The company behind Tupperware, the plastic kitchenware that revolutionized food storage after World War II and became inextricably linked to the parties where women seeking a measure of financial independence and fun in midcentury America sold the colorful products, has filed for bankruptcy. The story behind the company also showed up on TV screens and on stage, with depictions in …
ALLISON PARK, Pa. — Sometimes something takes your thinking back to an isolated memory of decades ago. The Tupperware pieces I was looking at were of the pre-dishwasher type plastic that has not survived the heat very well in the many years since dishwashers have been taken for granted. Once in a while in the evening, you left the young …
NEW YORK — The company behind Tupperware, the plastic kitchenware that revolutionized food storage after World War II and became inextricably linked to the parties where women seeking a measure of financial independence and fun in midcentury America sold the colorful products, has filed for bankruptcy. The story behind the company also showed up on TV screens and on stage, …
For decades Tupperware parties were a regular fixture in the social calendars of housewives across Britain and the US - until the company saw a huge decline in interest in the 21st century. Throughout the last half of the 20th Century Tupperware's popularity inspired other companies - including Avon and Ann Summers - to follow its 'party' sales plan. Pictured, …
