised you didn't mention there was a stigma against eating leftovers at the time tupperware came out, everyone did it of course, but you didn't announce it or else, heaven forbid, you looked poor. (This is why you sometimes hear takeout bags called "doggie bags", so many people took home restaurant leftovers pretending they were for the dog!) So it was a big deal at the time to have ~respectable middle class women~ confidently talking about a product meant to keep leftovers fresh and selling it at middle class house parties. I'm shocked they were still ONLY selling through parties until the last few years?? That sales model really should have died in the 90's. It's unfortunate, I think they could make a major comeback if they did a marketing campaign playing on sustainability and how long their products last without going into a landfill, compared to cheaper disposable competition, and if they were transparent about what goes into their products to ease people's (warranted) fears about plasticizers and chemicals leeching into their foods. I don't think it'll happen though...
I read the comments to see if anyone else was bringing up the sustainability argument and how Tupperware could be a leader in that area. I agree with you completely.
I remember the term doggie bag from when I was a kid in 80s. My parents would ask for 1 at restaurants for left overs. We didn't have a dog. We were poor so going out to eat twice a month was like our vacation.
I was a Tupperware dealer for several years. I love it so much and love the products. I realize that the days of parties have past. I like being able to buy online but must admit I was not aware the Target was selling it. I hate to see Tupperware disappear. I am retired now and on a very fixed budget. My only concern about purchasing more items for the last decade has been the high cost associated with Tupperware. I have jealously guarded all of my Tupperware because I can’t afford to replace it now.
I taught cooking as a Tupperware salesperson in the 80s. Before we had any idea that plastic was toxic, but it was a new, EXCITING technology! It was top of the line... back when.... Piece of history.
You summed it up perfectly: "Tupperware simply didn't do what they needed to, to make that happen." Clinging to the old formula of in-person parties and not embracing online sales is absolutely CRAZY in the 21st century.
When my mom passed away, I inherited all her Tupperware and all of my grandmother’s Tupperware from the 1950s, which still work as the should, and were in good shape. When a company makes something so good that you never have to replace it even 70 years later, ironically, said company is set up to eventually fail. It is sad that high quality products would put you out of business…
This video made me realize I've never actually owned any Tupperware brand products... I think growing up and to this day most of the similar things I have in my house are from Rubbermaid and other brands, simply because that is what was available at the store
My mom sold Tupperware when I was a kid in the 60s-70s. She gave me the B+W T.V. she won. For the younger folks, B&W stands for black and white, no color. I was gratful to get it. First thing I watched on it was Cinderella on ABCs wonderful world of Disney. I remember because I recorded the mice singing "Cinderellee!" On the tape deck she won the month before and I listened to it all the time. I still have a loy of my mom's old tupperware and most the stuff she got me for my first apt. There are a few pieces that got damaged over the years. I joked with my mom about getting them replaced. She laughed, "you should! They replaced the bowl the martin (30lb., Weasel family) chewed into. Lifetime guarantee! " she said in her sales voice. I miss ya ma.
I lost a measuring cup and learned of the lifetime guarantee. Since the cups were 1970s harvest gold, and couldn’t be matched, they replaced the entire set with yellow. That was the only Tupperware “store” I ever was to in Winona, MN. I think a person who was a host just rented a very small space on their own.
I grew up in the 80's and 90's with a kitchen full of Tupperware stuff because my mom hosted Tupperware parties in the 70's. My parents are still using the same Tupperware and I figure once they pass, I'll inherite them. One day they will be my children's Tupperware, lol.
My local mall has a store literally called "the container store." It has every brand of container you could possobly think of, including higher quality items than tupperware that sell for cheaper.
I can get plastic containers at the nearest dollar store for next to nothing. Sure, they are not as sturdy, but with my usage, they will still last years, and that is plenty good for me. I also got a complete Rubbermaid kit for something like $15 and that also last me years, so paying premium for something that lasts decades just isn't worth it.
This. This comment is exactly why I think they fell. Cheap copies and the acceptance of "good enough for me right now" or "current situation." I want Tupperware to exist, but at a lowered price as it's cheaper to produce now, and I will pay premium for that decade last on containers which I use most. Parents love durable containers, students and work need lunch packs (one good lunch set per person), but it's no longer the only option and replacement costs of cheaper versions are less than the costs over the lifetime that most other Tupperware users will see.
@@hotaru8309 It's also plastic. It's inevitably going to get stained/melted on a burner/hold some salmon stank/etc even if it's still perfectly functional, it's just the nature of the material. It's no longer something exotic and premium like high grade plastic was in the 50s and 60s, and I tend to think most people now prefer to replace their containers when they start getting ragged looking.
Same, you got super cheap ones that will last a few months for 2-3$. Or you can can very good ones that last for years for like 5$, worth paying an extra 2$ unless you are just giving food to someone else. People say Tupperware is better, I don't see how. I'm not on a battlefield, if it keeps food fresh for a few days in the fridge and can be washed in the dishwasher and it lasts for years, which the cheap ones do, why does Tupperware still exist? The answer is simple : Tupperware soon won't exist.
@@planetofether5462 So why are my super cheap plastic ones not warped then? I never wash them by hand and they have been fine for over 5 years. I call bullcrap on not being able to dishwash them.
Well, you forgot to mention one of the MAJOR reasons! And the most poisonous. Older (80s and 90s) Tupperware containers and especially lids start to disintegrate and the plasticizer separates out of the plastic and creates a sticky residue that is quite poisonous. At first Tupperware (which had a life long warranty) replaced those containers and lids, but it soon became too much. My mom (and me) are still throwing Tupperware stuff away these days, because of this problem. You have to be very careful not to use those lids/containers.
Crazy to hear that still in the 2020's they were still relying almost exclusively on the MLM model, which can turn off a large portion of potential customers for the product itself. Had Tuppenware adapted to the times and sold their goods in selected stores and online retailers as premium goods, I believe that they could have continued operate failry decently, especially if they targeted those consumers more concerned with the waste produced by disposable plastic containers.
I purchased a Tupperware set for $249 in 2003. A couple weeks ago I was talking to a friend about the set and we found out that, adjusted for inflation today, the set was the exact same price/value! And everything is still in tip-top shape after two decades of user and dishwasher abuse. I'm not sponsored, but just wanted to say it. :)
I have 4 Tupperware plates in my cabinet that I bought over 30 years ago. I have no idea what I paid but I'm sure it was a bargain because I'll probably still have them when I die.
Tupperware is awesome, almost indestructible, and I have pieces that are decades old that still look like new! (and my mom's is even older! ) I've never found anything that is a good, though it also was so pricey that I don't have to much of it.
This! I will never, never support any company that takes advantage of people through the predatory MLM (multi-level marketing), or "direct sales", model. I know too many people who have worked extremely hard, made crazy sales, and still made next to no money because that's how these things are inherently designed. You're absolutely right that it's 2024 and a lot of people are starting to understand why MLMs are not ok. If companies refuse to adapt to that and just go with a normal business model instead, they're going to sink. I feel somewhat for the consultants, as they're victims of these companies too, but the companies just need to sink.
What!? Those Glad and Ziploc containers are supposed to be DISPOSABLE?!? How absolutely awful for the environment if people starts to throw out their plastic containers!! Also explains why they are so cheaply made and why mine are starting to break after only 2 years of usage…. Never even thought about the possibility that they weren’t made to be reused…
The big sales pitch for these were for kids. Imagine trying to give your little kids their lunch every day in Tupperware containers....you'd be lucky to get one back out of 5. LOL With these cheaper disposable ones, you don't care if the kids don't come home with them.
@@SoulBlazer08 ?? How could a kid have trouble bringing a lunch box with 1-2 tupperwares in them and bring them back home after?? They already have a school bag and a few papers or whatever school supplies… Never had any trouble with my kid so far and never heard of any friend’s kids having trouble with such a basic thing.. do kids you know lose their clothes and school bags or something?? 😝
I believe that Tupperware tried even they could to protect their independent (individual) distributors - and I admire and very much appreciate that. They experienced their success from people meeting with other people at Tupperware parties and meeting with their Tupperware representative. It helped many people have the small business experience and have an income while maintaining self respect. We forget about the impact of the social benefits - but we should remember and appreciate them. We will miss Tupperware if it does go out of business 😢 I would LOVE some wealthy business person to acquire Tupperware and support its mission of helping others. Even at my 65 years of age, I would break my back to try to help them. Tupperware products truly are very high quality ❤😊😊
I've moves to Pyrex as well. Actually, any glass container is better IMO. I still have the problem of missing tops. Because the plastic/rubber tops crack more often than I break the container.
