Tupperware gone bust

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Otispunkmeyer

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13,010 posts

162 months

Friday 20th September
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https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/t...

Can't help but think; if only they'd have found a way to monetize the ability of their lids to enter alternate dimensions...they'd be the richest company on the planet.


untakenname

5,050 posts

199 months

Friday 20th September
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Was an odd company, they sold via viral methods before the internet was a thing but didn't attract a new clientele even though 'meal prep' is now very common.

Didn't realise they were still around till a couple of years back the share price went from $2 to $40 driven by the wallstreetbets subreddit.

Red9zero

7,880 posts

64 months

Friday 20th September
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They tried to keep the news quiet, but couldn't keep a lid on it.

BunkMoreland

1,012 posts

14 months

Saturday 21st September
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untakenname said:
Was an odd company, they sold via viral methods before the internet was a thing but didn't attract a new clientele even though 'meal prep' is now very common.

Didn't realise they were still around till a couple of years back the share price went from $2 to $40 driven by the wallstreetbets subreddit.
You can buy a million plastic pots with lids all made in china from your local "shop of random stuff" every high street seems to have.

I guess Tupperware themselves missed the part about patenting their invention!


(I recommend "Really useful boxes" UK firm, they are a bit more expensive than the cheap tat, but a hundred times better made and feel more sturdy

https://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/uk/html/who... )

Louis Balfour

27,657 posts

229 months

Saturday 21st September
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BunkMoreland said:
untakenname said:
Was an odd company, they sold via viral methods before the internet was a thing but didn't attract a new clientele even though 'meal prep' is now very common.

Didn't realise they were still around till a couple of years back the share price went from $2 to $40 driven by the wallstreetbets subreddit.
You can buy a million plastic pots with lids all made in china from your local "shop of random stuff" every high street seems to have.

I guess Tupperware themselves missed the part about patenting their invention!


(I recommend "Really useful boxes" UK firm, they are a bit more expensive than the cheap tat, but a hundred times better made and feel more sturdy

https://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/uk/html/who... )
Prima facie this is the problem. Difficult to differentiate oneself when it comes to sealable plastic tubs.