# Tupperware inc files for bankruptcy 70s and 80s kids sob **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457 "2024-09-19T04:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/21 "2024-09-19T14:22:40Z")
My husband’s first wife was a Tupperware lady. When she left him, she also left her plastics behind, so I got a lot of it when we married. I’m still using some of it 40 years later, but as it ages and splits, it gets tossed. I get a lot of mileage now from the “disposable” containers that last quite a long time. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/22 "2024-09-19T15:37:26Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I get a lot of mileage now from the “disposable” containers that last quite a long time. Agree. So many products are sold in reusable containers now, I can’t remember the last time we purchased them, never mind Tupperware, specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/23 "2024-09-19T15:39:24Z")
50s child here. I won’t miss it (I’m surprised they were still around). My mother had exactly one Tupperware container, fairly large, maybe a quart or even 6 cups. They were relatively expensive and we didn’t have a lot of spare cash, so she babied it, never put it in the dishwasher. It developed a small split on the rim of the lid, but it still worked so we kept using it. I think we had other containers of some kind, but that’s the only one I remember. I wonder if my father still had it when he died. The problem with cheap containers is not that they don’t last, but that they seem to multiply like wire hangers, and paradoxically the lids never match the containers. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/24 "2024-09-19T15:41:22Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > and paradoxically the lids never match the containers. Thus, the incredible virtue of the tubs that come with takeout food. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > The “bowls” (tubs?) come in 1, 1.5, 2, 3, and 4 cup sizes and they all stack and they all use the same lid! And they are much easier to clean than tupperware. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/25 "2024-09-19T15:42:25Z")
I won’t miss Tupperware - I still have all the pieces I need! The cake holder, the big yellow bowl with lid, and a maroon drink pitcher. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/26 "2024-09-19T15:43:19Z")
Midwest vs. Everybody has a meme up today on Twitter connecting the demise of Tupperware with people recycling [Country Crock](https://www.shipt.com/shop/products/1374796?region_id=005289&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid-shopping&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADEpl4VGkTRoiMAynGN2mmDypAf3Q&gclid=CjwKCAjwl6-3BhBWEiwApN6_kn5BD_mgbbWScT_wF2gBGk2-cPeCvtwGw4SsUozo9oLF-4vbPMguJhoCIzwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) tubs. I enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/27 "2024-09-19T16:04:03Z")
Taupe. 🙂 Tupperware products had lifetime warranties. I wonder if they’ll be able to honor that? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/28 "2024-09-19T16:05:57Z")
My mom still has a dark orange version of that one! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/29 "2024-09-19T16:14:54Z")
Haven’t read through the responses, but worth noting that it’s Chapter 11: > **[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code)** > > Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is available to every business, whether organized as a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship, and to individuals, although it is most prominently used by corporate entities. In contrast, Chapter 7 governs the process of a liquidation bankruptcy, though liquidation may also occur... and not Chapter 7: > **[Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_7,_Title_11,_United_States_Code)** > > Chapter 7 of Title 11 U.S. Code is the bankruptcy code that governs the process of liquidation under the bankruptcy laws of the U.S. In contrast to bankruptcy under Chapter 11 and Chapter 13, which govern the process of reorganization of a debtor, Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the most common form of bankruptcy in the U.S. > When a financially troubled business is unable to pay creditors, the business may file (or be compelled by creditors to file) for bankruptcy in a federal court under Chapter 7, whic... Per Tupperware: > **[Tupperware Voluntarily Initiates Chapter 11 Proceedings](https://ir.tupperwarebrands.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2024/09-18-2024-043654053)** > > Company Intends to Continue Providing Customers with Award-Winning, Innovative Products through Tupperware Sales Consultants, Retail Partners and Online at Tupperware.comORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tupperware Brands Corporation ( Perhaps they’re just trying to lock in (financial) freshness. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/30 "2024-09-19T16:16:39Z")
I don’t remember exactly which pieces my mom had, only that the concept of the “burp” was infinitely amusing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/31 "2024-09-19T19:01:36Z")