*too much, not to much. *Their, not there. Sorry, but you really embarrassed yourself here. Back in the day, you should have studied how written English works and not be such a Pyrex expert.
@@clvrswineWow. Not only are you being rude for no good reason, but your own comment contains a double space. I am not opposed to correcting a mistake, however there is no reason to approach it with such condescending phrasing. You didn't do your own image any favors here.
Its kinda wild seeing them only show up in retail in the last few years. Seems like once again poor management and failure to see how the markets shifted toward retail and then online allowed others to fill those gaps. I still have a few pieces. They are very durable and apparently will outlast the company itself
Just starting the video but I already know their lack of tech use is a huge factor. I was a consultant or whatever for about a year in 2013 and they were STILL using carbon copies for the sales receipts 😂
I remember my mom hosting a Tupperware party at our house, either in the late 70s or early 80s. She still has a bunch of it. My sister and I both have some that we probably had while growing up, at least from the 90s if not earlier. I have 3 small bowls, which I still use all the time, and matching cups, which I never use. They're good quality foodware and storage. When I go home for Christmas, I'll see what items my mom wouldn't mind parting with.
Tupperware is only restructuring and filing chapter 11 and tupperware will be going up and growing strong! I am a tupperware consultant and I have received a letter stating just that! Thank you for your support!
I'm 77 and still have and use the eukie green Tupperware strainer that I received as a wedding gift in 1966. These days, I mainly use silicone or glass food containers and take my own grocery bags shopping. They love it. 😅
When you mentioned the concerns of plastic. That is where I feel someone like tupperware should embrace it. That the are build to last, that it is still their brand that they last! Plastic is great - but lets not just waste it, buy something that lasts! I am not Don Draper, but I am sure there could be made some good marketing around that!
That's a shame. They seemed like they had their act together with full control to delivery. I haven't ever used them though, and would be interested on learning more. Have they simply been out-competed by all the other food delivery services?
@bosef1 they used to make their food and deliver it, but recently they sold the food part to a South Korean company, and changed the name of the delivery part to "Yelloh" to the confusion of everyone. The delivery trucks changed, and I think that a lot of people thought it was a competitor. They said they are not selling enough to keep up with business expenses.
I got a kick out of Schwann's advertising that you could use EBT cards (AKA "food stamps") on their trucks. Just think of it, buying steaks and lobsters with welfare dollars.😀
My dad used to work for Schwann's for years. He left around the time they started talking of yello, saying that it was only a matter of time before they went under. Only thing I'll miss is the old cheese sticks. Those were good.
It's a verb over here in Germany, we say "tuppern" or "eintuppern" if we put food in Tupperware-like containers. On the other hand I really don't know were to buy Tupperware here. So there you go... 😐
They made it to hard to find, especially back in the early 2000's when I was establishing my household. I love my mom's Tupperware but I never had an easy way to buy some for myself. It's too much work to find a seller and I'm not going to host a party, i don't know enough people. That leaves looking at garage sales and thrift stores, which are their own kind is headache. Oh well.
I’m surprised how little you talk about the MLM/ pyramid scheme aspect damaging their name and reputation. Millennials and gen z are increasingly not interested in these business models and there are even some online spaces that express extreme hatred toward them!
Tupperware basically created a product that is so good, too good in fact that you never really feel the need to replace them and when you do, who really gives a damn about what brand is on the lid i just want plastic containers to put my leftovers in lol Heck I'll even wash up yogurt containers (the big ones) and use those as plastic containers. I almost wanna say what Tupperware is going through will be an industry wide problem very soon, it's just that Tupperware speedran their downfall with some of their decisions
I agree - I've actually bought "vintage" Tupperware - I know how it performs and I get that nostalgia "kick" when I use it and have it around our kitchen....
I often re-use plastic take-out food containers myself -- the generic black ones with clear lids (either round or rectangular), that Chinese and Thai restaurants here seem to favor. Even if they're meant to be disposable, they _will_ last through at least a few dishwashings. And yah, growing up I saw plenty of Cool Whip containers re-used the same way. (Usually Grandma's, from her sending leftovers home with us after we had dinner with her.) Still, I'd think Tupperware could've hung on as a premium product, had they started selling in department stores' home departments 30-40 years ago. Maybe they'll still have a chance, if someone buys them out of bankruptcy and plays their cards right.
> I almost wanna say what Tupperware is going through will be an industry wide problem very soon, it's just that Tupperware speedran their downfall with some of their decisions I'm already almost at the point of preferring random string of letters brand Chinesium stuff from Amazon, a lot of the time it's very similar if not identical to a product with a well known western brand slapped on it that costs at least 3x more. Why pay more when the brand stuff is more often than not the exact same as the generic, probably made in the same factory complex? Only time I pay a premium now is when something is made in Japan or Germany.
1. Durability is not in fashion anymore. The person in the video spoke in favour of disposable containers. I think this is a terrible idea, but it seems that I am the minority. Now everyone sells items with planned obsolescence, not quality items that will be passed down to your kids. 2. They failed to address environmental concerns. If you look at their website or catalogue, there's no mention on what exactly their "eco" products are. They don't contain the illegal chemicals, but they don't also give enough information on all the other toxic substances. 3. They had become much too expensive. 4. Yes, people have withdrawn into themselves and parties cannot be organized anymore. Which is a pity. They were lots of fun. But to host a party you first have to hunt participants, then prepare beverages, cake, cookies and sandwiches, and of course tidy your home. This is viewed as a terrible hassle by most working people nowadays. Plus the covid fear.
Although we have a few tupperware containers, some passed down from parents, my Wife and I have only purchased a handful of new pieces in the last 30 years. Those were cake and pie containers. Most of our leftovers are stored either in glass bowls with lids which also work as cooking and serving containers. Most of ourr plastic containers originally held Chinese take-out food. These are not as sturdy as Tupperware, but they last long enough that we occasionally end up with too many of them.
In conjunction with Tuppenware switching to regular retail channels, probably. But relying entirely on MLM in the 21st century when competing products are easily available in stores was a sentence to almost certain failure.
You go right ahead and worry. I am 67, in excellent health and have been eating from plastic for DECADES. Everything to bring home from the grocery store is wrapped in PLASTIC.
@kristinebailey6554 I'm 69 and I agree with your statement, lol. We went through the asbestos, lead paint, polluted air, etc. I'm definitely not worried about plastic.
Tupperware when I was a kid was very high quality. Sure, we had plastic bags, and plastic wrap, but Tupperware preserved things in the fridge better. Now they have endless competition that is as good or better, including brands like Anchor-Hocking that sell containers made of glass. Lots of people know about microplastics now, and I'm one of them who is slowly getting rid of my Tupperware and its ilk and replacing that plastic with glass containers. Same with things like mixing bowls, where I now use stainless steel. Unfortunately for a great product, they'll probably never have me as a customer again.
My mum had loads of Tupperware in our kitchen, i remember her having a party. The items are still going strong as they are good quality, it’s a shame it all went wrong for the company. I’m in the UK and I don’t think any shops stock it, I haven’t seen it anywhere.
I understand the appeal. Easier to wash, no phantom smells, removing microplastics from the environment, keeps hots hotter & colds colder longer. But I cannot recommend glassware to people with muscular weakness of the arms or arthritis or carpul tunnel/cubital tunnel. It's just too heavy & slipoery & easy to break.
Glass breaks and it's heavier. I honestly don't like the glass ones that much. Pyrex do make good glassware for cooking in oven though, plastic can't do that.
For storing cold foods, plastic containers are fine. But I wonder how much of the brand's decline could be attributed to the public's health concerns, when it comes to microwaving food in plastic containers (Tupperware brand, included)... I know modern plastic containers may say BPA-free and claim to be microwave-safe.... but are they really? And, after repeated microwave cycles?
this is exactly why I don't use Tupperware - why would I use something that is (1) potentially toxic, (2) takes on the smell of the food that was stored inside (3) cannot be microwaved/put in an oven/put in a freezer ikea has great glass containers that are safe, don't take on smell, and can do both microwave/oven and freezer. at a low price. with different lid options.
