Tupperware shuts down only remaining US plant, moves manufacturing to Mexico as over 100 workers laid off

NY Post ^ | 6/15/24 | Patrick Reilly

[Revel]

Biden killed Tupperware.

[Ahithophel]

Why did the walrus go to the Tupperware party?

[Ahithophel]

Because he was looking for a tight seal.

[cquiggy]

I have a new slogan for Tupperware.
From the American people “Never Buy Tupperware”

[deport]

Rubbermaid is an American manufacturer and distributor of household items. A subsidiary of Newell Brands, it is best known for producing food storage containers and trash cans. It also produces sheds, step stools, closets and shelving, laundry baskets, bins, air fresheners and other household items. Wikipedia
Parent organization: Newell Brands
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
Customer service: 1 (888) 895-2110
Founded: May 1920, Wooster, OH

[Zhang Fei]

[The cost of labor for any mass produced “widget” is pennies on the dollar no matter where it is made. That is the whole point. We are talking about degrees of the cheapness of labor.]

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That’s a bigger issue than you might think, since the typical manufacturer basically does just a little better than break even. Rubbermaid’s corporate parent makes pennies on the dollar in a good year, loses the same in a bad.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NWL/financials/

[SomeCallMeTim]

wow... yes, they aren’t doing so badly.

I actually worked at a manufacturing plant owned by Tupperware back in the late 1980’s. They were terrible at building new plants. Very wasteful with their spending. The plant was WAY over-designed. The pumps had so many interlocks on them, we couldn’t run them more than 30 minutes when we first started up.

They eventually sold the plant to BP. Their engineers literally couldn’t believe what they found.

[SomeCallMeTim]

wow... yes, they aren’t doing so badly.

I actually worked at a manufacturing plant owned by Tupperware back in the late 1980’s. They were terrible at building new plants. Very wasteful with their spending. The plant was WAY over-designed. The pumps had so many interlocks on them, we couldn’t run them more than 30 minutes when we first started up.

They eventually sold the plant to BP. Their engineers literally couldn’t believe what they found.

[SaveFerris]

I was hoping...

[SaveFerris]

Well that explains then running interference for NH

[SaveFerris]

[The folks behind Biden are destroying America at a rapidly accelerating pace.]

All according to plan.

[SaveFerris]

America Last

Americans Last

It’s the Uniparty’s game plan these days

That and staying power by telling Americans that everything is fine

[P.O.E.]

We used to wash & reuse old food containers (butter tubs, etc.) when Tupperware and such were relatively more expensive.

Now we buy the multipack disposables (around $12/ 100 count). They can be reused, too, but if they have something that leaves a residue you don’t feel too bad about tossing them.

[BobL]

Let me guess, they UNIONIZED a year or two ago.