It’s possible to buy a few Tupperware items in the grocery store near me (Switzerland) and I even went to a Tupperware party some decades ago. The Tupperware I have doesn’t seal as well as other brands, so I’ve found the newer generations (last 20 years) less reliable than my mother’s Tupperware. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/32 "2024-09-19T19:12:38Z")
Before Rubbermaid and other brands of similar plastic storage ware were widely available, perhaps Tupperware had something going for it. And in the days when wives and mothers largely didn’t work outside the home, the Tupperware parties were a legitimate source of income for many. The other thing is they used to have weird, highly specialized products. I think we had the kit that could make frozen ice pops out of juice or Kool-Aid. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/33 "2024-09-19T19:27:46Z")
Always mixed in Jello with the Kool Aid so it wasn’t just a hard chunk of ice ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/34 "2024-09-19T19:51:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think we had the kit that could make frozen ice pops out of juice or Kool-Aid. Those were so great. And they had that ineffable flavor (described above) that the tumblers had. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/35 "2024-09-19T22:29:08Z")
At the end, I wonder if Tupperware still made the human-sized containers like the ones the twins slept in to stay ever-fresh & young in _Eerie, Indiana._ I forget – did the twins need to be “burped” for the effect to happen? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/36 "2024-09-19T22:33:11Z")
You don’t burp the _contents_ of the Tupperware; you burp the lid of it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/37 "2024-09-19T22:39:12Z")
We have a cupboard full of Tupperware that we use on a regular basis. They’re only a _few_ decades old but are holding up nicely. We use very few disposable containers, since we have perfectly serviceable Tupperware. My wife had a Tupperware party when we first married, but they were very common back then. Since then, the only place we really see them for sale is at a booth someone sets up at the county fair (or at flea markets, by the same guys who sell every variety of Correlle ever made). Those salt-and-pepper shakers with the flip-up lids were seemingly made to be put into adults’ lunch boxes. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/38 "2024-09-19T23:05:35Z")
Considering the very young age of the twins when they first started sleeping that way, they might have had to be burped both ways. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/39 "2024-09-19T23:15:34Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Everybody has a meme up today on Twitter connecting the demise of Tupperware with people recycling [Country Crock](https://www.shipt.com/shop/products/1374796?region_id=005289&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid-shopping&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADEpl4VGkTRoiMAynGN2mmDypAf3Q&gclid=CjwKCAjwl6-3BhBWEiwApN6_kn5BD_mgbbWScT_wF2gBGk2-cPeCvtwGw4SsUozo9oLF-4vbPMguJhoCIzwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) tubs. Oh yes, we did that all the time as a kid. Specifically Country Crock. I swear, growing up as a kid I literally thought that Country Crock was butter. What I mean is that when people talked about butter, I assumed they meant spreadable margarine. When I was a kid, that was _all_ we ever had. I don’t think I ever dealt with real butter until I grew up, went out on my own, and started shopping for myself. Then I was like… “Butter is not the same as the stuff in those beige containers, and it tastes a hundred times better?!” But in addition to that, we had real Tupperware stuff. I remember my mom attending Tupperware parties. And yes, we had that pitcher with the plunger in the handle. That does bring back memories. Today, in my modern house, we have reusable storage solutions that my wife likes to pick up. They are not Tupperware brand, I’m sure they cost a fraction of the price (in fact, she usually finds some crazy deal for these things somewhere). Most of them are like nested Matryoshka dolls; designed for smaller containers with locking lids to fit inside bigger ones. So you have like 4 different containers only taking up the cabinet space of the largest of the 4. (Though there is the pain that if you need only the small one, you have to open 3 other containers to get to it, but they’re easy to open so it’s a minor annoyance.) I’m not shocked that Tupperware is going away. There’s too much competition. I’m surprised it took so long. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457/40 "2024-09-20T01:35:15Z")
People better order replacement lids ASAP. Before it’s too late. [Instructions are here.](https://www.tupperware.com/pages/replacement-parts) The bowl or canister seems to last for decades. The lids get too loose after a few years. My canister set needs lids. [I still like the orange](https://www.etsy.com/listing/43623851/retro-vintage-tupperware-canister-set-9?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details). I have a rubbermaid dish drainer set in orange. Bought in the late 1970’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupperware-inc-files-for-bankruptcy-70s-and-80s-kids-sob/1007457.md?page=3)