Yeah, Tupperware really dropped the ball with this consumer change. There has been a massive shift in consumer habits against plastic storage containers. They definitely should have pioneered Tupperware brand glass storage containers.
It's not like there was BPA in them for the hell of it, they'll just have to replace that with other things that are potentially even worse. Plastic shouldn't be used for food containers to begin with.
I never heat in the plastic containers. I always transfer the food to a dish first. I know they say microwave safe but I never trust it. I never put them in the dish washer either.
I was wondering why Tupperware was in such a bad shape, but a lot of that seems just self-inflicted incompetence on the managerial and CEO level sad to say, but that’s all deserved
@@technobladeleakedclips1827 You need to explain! People have used that term so much that nobody pretty much can agree on what it genuinely means anymore. It’s a catchall for virtually anything!!!!!! Also, he went in depth on why Tupperware is failing, by using a literal antiquated sales strategy when it’s easier to get your competitors product and you can’t tell the difference! So go to say walk and then that explains everything you need to back it up!
A boring life. Real Americans bought Tupperware. Don't brag about missing out about the American Experience, just because you have No Friends. Normal, adult Americans have friends that sold Tupperware. You are the dork.
@NitroBoarder17 we used to have the tumbler cups, and my mother, as God is my witness, in the days before you could put a 25 foot cord on a phone, used to literally pee in one while talking to my grandmother on the phone, then pour it in the sink. Sadly, I likely still drank out of those cups.
Working as a tech in their labs was my foot in the door in bio tech- any lab tech could have told you they had a finite market and were unsustainable , but they went ahead and built AND CLOSED two whole labs in the 8 months I was there 💀
I've never owned any Tupperware. I've not even heard people use the word since I was little in the 90s. Honestly, I didn't think they still existed until they started popping up in my news feeds over this bankruptcy.
I still hear Tupperware used today, maybe it's a regional thing or my family is just old haha. I'm 35 and still use it as a stand in for any plastic food storage, even though I don't think we had any in my house growing up
The whole subject is a female subject. WTF is a man "switched to glass" even doing here? Dude. This is about food storage containers. Be a man for one second, "many years" guy.
We always had Tupperware growing up and I still have some pieces I bought years ago. It’s sad to see the decline of such a great company, but everything is online now. It’s just like watching all your favorite stores close.
Tupperware: You'll end up having more containers than lids for some reason
Or the opposite. There's never the perfect amount
That part 😂 not sure where they go, but I hope the lids are happy
When they went online they could have made a lot of quick sales with Tupperware - Just Lids.
And the lids that you do have don't fit ANY of the containers.
I got the reverse problem and I think that worse
My Grandma was a Tupperware salesperson way back in the day. She loved it so much it became a part of her identity. We still have some of her old containers that are pushing three to five decades old. They're built like tanks.
RIP Grandma 💗
Same. My grandma used to host Tupperware parties, too!
They would alway have a battle cry. "TUPPERWARE, WOO, WOO!"
I wonder if she actually ended up making money.
and the new tupperware starts to crack if you store it within 10 feet of a freezer.
@@sugarfrosted2005A grandma who's no longer alive? Probably. She has to have been near the top of the three dimensional triangular structure.
@@sarysa Not to sound harsh, but I suspect cancer may have played a role in alot of peoples deaths using early plastic products. Modern plastics are still bad for health, but older ones before regulations were horrific.
In the current day and age, not having some kind of convenient online shopping experience is pretty much a business death wish.
So sad to see them go Not
Online business is over- hyped for starters. There is so much choice with the Chinese flooding every market they can with substantially cheaper products in this category.
It's insane they said that live demo is the way to go as people might be intimidate by plastic container, while in fact I had been using such containers before I know Tupperware. rofl
Another alternative, people shouldn't be lazy asses who aren't touching grass you know
This! I just don’t understand why this wasn’t done 20-25 years ago.
I got a story for you!
About 15-20 years ago, I was trying to buy some new Tupperware for my mom. Problem was I couldn't find any online (for reasons you mentioned) and nobody in my area was selling any. So I tried making multiple deals with people from other areas, trying to get stuff like a lettuce holder and some microwave ware. I got some lady blacklisted for trying to sell on Yahoo Auctions because she used her full name as the seller.
I even tried driving 2 hours to go to a Tupperware party after RSVPing, but the lady wouldn't let me in the door because I wasn't a neighbor.
I eventually gave up, and I feel bad about it
Your story reminds me of a old movie
"Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"
I've been trying to find the green lettuce container with the domed lid and removable bottom spike for years! I got my mom's, but it finally cracked and died in 2006 (she did buy it in the late 60s!). I've always tried to find the cheese container that held a 32 ounce block of Velveeta perfectly as well😮
That lady should have gave you gas money or go buy eggs and egg her house!!
@@ocloudx...old... movie...?
Scuse me. I'ma go die now. 👴🏾
@@marthawood3367 Come on! You can find a similar lettuce container on line! I found one in my local store! Spike, drain and everything.
Another reason Tupperware failed is because the quality went downhill. I still have Tupperware from the 70's where as Tupperware from just a few years ago doesn't seal properly or is cracked. Just turned to junk.
@@katv1195Our fragile human bodies aren't meant for such technology
@@katv1195 For similar reasons at least one brand of plastic wrap no longer clings as well, and/or is more permeable than it used to be. In that case I believe it was some plasticizer that was banned, because it produces a highly toxic chemical when incinerated.
You are 100% right about the quality going down, still have containers from 53 years ago and they are doing great, above all we are still alive and healthy so I do not believe the contamination BS.
@johannakamstra-schickendan7380 recalled or modified products don't need to be guaranteed dangerous, just potentially. It's a liability to take the chance
guarantee them old ones are toxic af.
I think them not leaving the mlm model behind and selling only online and in stores hurt them a ton. If they stopped that in the 90s/early 2000s I feel like they’d be more popular.
I don’t think they accounted for generational shifts, and also the gender of potential customers. My mom went to these parties when I was a young as did the moms of many of my friends. But neither I, nor anyone I know, has any inclination to attend a Tupperware party. If we could have just walked into Walmart and bought it, or these days ordered it on Amazon, we probably would have.
@@Mehwhatevr Absolutely. I don't want to have to deal with an MLM 'hun' in order to buy a product. I just want to go to a store or go online and purchase it without being pressured to buy more product I don't want/need or to join the hun's downline so s/he can make money off me.
I feel like that model worked when society as a whole was more apt to going places. Like malls and recc centers. Now people socialize at work and church and random drug/alcohol parties.
I am unaware of any millennial hosting or attending a Tupperware party. That said, when I got married in 2005, I registered at Target for a set of Rubbermaid containers as well as a few Corning ware because there was no true Tupperware for sale. A few years later, I ended up buying one of those As Seen On TV stackable lazy susan style container sets, and for bigger stuff have found myself reusing plastic containers previously sold as actual frozen food products, as they seal pretty well and store easy. Basically, unless they were hand me downs, an entire generation missed out on owning the product.
Tupperware was ubiquitous in my childhood in the late 70’s and 80’s-it’s shocking how they just ignored the world as the world changed and not ONE CEO there thought to adapt until 2022??!! When i saw Tupperware in my local Target, i bought a set immediately! Tupperware should have put their products in stores YEARS before they did-i am a gen x’r who heard about the superiority of Tupperware from my grandmother and mom and was happy to have an opportunity to buy it without dealing with a party or some pushy MLM person. Tupperware has some products that other companies still dont offer, pickle keepers, things like that-if they get someone energetic and forward thinking in there, they may be able to save the company. I hope so for the employees sake
The issue is that no one wants to deal with MLM in the modern world. If I need a food container, I can just go to one of a dozen stores and buy one. If it breaks or gets melted by the heating element in the dishwasher Ill throw it out and get a new one. No need for a sales person, just a trip to the store. Their stuff is really good quality but it's an expensive hassle to buy it.
I’m so confused, there are already two definitions for mlm but neither fit this context. What are you talking about??
@@LordOfElysium Huh? Tupperware's independent contractors recruit other stay at home moms to sell for them and they collect a large chunk of their revenue. These moms then go and recruit more and so on. Literally the definition of an MLM. Unfortunately, none of this scummy stuff was mentioned in the video for some reason.
@@handsanitizeroos5235 Sorry to tell you, but that definition of mlm is also like.. kinda just the definition of how capitalism work. :/
It’s like any other job is what I’m trying to say.
