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I wonder if the decline of Tupperware's plastic container use has to do with the fact that people either cook afresh, for 1-2 meals max, use microwaves to heat up ready meals from supermarkets (instead of "cook on Sunday, eat for the whole week") or they go out and grab fast food.
Or people are saving by buying unbranded Chinese plastic containers.
First Madoff, now Tupperware parties - pyramid schemes are having a hard time ;-). I wonder if the decline of Tupperware's plastic container use has to do with the fact that people either cook afresh, for 1-2 meals max, use microwaves to heat up ready meals from supermarkets (instead of "cook on Sunday, eat for the whole week") or they go out and grab fast food. Or people are saving by buying unbranded Chinese plasti…
Don't really enjoy how stained plastic containers get with sauces and stuff either, they never "felt" clean afterwards.
First Madoff, now Tupperware parties - pyramid schemes are having a hard time ;-). I wonder if the decline of Tupperware's plastic container use has to do with the fact that people either cook afresh, for 1-2 meals max, use microwaves to heat up ready meals from supermarkets (instead of "cook on Sunday, eat for the whole week") or they go out and grab fast food. Or people are saving by buying unbranded Chinese plasti…
> "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…
Re: adjacent markets: I saw a Dyson branded hair curler the other day, which threw me for a loop! There was a big poster with a quote (from the CEO?) about how they want to become experts in this domain, implying they just decided to branch out one day. Does anyone know more about this? Edit: I don't know much about hair curlers, but apparently Dyson's airflow expertise gives them an edge here.
First Madoff, now Tupperware parties - pyramid schemes are having a hard time ;-). I wonder if the decline of Tupperware's plastic container use has to do with the fact that people either cook afresh, for 1-2 meals max, use microwaves to heat up ready meals from supermarkets (instead of "cook on Sunday, eat for the whole week") or they go out and grab fast food. Or people are saving by buying unbranded Chinese plasti…
I imagine many folks associate Tupperware with “those old stained and warped plastic lids in the back of the cupboard”.
First Madoff, now Tupperware parties - pyramid schemes are having a hard time ;-). I wonder if the decline of Tupperware's plastic container use has to do with the fact that people either cook afresh, for 1-2 meals max, use microwaves to heat up ready meals from supermarkets (instead of "cook on Sunday, eat for the whole week") or they go out and grab fast food. Or people are saving by buying unbranded Chinese plasti…
Personally I just stopped using plastic containers and have sets of glass ones, mostly French Pyrex ones which are still made of borosilicate glass. I can cook in a large one (things like lasagna), put in the fridge/freezer and back into the oven without caring it might break. Don't really enjoy how stained plastic containers get with sauces and stuff either, they never "felt" clean afterwards.
For lasagna we cook the ragu etc for multiple times eating, then we prepare the glass boxes as if they went to the oven, but put them to the freezer. Finishing this is basically: put the box from the freezer to the oven, then turn on the oven and bake for ~75minutes instead of the usual 60.
IKEA and DM (in Germany) have also nice glass boxes which are not as expensive as the Pyrex ones, but especially the cover of the Pyrex are better IMO.
Plus, people are becoming aware that plastic containers suck and they prefer buying glass container for home use, since they're easier to clean and don't get permanently stained.
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I actually really wanted to buy Tupperware,specifically because it lasted. Imagine my surprise when it turned out I'd need to go to a Tupperware party to do so.
Buy glass containers with silicon lids instead. They also last but don't get stained by the food you put inside.
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Re: adjacent markets: I saw a Dyson branded hair curler the other day, which threw me for a loop! There was a big poster with a quote (from the CEO?) about how they want to become experts in this domain, implying they just decided to branch out one day. Does anyone know more about this? Edit: I don't know much about hair curlers, but apparently Dyson's airflow expertise gives them an edge here.
I don’t know about curlers, but for hair dryers, bio ionics are great.