herunan a day ago | next |

> "Over the last several years, the company's financial position has been severely impacted by the challenging macroeconomic environment," Tupperware's chief executive Laurie Ann Goldman said in a statement to investors, external.

I agree that their food storage products, which is what Tupperware is most known for, have suffered from the abundance of next best alternatives in the market. However, I just went on their website and all their products and product lines feel so uninspired.

I would blame their decline in demand due to lack of innovation as a way to stay relevant. They could’ve ventured into other areas that capitalise on their ‘airtight’ applications. That’s what made Tupperware unique when it was founded.

For example, a consumer product line of waterproof bags or cases for electronic devices and other important items. Due to brand awareness and trust, they could’ve really leveraged the ‘Tupperware’ brand there in a way that other brands couldn’t.

Or highly invest in R&D for more industrial and scientific applications that require airtight solutions or vacuum spaces. This would’ve created highly lucrative partnerships that would’ve kept them afloat even if sales for their consumer products dwindled.

AStonesThrow 14 hours ago | root | parent |

> That’s what made Tupperware unique when it was founded.

I suppose they were making a unique product, but it was the grassroots marketing that made them a standout and a household name.

I believe that those suburban home-based "parties" bridged the gap between door-to-door salesmen and catalog/online sales.

In my neighborhood, "Tupperware parties" were not stigmatized or dreaded, but just seemed like a fun way to pick up some durable modern containers.

tonyedgecombe a day ago | prev | next |

I remember my mum having a Tupperware party in the early seventies. She had all her friends round for a social gathering and to buy plastic containers. It sounds bizarre now.

DonHopkins 20 hours ago | root | parent | prev |

Not as bizarre as two Texas narcotics officers going undercover to sex toy parties and busting women for selling vibrators.

How are vibrators narcotic? Am I just not using them right? Is it possible to overdose?

Sex Toy Party:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy_party

>A woman was arrested in Texas in December 2003 on obscenity charges for hosting a sex toy party for undercover narcotics officers, but the case was dismissed by the judge in July 2004.

Texas housewife busted for hawking erotic toys / Sales rep for Brisbane firm sold vibrator to undercover agents:

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/texas-housewife-busted-...

>"It makes you wonder what they're thinking out there in Texas," Davis said. "They sound like prudes, with antiquated laws. They must have all their street crime under control in Texas if they're going to spend tax money arresting us."

>[...] Webb said she was amazed that the town's narcotics squad would be put on the case. "We have a real problem with drugs in our schools," she said, "and they're using our narcotics officers to entrap me for selling a vibrator."

Sex toys and porn on her terms:

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4314184

>Passion Parties, a company in Brisbane, Calif., that markets adult toys such as vibrators, oils and romance kits through home party "consultants," has been in the news lately. It seems the brave police in Burleson, Texas, sensing the danger of women armed with dildos, arrested rep Joanne Webb, 43, because she explained how to use a sex toy. She faces a year in jail for obscenity.

BRISBANE / Vibrator case dismissed in Texas:

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BRISBANE-Vibrator-case-...

>She was facing a year in jail for selling the vibrator in October to a pair of undercover officers posing as a dysfunctional married couple.

It makes me wonder how they demonstrated they were dysfunctional?

bravetraveler 18 hours ago | root | parent |

> It makes me wonder how they demonstrated they were dysfunctional?

Sounds like the default state for two people pretending to be in a relationship, tbh. No unity/chemistry lol

pvaldes a day ago | prev | next |

Probably cloned to dead by counterfeits.

Glass and silicone tap is heavier but more clean and removes the risk of plastic leaking chemicals on the food.

yetihehe 19 hours ago | root | parent |

I wouldn't be that sure about silicone. Most of them are flaking a lot and degrading after they are freezed, probably have a lot of plasticizers too.

AStonesThrow 14 hours ago | root | parent |

There are a whole bunch of symbols imprinted on those containers which indicate safe usage. Dishwasher, freezer, microwave, etc.

Used as directed, as safe as anything else. Sort of like talc...

yetihehe 5 hours ago | root | parent |

I noticed this effect on silicone tray intended for freezing water cubes. It would seem that it should be safe for freezer, but after freezing it, cubes were partly colored by silicone part of tray. I won't use silicone for freezing anymore. Those trays for baking are not that confidence-building either. Good fast test if you should buy anything for food - if it smells of fresh car or plastic when new, don't use for food.

pvaldes 4 hours ago | root | parent |

The typical fresh car smell is almond wax added to the plastic. Coffe, Aloe or Avocado are also used.

Transparent silicon should be more inert than dyed silicon. I assume that they should be using food grade colorants in any case.

dopylitty a day ago | prev | next |

For once a bankruptcy not directly caused by private equity.

Although if you look at the history of “Tupperware Brands” there is definitely some financial fuckery going on which I’m sure took away from producing actual products.

killingtime74 a day ago | prev |

Surprised they lasted that long given there are both cheaper substitutes and better (such as glass) ones.

latsu 21 hours ago | root | parent |

You aren't kidding. The price for a lot of their storage options looks to be 2-4x what you can find in a grocer in the US. Even a Costco set of Snapware glass is significantly cheaper than Tupperware.