@@LordOfElysium No, MLM is not "like any other job." The entire structure of MLMs is designed to ensure that the vast majority of people in the company lose money so that a tiny fraction of the people at the very top of the pyramid make boatloads of cash. Also, MLMs are now becoming more frequently understood to be commercial cults.
According to the FTC, who is unfortunately in bed with the MLM lobbying group "Direct Selling Association," you have better odds of making money gambling in Vegas than you do of earning a profit (even a single dollar) in ANY MLM. Over 99% of people who join an MLM lose money.
In "any other job" you get paid for your work and don't have a 99% chance of losing money after being hired.
In MLMs, you are only paid when you make a sale or, more commonly, when you recruit someone else into the pyramid. People in MLMs can spend 80+ hours a week prospecting, trying to recruit or make a sale and not earn a single penny for their efforts. And they are often heavily pressured to spend money on the company's products, whether that's to "be a product of the product" or to artificially reach sales goals to rank up.
I highly recommend checking out Julie Anderson's channel here on UA-cam for some really interesting insight into the world of MLM and the MLM "coaching" industry that feeds off the high failure rates and cult brainwashing tactics MLMs use, to beat it further into people's heads that, when they inevitably fail to make money, it isn't the MLM business model that's at fault, it's their own mindset that's failed them.
@@LordOfElysiumMLMs put more incentive on recruiting than selling the product. Its the opposite of how capitalism works, as you are recruiting more competition for yourself, making it harder to make money through selling.
I recommend Hannah Alonzo for some deepdives into MLMs and how they differ from other jobs that seem similar on the surface. Hope this helps!
It’s almost shocking how little the company advanced over the decades
When you have a working system and you’re making money. You know some people are content to just keep it simple and cash their check.
You mean using the same business model as the 1950's in the 2020's doesn't work gangbusters? Gee willickers, I'd better ramble on down to the general store and check out the latest newspaper and get myself up to date on the most happenin' trends! Anyone have a spare nickle, I have to use the phonebooth right quick!
@@planescaped I worked well enough for like 3 different waves of owners to get their 10’s of millions exits. It was never meant to last forever. I mean if you want I guess you can become obsessed with chasing money. But homie got his 17 million.plus whatever he had invested/saved up to that point off it. And ride off into the sunset to go big chill in Costa Rica for very long and chill 30 year retirement.
What does that even mean? Advanced? What does that mean? Shocking? How? Little? How? Decades? Explain. You didn't end your sentence with proper (or any) punctuation. Please consider deleting your absolute non-sense comment.
What did you expect them do? Put microchips into their plastic containers?
Intrigued by your video, I looked up Tupperware on Amazon. You're right, other brands showed up, and there was one huge difference that made many of the others more attractive: while all the Tupperware was opaque, the ones I liked best were clear. This meant, of course, that I wouldn't have to open the container to see what was in it. The Tupperware might be more sturdy - the things I own mostly don't last very long - but being able to see what's in each container in the fridge wins hands down.
That's one reason I like glass ones.
When my grandmother passed she left me her Tupperware in her will. It has been 30 years and I still have it & use it.
Tupperware was truly the better product but didn't keep up with the times to be competitive. It's sad to see another classic company fade away like Kmart and sears.
Tupperware is still a great product and will keep going strong! see my comment above, Tupperware will not be going anywhere, except up!
Kmart and Sears became unethical and bad companies, nothing like Tupperware which is actually a guilty product
Not when Pyrex makes the same thing and the only plastic is the lid. Tupperware is outdated
@@StevenHatcher-n6v what an annoying shill, I get that you try to make a living, but it still annoying, they filed for bankruptcy, they're done, common folk will just buy the one that's easy to buy, not the one that you'll have to go out of your way to reach a "consultant" and have to sign up or subscribe for the product
Kmart is still alive and well in Australia so that's not true.
My mother had so much Tupperware in the 1970's that if our house caught fire, it wouldn't burn. It would melt.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That's brilliant lmao
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Not to mention producing lots of thick, black, toxic smoke.
@@CenTexElevators489 the smoke inhalation would end you before the fire got a chance to.
Tupperware’s toughest competitor is Cool Whip
Ah yes, there's nothing worse as a kid than opening the fridge, seeing a Cool Whip container, opening it up, and finding left over vegetables from the night before.
😂yup
Same with butter containers lol
Don't forget sliced lunch meat.
Or cottage cheese containers, or sour cream containers.
One nice thing about Tupperware - if you broke a container or a lid, they would replace it or give you a new one. Even though they cost a bit more, this helped a lot. I have (and still use) some of my mother's and grandmother's Tupperware, along with some I have bought myself. You can still find some of the sturdy older pieces at antique and resale shops
Not in Australia for quite a few years. You had to contact head office to send back ( at your own expense) let them asses it to make sure it wasn't something you had done, then if you wanted the replacement part you had to pay to have it sent back. Cost me over $20 for my replacement salad bowl lid that they gave me under "warranty" Didn't purchase another item afet that
@@nicolevidgen1356 Yup! Exactly. That’s why I stopped buying them. Sky high prices without the warranty.
who would want some old crusty poisonous plastic tub? everyone is in comments bragging about how theyre storing food in estrogen mimicing unstable plastic dishes wtf. rubbermaid makes modern quality glass dishes with all the same pros as tupperware.
@@nicolevidgen1356Absolutely, it was a nightmare!
@@nicolevidgen1356 a friend said similar - they actually also didn't even have the lid to replace so said she could have a store credit towards a future purchase ...
My mom still has Tupperware from the mid-60s. She still has a huge pitcher of tea in the fridge that she's been using since then. The inside is permanently tea-colored, but it still works perfectly and the outside still looks great.
That's a long time to be using a fridge.
At my dad’s house there is a mint green Tupperware “popcorn bowl” that we’ve been using since the 80s! I hope I inherit it someday…so many memories, so much homemade popcorn 😊
Wooow, I think we have the same one at home. Big, green, and mostly used for popcorn. Funny how this stuff just happens.
Ah yes, the large mint green Tupperware bowl💚💚💚. It still holds up today!
damn
I have the green bowl too and yes we use it for popcorn. I bought it maybe in the late eighties. My son who's almost 40 saw it recently and said he has fond memories of it. It'll be part of his inheritance.😄
@@48laveo 😀
Mad respect to them for not buying into the "cheap and disposable" hype train. Unfortunate, however, that they did not sell their goods in stores on online until it was too late.
Their independent contractors, aka MLM shills who rely on scamming people to sell for them, probably didn't want to compete against Walmart and Target so they fought long and hard against it.
I'm so sick of every company trying to make their product cheaper. There's just so much crap on the market.
The other problem was that you had to buy different containers for each purpose: the pantry containers cannot go in the microwave, neither can the freezer containers, the microwave containers are dark and not stackable (so not useful for storing in the pantry) and get brittle when frozen. I have an entire pantry of matching Tupperware, but have long since decided that there are other, more flexible options available for less. Also, they killed their warranties but kept their high prices.
In the early 2000's they did shift most U.S. production to Mexico. They loaded the injection molding machines on box cars and shipped them to Mexico. Only so called "high end" products remained at the SC plant and distribution center. It was sad because the little town in SC where it is located had become so associated with Tupperware and of course there were massive layoffs. The local high school used to give the graduates their diploma rolled up inside a Tupperware mug. I worked at the headquarters near Orlando for 20 years until my position was eliminated.
Cheaper to loose and replace rubber maid container.
I knew tupperware was particularly good, but they made it SO DIFFICULT to buy that I could never be bothered. Then I got into a system that worked for me so by the time they finally got online they had missed the window. I literally WANTED to buy them, but just didn't want to deal with their nonsense.
😂😂😂😂😂😩
Me also, I wanted them, but bought Rubbermaid because I could find it. Then I went to Gladware because of the price and if a container got ruined, no big deal. Now I am on Ziplock because I liked their containers more at the time I bought them.
Yeah exactly. When I need plastic containers I go to the store, not a party or online to their specific site. I can’t remember the last time I saw new Tupperware. If you had told me they went out of business 25 years ago I would believe you.
In the early 1980’s I rented a room from a woman who sold Tupperware. She hosted many parties at her house. She was such a good sales lady she had all sorts of gifts from the company including a new car. And she collected commission cheques too. Sad to see this company in decline.
