Originally published at: Party is over for bankrupt Tupperware - Boing Boing
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How’s this for a business model? Just sell your products at brick and mortar stores and/or online direct to consumers, so that I can buy them without having to interact with a MLM huckster?
It makes me wonder how Cutco (ahem, Vector Marketing) is doing these days?
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Well, dammit, what do I do now that my Friday night parties are over?
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Vintage Tupperware was already going up in price as a collectable. I expect a small boom in prices now.
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It’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy; reorganization
The party isn’t over (yet). It’s just going to be scaled down and those who want to keep it going will change venue to a questionable dive bar.
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“[The bankruptcy proceeding] is meant to provide us with essential flexibility as we pursue strategic alternatives to support our transformation into a digital-first, technology-led company better positioned to serve our stakeholders.”
This makes a lot of sense for a box company. 
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So, thinking outside the box was the wrong move in this case? 
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I am a Tupperware fan!
I’ve still got pieces I bought when I first got out of college. I’ve got to wonder if part of the problem is also the fact that Tupperware lasts. Buy the Glad food containers at the supermarket, and they disintegrate within a year or two. My drink dispenser, small bowls and lettuce keeper are still going strong after 40 years.
Besides, burping it is fun!
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I’m really going to miss going to Tupperware/Mazzola parties. The fun is gone…
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Does this mean I can expect a substantial value appreciation of my collection?
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This sounds tantalizingly horrifying! And with innovative food storage solutions too? Sign me up…
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Look at “old school” Pyrex and Corningware, even after reorg and reformulation I’m sure the OG Tupperware will be more sought after. I mean, it was good enough for the Malombos, it’s good enough for me!
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My mom had a Tupperware party when I was a kid. Our neighbor sold it. 
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Pyrex is just like the glassware you’d use in the lab, right?
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Pyrex seems to have changed colors. At least in the glass round and rectangular “put yer leftovers in there” containers with the plastic lids (that crack in what seems like three weeks) that are in seemingly every grocery store. While I haven’t perceived any durability change I know that the brewers that like the Erlenmeyer flasks for yeast propagation have strong opinions on the cheap new stuff with the old name vs. “real” stuff from other makers.
I do wonder how much different the new Tupperthings will be - and I’m guessing they won’t be in use forty years from now - but being able to incorporate high-tech features may still be a draw. “Grandpa? What’s a ‘QR Code’? My cheezymac’s getting cold and I’m still hungry…”
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Just last night I talked to my spouse about 3D printing custom lunch tupperware. She scolded me and told me to go to the thrift store where there’s piles of storage containers. This plastic is going to be with us a loong time. Maybe we go tupperware picking tomorrow…
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Your move, Foreverware.
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Maybe the Boing Boing store could carry Tupperware, and we could help save them!
Still the best plastic products I ever used, actually…
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No, but I remember an episode of “Eerie, Indiana” featuring “ForeverWare”.
ETA: As @ficuswhisperer already pointed out, more subtly.
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