Tupperware is absolutely iconic! I have and recognize so many of the products you displayed. And remembered the Tupperware 'burp'. I still have some of my Mom's avocado canister sets. Their biggest mistake is understanding that working women wanted their products, but didn't have a way to buy them. They are better than anything else you can get today.
I still have Tupperware containers my mom passed down to me. I love the pitcher with the push-button lid to relieve the sealing pressure. After 45+ years, it still works. Good stuff.
Every time we have a party, my friends bring deviled eggs in a Tupperware dish. They have had that dish, made for deviled eggs, since the 80s. That's quality.
We have one of those too.
What plastic should be used for rather than one use items.
Glad & Ziplock last 2 years max, Rubbermaid can do a full decade, but Tupperware can be passed down to your kids' kids.
I have a bread box that was my grandmother’s in the 50s. That stuff really does last forever. I have A bunch of it from the early 80s to early 90s. You can always tell The age of Tupperware by the colors. My yellow, orange, maroon & brown sets are from the early 80s when the 70s colors were still around and then it shifted to Gray, slate blue and dusty pink with some kind of pale green as the fourth color. And then there are the white or silver canister sets with the black lids. We even went to a local business park where they had Tupper bingo once a month. It was like a bingo party and a Tupperware party combined. You could win things and also place orders..
I have a lot of different brands of plastic storage containers, but I have to say my Tupperware is the best of them and it’s been the most durable. While things, like my older, Rubbermaid have become stiff, and Lost their flexibility. The Tupperware is just like the day I bought it. And the Tupperware serve, where is kind of unique cake carriers, thanks for deviled eggs or veggie platters that are made to order to hold those specific things. I don’t know that I’ve seen things like that from other brands and the ones that I have a treasure.
Just like Kleenex and GoPro, i call all my plastic containers tupperware and i dont think that will change any time soon.
Calling a tissue a Kleenex just sounds wrong and I've never understood how Kleenex is used like that. I guess it's probably an American thing? Because everyone I know has always called it a tissue, like, "do you need a tissue"
@@jolly99jod I'm from Canada, but I do see what you're saying and I agree. I think its more when I go to a store and ask where the kleenex isle is.
We have Kleenex in the UK but still most people calls them tissues
It’ll be the year 3045 and people will still call it that and won’t know why lol
Same thing but instead of kleenex and gopro, I call all sandwich bags Ziploc (and all plastic containers Tupperware even though I don't think I've ever owned a Tupperware brand container)
I work in Oil & Gas and am in and out of Olefins plants daily. *THAT* is why I fight to limit all form of plastics and pre-packaged foods in my house. I know enough about how its made to stay tf away from it - and for the love of everything holy, PLEASE never microwave Tupperwear, cling wrap, or ANY plastics, regardless of it being "microwave safe"!
All my tupperwear, gladwear, etc was chucked into the recycling bin and replaced by glass and bamboo with minimal rubber used for the sealing rings.
As lots of food comes in plastic tubs with resealable lids, why buy special plastic tubs with resealable lids that are empty and cost more?
Ditto
The factory couldn't find any lids and was forced to close.
How could they close without the lid?
@@RealBond101 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is one of the best comments I've ever read. Absolute perfection.
My food container lids and every other sock have run off together somewhere
I still have Tupperware lids with nothing to stick them on.
The factory can't find any lids because there are no lids in Tupperware. They're seals.
honestly if they would've just stop the parties and started selling in regular stores, I feel they would've done just fine even against all the other factors and completion. They have the name and quality to back them up.
They were an MLM. Once I found that out, I wanted nothing to do with them.
They have them in Target now.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValleynot all MLM are necessary bad. The pyramid scheme MLM don't make there money from product sales, but from just getting more and more people to buy into the company. Tupperware main goal is to sell their product for profit. Especially during its starting time, post WWII it was nearly impossible for women to get a job outside Teacher, Nurse and Hair Dresser. So these private sales gigs was basically an early Gig economy company. Giving payment to anyone who can successfully do the work.
Now this isn't all pure and ethical business either, and much like a lot of commissions based sales work, a lack of reliable salary, and a lot of unpaid labor to get the sales is a bad thing. But that hold true to Real estate, and car dealership sales folks too.
what would the consultants do then? l am a consultant and if people do want to do parties, they have the options of book parties,. but that would make the host do the most of the work, where we as consultants would all the work!
@@StevenHatcher-n6vyour entire job is obsolete though. You sound as naive and shortsighted as Tupperware themselves
Me and my wife like to collect old Tupperware from flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales. Compared to Rubbermaid it is still a better made product.
Rubbermaid sucks. I'm sorry, but they do. I have never been impressed with what they put out.
You might want to reconsider. The old stuff had a ton of BPA.
I always found it pretty cool that they would replace products for free. You just had to know a rep. Sometimes it was a discontinued product and you would end up with a credit, but my mom got replacement pieces for broken hand-me-downs and everything.
Funny story: my great grandfather was extremely skeptical of plastic food containers and he refused to let my great grandma keep his food in her Tupperware. She would use a big Tupperware bowl to wash dishes or something, but not for food. He was a bit eccentric with other things (he went to bed with the sunset no matter what the clock said, refused to use an indoor bathroom, etc.) so everyone figured he was just being contrary. Funny how decades after he died people are having serious conversations about plastic getting into our food. Maybe great grandpa wasn't crazy 🤷♀️
There’s also science now on sleep disruption caused by electronic devices- and our inner clock isn’t built for sleeping with electronic lights.
Sounds like he was just ahead of his time.
@@scottostrowski5406 Yeah, it's pretty substantiated science that our rhythm should be with dawn and dusk. You can avoid a lot of issues by dimming your lights at night and not doing the screens before bed. It seems a big wild to go to bed at 5 though.
I was a demonstrator in the UK and loved it. The parties were fun and a demonstrator could have a nice part-time job around family. The seals are unique and I’ve yet to find anything as good even today in 2024. The cheap chunky flap lids containers bought at the supermarket are awful to put on and try to get off. I’ve just bought a new designed Tupperware cheese tray with breathing lid for the fridge, it’s brilliant, a new invention, no condensation and keeps several different types of cheese together and fresh, even blue cheese. That’s unique, so Tupperware is trying, I do hope Tupperware can survive in some way.
I’ve considered Tupperware to plastic containers as the Xerox of copier machines, they’re a company that is synonymous with their product they invented, but they underestimate their competitors! When I think of Tupperware as plastic containers, I think of Rubbermaid, Sterilite, and Glad which are more popular brands!
I use Pyrex containers myself.
@@JL-sm6cg Yeah, it's just a shame even Pyrex isn't what it used to be. They sold the name for license. So even those aren't the same quality they were 50 years ago
@@JL-sm6cg Pyrex is glass, but use them for salads and soups.
@Markimark151 true, they are, but it must take a football spike to break them, because one fell down on the floor on me, and not even a nik in the glass.
@@jonny-b4954 mine have done fine by me.
My mom's refrigerator is full of leftovers in cottage cheese containers. We call that Tennessee Tupperware!
@@Lantana1 Country Crock containers for food and those Danish cookie containers for sewing supplies.
My dad does the same up here in Canada.
Ice cream containers in the Philippines. Both the tin and plastic version. 🤣
I have a lot of Tennessee Tupperware, lol. If it gets damaged, just chuck it in the trash!
I was surprised you didn't mention there was a stigma against eating leftovers at the time tupperware came out, everyone did it of course, but you didn't announce it or else, heaven forbid, you looked poor. (This is why you sometimes hear takeout bags called "doggie bags", so many people took home restaurant leftovers pretending they were for the dog!) So it was a big deal at the time to have ~respectable middle class women~ confidently talking about a product meant to keep leftovers fresh and selling it at middle class house parties.
I'm shocked they were still ONLY selling through parties until the last few years?? That sales model really should have died in the 90's. It's unfortunate, I think they could make a major comeback if they did a marketing campaign playing on sustainability and how long their products last without going into a landfill, compared to cheaper disposable competition, and if they were transparent about what goes into their products to ease people's (warranted) fears about plasticizers and chemicals leeching into their foods. I don't think it'll happen though...
I read the comments to see if anyone else was bringing up the sustainability argument and how Tupperware could be a leader in that area. I agree with you completely.
omg I completely forgot about doggie bags it's been so long
@@RoogleThey hadn't changed their business model since 1975. The word probably wasn't even in their vocabulary.
The recession made this desirable for all the reasons Julie Hagerty explained in *Airplane!*
I remember the term doggie bag from when I was a kid in 80s. My parents would ask for 1 at restaurants for left overs. We didn't have a dog. We were poor so going out to eat twice a month was like our vacation.
I was a Tupperware dealer for several years. I love it so much and love the products. I realize that the days of parties have past. I like being able to buy online but must admit I was not aware the Target was selling it. I hate to see Tupperware disappear. I am retired now and on a very fixed budget. My only concern about purchasing more items for the last decade has been the high cost associated with Tupperware. I have jealously guarded all of my Tupperware because I can’t afford to replace it now.
I taught cooking as a Tupperware salesperson in the 80s. Before we had any idea that plastic was toxic, but it was a new, EXCITING technology! It was top of the line... back when.... Piece of history.
You summed it up perfectly: "Tupperware simply didn't do what they needed to, to make that happen." Clinging to the old formula of in-person parties and not embracing online sales is absolutely CRAZY in the 21st century.
When my mom passed away, I inherited all her Tupperware and all of my grandmother’s Tupperware from the 1950s, which still work as the should, and were in good shape. When a company makes something so good that you never have to replace it even 70 years later, ironically, said company is set up to eventually fail. It is sad that high quality products would put you out of business…
toss out them crusty cancerous bowls. rubbermaid still makes quality glass dishes with lids.
This video made me realize I've never actually owned any Tupperware brand products... I think growing up and to this day most of the similar things I have in my house are from Rubbermaid and other brands, simply because that is what was available at the store
My mom sold Tupperware when I was a kid in the 60s-70s. She gave me the B+W T.V. she won. For the younger folks, B&W stands for black and white, no color. I was gratful to get it. First thing I watched on it was Cinderella on ABCs wonderful world of Disney. I remember because I recorded the mice singing "Cinderellee!" On the tape deck she won the month before and I listened to it all the time.
I still have a loy of my mom's old tupperware and most the stuff she got me for my first apt. There are a few pieces that got damaged over the years. I joked with my mom about getting them replaced. She laughed, "you should! They replaced the bowl the martin (30lb., Weasel family) chewed into. Lifetime guarantee! " she said in her sales voice. I miss ya ma.
I lost a measuring cup and learned of the lifetime guarantee. Since the cups were 1970s harvest gold, and couldn’t be matched, they replaced the entire set with yellow. That was the only Tupperware “store” I ever was to in Winona, MN. I think a person who was a host just rented a very small space on their own.
I miss 1970s Harvest Gold. They stopped making the pigment for it.
I grew up in the 80's and 90's with a kitchen full of Tupperware stuff because my mom hosted Tupperware parties in the 70's. My parents are still using the same Tupperware and I figure once they pass, I'll inherite them. One day they will be my children's Tupperware, lol.
No sooner than when Tupperware announced that it's filing for bankruptcy than Company Man does a video on it's fall. Talk about perfect timing.
Since the last Kmart is closing today we'll be getting that video replayed.
@@jerseygirlinatl7701Kmart is thriving in Australia.
No doubt that when Chuck E. Cheese filed for bankruptcy in 2020 even he did a video right away on that.
He had this one locked and loaded for sure. 😉
RIP Tupperware. Wild that a company that’s become so synonymous with the idea of food containers has now gone Bankrupt.
it's chapter 11 bankruptcy, they are restructuring, but the brand is safe for now.
The Tupperware party for the natives in the movie “Airplane”.
“This keeps hot dog buns fresh for days…” 😂😂😂😂
"...for the upcoming monsoon season" lmao! Great scene and movie :)
@@applejacks971 😂 I had forgotten the last part of that line 😂👍🏻👏🏻
In that particular instance Elaine was selling "Supperware."
@@Rick-S-6063 The same Supperware that Patty and Selma sold on The Simpsons?
@@Rick-S-6063 And we all knew what Supperware was
My local mall has a store literally called "the container store." It has every brand of container you could possobly think of, including higher quality items than tupperware that sell for cheaper.
Its decline also has to do with health concerns. The chemicals leaching from the plastic onto foods is not safe.
I can get plastic containers at the nearest dollar store for next to nothing.
Sure, they are not as sturdy, but with my usage, they will still last years, and that is plenty good for me.
I also got a complete Rubbermaid kit for something like $15 and that also last me years, so paying premium for something that lasts decades just isn't worth it.
This. This comment is exactly why I think they fell. Cheap copies and the acceptance of "good enough for me right now" or "current situation."
I want Tupperware to exist, but at a lowered price as it's cheaper to produce now, and I will pay premium for that decade last on containers which I use most.
Parents love durable containers, students and work need lunch packs (one good lunch set per person), but it's no longer the only option and replacement costs of cheaper versions are less than the costs over the lifetime that most other Tupperware users will see.
@@hotaru8309 It's also plastic. It's inevitably going to get stained/melted on a burner/hold some salmon stank/etc even if it's still perfectly functional, it's just the nature of the material. It's no longer something exotic and premium like high grade plastic was in the 50s and 60s, and I tend to think most people now prefer to replace their containers when they start getting ragged looking.
Same, you got super cheap ones that will last a few months for 2-3$. Or you can can very good ones that last for years for like 5$, worth paying an extra 2$ unless you are just giving food to someone else. People say Tupperware is better, I don't see how. I'm not on a battlefield, if it keeps food fresh for a few days in the fridge and can be washed in the dishwasher and it lasts for years, which the cheap ones do, why does Tupperware still exist? The answer is simple : Tupperware soon won't exist.
@@MichaelDavis-mk4me Dishwashers annihilate tupperware lids. Hell is trying to keep warped lids on your mother's tupperware.
@@planetofether5462 So why are my super cheap plastic ones not warped then? I never wash them by hand and they have been fine for over 5 years. I call bullcrap on not being able to dishwash them.
Tupperware's the OG of containers.
Well, you forgot to mention one of the MAJOR reasons! And the most poisonous. Older (80s and 90s) Tupperware containers and especially lids start to disintegrate and the plasticizer separates out of the plastic and creates a sticky residue that is quite poisonous. At first Tupperware (which had a life long warranty) replaced those containers and lids, but it soon became too much. My mom (and me) are still throwing Tupperware stuff away these days, because of this problem. You have to be very careful not to use those lids/containers.
Crazy to hear that still in the 2020's they were still relying almost exclusively on the MLM model, which can turn off a large portion of potential customers for the product itself.
Had Tuppenware adapted to the times and sold their goods in selected stores and online retailers as premium goods, I believe that they could have continued operate failry decently, especially if they targeted those consumers more concerned with the waste produced by disposable plastic containers.
I purchased a Tupperware set for $249 in 2003. A couple weeks ago I was talking to a friend about the set and we found out that, adjusted for inflation today, the set was the exact same price/value! And everything is still in tip-top shape after two decades of user and dishwasher abuse. I'm not sponsored, but just wanted to say it. :)
I have 4 Tupperware plates in my cabinet that I bought over 30 years ago. I have no idea what I paid but I'm sure it was a bargain because I'll probably still have them when I die.
Tupperware is awesome, almost indestructible, and I have pieces that are decades old that still look like new! (and my mom's is even older! ) I've never found anything that is a good, though it also was so pricey that I don't have to much of it.
Same here. This stuff is just quality that is unmatched.
I’m always surprised to see very old Tupperware for sale in antique malls.
The fact that they were an MLM in the modern day is the entire reason they failed
This! I will never, never support any company that takes advantage of people through the predatory MLM (multi-level marketing), or "direct sales", model. I know too many people who have worked extremely hard, made crazy sales, and still made next to no money because that's how these things are inherently designed.
You're absolutely right that it's 2024 and a lot of people are starting to understand why MLMs are not ok. If companies refuse to adapt to that and just go with a normal business model instead, they're going to sink. I feel somewhat for the consultants, as they're victims of these companies too, but the companies just need to sink.
What!? Those Glad and Ziploc containers are supposed to be DISPOSABLE?!? How absolutely awful for the environment if people starts to throw out their plastic containers!! Also explains why they are so cheaply made and why mine are starting to break after only 2 years of usage…. Never even thought about the possibility that they weren’t made to be reused…
The big sales pitch for these were for kids. Imagine trying to give your little kids their lunch every day in Tupperware containers....you'd be lucky to get one back out of 5. LOL With these cheaper disposable ones, you don't care if the kids don't come home with them.
@@SoulBlazer08 ?? How could a kid have trouble bringing a lunch box with 1-2 tupperwares in them and bring them back home after?? They already have a school bag and a few papers or whatever school supplies… Never had any trouble with my kid so far and never heard of any friend’s kids having trouble with such a basic thing.. do kids you know lose their clothes and school bags or something?? 😝
unfortunately, yes. That is why they are more flimsy now.
@@YoshMaster You'd be surprised what kids loose all the time. LOL
Wait, people use these containers once and throw them away???? I’ve never heard of anyone doing that.
I’d still buy Tupperware today, if I could find it
I believe that Tupperware tried even they could to protect their independent (individual) distributors - and I admire and very much appreciate that.
They experienced their success from people meeting with other people at Tupperware parties and meeting with their Tupperware representative. It helped many people have the small business experience and have an income while maintaining self respect.
We forget about the impact of the social benefits - but we should remember and appreciate them.
We will miss Tupperware if it does go out of business 😢
I would LOVE some wealthy business person to acquire Tupperware and support its mission of helping others. Even at my 65 years of age, I would break my back to try to help them. Tupperware products truly are very high quality ❤😊😊
Like many MLMs many women went into debt selling Tupperware.
Back in the day Tupperware was amazing, but now there prices are WAY to much. No one cares anymore as long as it works. Pyrex IMO is much nicer.
I've moves to Pyrex as well. Actually, any glass container is better IMO. I still have the problem of missing tops. Because the plastic/rubber tops crack more often than I break the container.
And glass bottomed containers are so accessible now and at low prices too if you spot them at TJ Max, Grocery Outlet, ect.
*too much, not to much. *Their, not there. Sorry, but you really embarrassed yourself here. Back in the day, you should have studied how written English works and not be such a Pyrex expert.
@@clvrswineWow. Not only are you being rude for no good reason, but your own comment contains a double space. I am not opposed to correcting a mistake, however there is no reason to approach it with such condescending phrasing. You didn't do your own image any favors here.
@@clvrswine English is not everyone's first language.
Its kinda wild seeing them only show up in retail in the last few years. Seems like once again poor management and failure to see how the markets shifted toward retail and then online allowed others to fill those gaps. I still have a few pieces. They are very durable and apparently will outlast the company itself
I remember the first time seeing them at Target, didn't even think they were still in business till then
I heard their new stuff isn't good quality anymore.
*It's *.
@@clvrswine seriously dude?!
Oh sorry.. "Seriously, dude?!"
Just starting the video but I already know their lack of tech use is a huge factor. I was a consultant or whatever for about a year in 2013 and they were STILL using carbon copies for the sales receipts 😂
Thank you Company Man for yet another episode I can share with my mother ^_^
I remember my mom hosting a Tupperware party at our house, either in the late 70s or early 80s. She still has a bunch of it. My sister and I both have some that we probably had while growing up, at least from the 90s if not earlier. I have 3 small bowls, which I still use all the time, and matching cups, which I never use. They're good quality foodware and storage. When I go home for Christmas, I'll see what items my mom wouldn't mind parting with.
I've got a few pieces of Tupperware from my grandma. They are great but very expensive compared to others.
The trade off for he price is that they last so long, you can pass them down to your grandkids.
man im eating out of tupperware rn....
Tupperware is only restructuring and filing chapter 11 and tupperware will be going up and growing strong! I am a tupperware consultant and I have received a letter stating just that! Thank you for your support!
I have a tupperware water bottle next to me rn, holy f
I'm 77 and still have and use the eukie green Tupperware strainer that I received as a wedding gift in 1966.
These days, I mainly use silicone or glass food containers and take my own grocery bags shopping. They love it. 😅
When you mentioned the concerns of plastic.
That is where I feel someone like tupperware should embrace it. That the are build to last, that it is still their brand that they last!
Plastic is great - but lets not just waste it, buy something that lasts! I am not Don Draper, but I am sure there could be made some good marketing around that!
Can you do Schwann's next? They are the frozen food home delivery.They're shutting down business after 72 years.
That's a shame. They seemed like they had their act together with full control to delivery. I haven't ever used them though, and would be interested on learning more. Have they simply been out-competed by all the other food delivery services?
@bosef1 they used to make their food and deliver it, but recently they sold the food part to a South Korean company, and changed the name of the delivery part to "Yelloh" to the confusion of everyone. The delivery trucks changed, and I think that a lot of people thought it was a competitor. They said they are not selling enough to keep up with business expenses.
Yello was a stupid name. We used to buy from Schwan's, but it got too expensive.
I got a kick out of Schwann's advertising that you could use EBT cards (AKA "food stamps") on their trucks. Just think of it, buying steaks and lobsters with welfare dollars.😀
My dad used to work for Schwann's for years. He left around the time they started talking of yello, saying that it was only a matter of time before they went under. Only thing I'll miss is the old cheese sticks. Those were good.
Yeah i got some from my grandparents but i use glass these days
Most of my Tupperware has been replaced with glass. I still have deviled egg carriers, but that’s it.
It's a verb over here in Germany, we say "tuppern" or "eintuppern" if we put food in Tupperware-like containers. On the other hand I really don't know were to buy Tupperware here. So there you go... 😐
They made it to hard to find, especially back in the early 2000's when I was establishing my household. I love my mom's Tupperware but I never had an easy way to buy some for myself. It's too much work to find a seller and I'm not going to host a party, i don't know enough people. That leaves looking at garage sales and thrift stores, which are their own kind is headache. Oh well.
Your channel is truly a gem. I wish you would make longer videos!
I’m surprised how little you talk about the MLM/ pyramid scheme aspect damaging their name and reputation. Millennials and gen z are increasingly not interested in these business models and there are even some online spaces that express extreme hatred toward them!
Tupperware hosts were mostly paid in Tupperware, not cash.
Tupperware basically created a product that is so good, too good in fact that you never really feel the need to replace them and when you do, who really gives a damn about what brand is on the lid i just want plastic containers to put my leftovers in lol
Heck I'll even wash up yogurt containers (the big ones) and use those as plastic containers.
I almost wanna say what Tupperware is going through will be an industry wide problem very soon, it's just that Tupperware speedran their downfall with some of their decisions
I agree - I've actually bought "vintage" Tupperware - I know how it performs and I get that nostalgia "kick" when I use it and have it around our kitchen....
I often re-use plastic take-out food containers myself -- the generic black ones with clear lids (either round or rectangular), that Chinese and Thai restaurants here seem to favor. Even if they're meant to be disposable, they _will_ last through at least a few dishwashings.
And yah, growing up I saw plenty of Cool Whip containers re-used the same way. (Usually Grandma's, from her sending leftovers home with us after we had dinner with her.)
Still, I'd think Tupperware could've hung on as a premium product, had they started selling in department stores' home departments 30-40 years ago. Maybe they'll still have a chance, if someone buys them out of bankruptcy and plays their cards right.
@@AaronOfMpls it genuinely baffles me that tupperware didnt sell in stores because of a 1950s mentality lol
> I almost wanna say what Tupperware is going through will be an industry wide problem very soon, it's just that Tupperware speedran their downfall with some of their decisions
I'm already almost at the point of preferring random string of letters brand Chinesium stuff from Amazon, a lot of the time it's very similar if not identical to a product with a well known western brand slapped on it that costs at least 3x more. Why pay more when the brand stuff is more often than not the exact same as the generic, probably made in the same factory complex?
Only time I pay a premium now is when something is made in Japan or Germany.
@@treelineresearch3387 you buy japanese plastic containers?
Lived on a tropical island. Never ever had Tupperware or plastic containers. Harmful to our planet.
1. Durability is not in fashion anymore. The person in the video spoke in favour of disposable containers. I think this is a terrible idea, but it seems that I am the minority. Now everyone sells items with planned obsolescence, not quality items that will be passed down to your kids.
2. They failed to address environmental concerns. If you look at their website or catalogue, there's no mention on what exactly their "eco" products are. They don't contain the illegal chemicals, but they don't also give enough information on all the other toxic substances.
3. They had become much too expensive.
4. Yes, people have withdrawn into themselves and parties cannot be organized anymore. Which is a pity. They were lots of fun. But to host a party you first have to hunt participants, then prepare beverages, cake, cookies and sandwiches, and of course tidy your home. This is viewed as a terrible hassle by most working people nowadays. Plus the covid fear.
Although we have a few tupperware containers, some passed down from parents, my Wife and I have only purchased a handful of new pieces in the last 30 years. Those were cake and pie containers. Most of our leftovers are stored either in glass bowls with lids which also work as cooking and serving containers. Most of ourr plastic containers originally held Chinese take-out food. These are not as sturdy as Tupperware, but they last long enough that we occasionally end up with too many of them.
If the growing movement against disposable plastics had happened sooner would it have helped Tupperware?
In conjunction with Tuppenware switching to regular retail channels, probably.
But relying entirely on MLM in the 21st century when competing products are easily available in stores was a sentence to almost certain failure.
The Avon and Tupperware sales ladies of the past are no longer. That was always the pitch. Things were so much simpler before the 1990s.
My mom was both. lol.
& I collect both vintage Tupperware & vintage Avon tree ornaments.
2:19 same now, with all micro plastics, I'm avoiding everything plastic as much as possible, specially regarding food.
You go right ahead and worry. I am 67, in excellent health and have been eating from plastic for DECADES. Everything to bring home from the grocery store is wrapped in PLASTIC.
@kristinebailey6554 I'm 69 and I agree with your statement, lol. We went through the asbestos, lead paint, polluted air, etc. I'm definitely not worried about plastic.
Tupperware when I was a kid was very high quality. Sure, we had plastic bags, and plastic wrap, but Tupperware preserved things in the fridge better. Now they have endless competition that is as good or better, including brands like Anchor-Hocking that sell containers made of glass. Lots of people know about microplastics now, and I'm one of them who is slowly getting rid of my Tupperware and its ilk and replacing that plastic with glass containers. Same with things like mixing bowls, where I now use stainless steel. Unfortunately for a great product, they'll probably never have me as a customer again.
My mum had loads of Tupperware in our kitchen, i remember her having a party. The items are still going strong as they are good quality, it’s a shame it all went wrong for the company. I’m in the UK and I don’t think any shops stock it, I haven’t seen it anywhere.
Glass is more of a premium, and Pyrex is competing in this segment.
Yup. That seems to be the trend now. I am phasing plastics out of my food storage and moving to glass.
I understand the appeal. Easier to wash, no phantom smells, removing microplastics from the environment, keeps hots hotter & colds colder longer.
But I cannot recommend glassware to people with muscular weakness of the arms or arthritis or carpul tunnel/cubital tunnel. It's just too heavy & slipoery & easy to break.
Glass breaks and it's heavier. I honestly don't like the glass ones that much. Pyrex do make good glassware for cooking in oven though, plastic can't do that.
Plastic discolor, has annoying dents and scratches too easily when scrubbed.
@@MichaelDavis-mk4me That's true. If the food would be in for a rough ride, I might use plastic instead
For storing cold foods, plastic containers are fine. But I wonder how much of the brand's decline could be attributed to the public's health concerns, when it comes to microwaving food in plastic containers (Tupperware brand, included)... I know modern plastic containers may say BPA-free and claim to be microwave-safe.... but are they really? And, after repeated microwave cycles?
this is exactly why I don't use Tupperware - why would I use something that is (1) potentially toxic, (2) takes on the smell of the food that was stored inside (3) cannot be microwaved/put in an oven/put in a freezer
ikea has great glass containers that are safe, don't take on smell, and can do both microwave/oven and freezer. at a low price. with different lid options.
Yeah, Tupperware really dropped the ball with this consumer change. There has been a massive shift in consumer habits against plastic storage containers. They definitely should have pioneered Tupperware brand glass storage containers.
It's not like there was BPA in them for the hell of it, they'll just have to replace that with other things that are potentially even worse. Plastic shouldn't be used for food containers to begin with.
I store in BPA free containers but don't heat in them. I use glass or ceramic instead. I don't think repeated heating is safe either.
I never heat in the plastic containers. I always transfer the food to a dish first. I know they say microwave safe but I never trust it. I never put them in the dish washer either.
I was wondering why Tupperware was in such a bad shape, but a lot of that seems just self-inflicted incompetence on the managerial and CEO level sad to say, but that’s all deserved
As with most issues in the modern day, blame wokeness
@@technobladeleakedclips1827 You need to explain! People have used that term so much that nobody pretty much can agree on what it genuinely means anymore. It’s a catchall for virtually anything!!!!!! Also, he went in depth on why Tupperware is failing, by using a literal antiquated sales strategy when it’s easier to get your competitors product and you can’t tell the difference! So go to say walk and then that explains everything you need to back it up!
@@technobladeleakedclips1827what does wokeness have to do with it?
They should have stopped the stupid parties/MLM shit way sooner.
@em84c Unclear, the previous poster may have been being facetious or sarcastic.
@@em84c wokeness is anti-labor. They started hiring wokes who barely work and the quality of there product decreased exponentially. Simple
Costco is selling Tupperware ! Beautiful pastels.
Not selling in stores or online is baffling to me, I never knew Tupperware was an actual brand because its just something I pick up from the store.
I also definitely don’t think them being an MLM helped out much
I'm 35yo & never in my life purchased Tupperware. Free containers from takeout, lunch meat, butter and pickle jars are what we use in my house 😅
I'm the same age and growing up my mom used to keep country crock containers for leftovers
Lol same here, but 37. Even saved the gallon tubs of ice cream.
A boring life. Real Americans bought Tupperware. Don't brag about missing out about the American Experience, just because you have No Friends. Normal, adult Americans have friends that sold Tupperware. You are the dork.
I have a large cupboard overflowing with Tupperware... all bought from thrift stores.
A lot of items are older than I am.
Yep a lot of my Tupperware is second hand too! They make it too good quality 😂
Wuss.
Tupperware was kind of hard to seal sometimes. However, it was high quality and at most yard sales today Tupperware is there in great condition.
My wife has been selling it for 3 years. There's still a big following.
The big mixing bowl by tupperware was the puke bowl we used most as kids born in the 1990s lol
Bet your mother used it to prep food in still, right?
@@JL-sm6cg absolutely. After a thorough disinfecting and washing haha
@NitroBoarder17 we used to have the tumbler cups, and my mother, as God is my witness, in the days before you could put a 25 foot cord on a phone, used to literally pee in one while talking to my grandmother on the phone, then pour it in the sink. Sadly, I likely still drank out of those cups.
My mom would give me a big pot haha
PLEASE do a video about the rise & fall of "23anME".. Your insight would be very much appreciated!
Has that even been around long enough to rise..or fall??
@@crabring it definitely rose, but the fall is currently happening.
Working as a tech in their labs was my foot in the door in bio tech- any lab tech could have told you they had a finite market and were unsustainable , but they went ahead and built AND CLOSED two whole labs in the 8 months I was there 💀
@@Whiskyunicorn wow
I love this guys videos
I have a collection of vintage Tupperware and Pyrex and use thm regularly. Love them!
Tupperware is based in Orlando, FL. Another Florida company that has hit the wall is Tervis Tumbler (Venice, FL).
I've never owned any Tupperware. I've not even heard people use the word since I was little in the 90s. Honestly, I didn't think they still existed until they started popping up in my news feeds over this bankruptcy.
I was born in the 80s, never owned tupperware products, but I still the word as a generic term for any food storage container (even glass containers)
I still hear Tupperware used today, maybe it's a regional thing or my family is just old haha. I'm 35 and still use it as a stand in for any plastic food storage, even though I don't think we had any in my house growing up
No one cares that you've never owned any Tupperware. Honestly, no one cares that you didn't think they still existed. Why did you comment?
I switched to glass many years ago and have never regretted that decision.
The whole subject is a female subject. WTF is a man "switched to glass" even doing here? Dude. This is about food storage containers. Be a man for one second, "many years" guy.
Ironically, the pandemic actually helped Tupperware. They got a slight boost in sales in 2020 because more people were cooking and eating at home.
We always had Tupperware growing up and I still have some pieces I bought years ago. It’s sad to see the decline of such a great company, but everything is online now. It’s just like watching all your favorite stores close.
8:00 ,now we know why Kraft Mac & Cheese taste like rubbery silicone 😉
I thought Tupperware was already dead. 0:10
Lol I forgot it was a brand name