Tupperware: How a plastic bowl with a 'burp seal' gave women a means to an income

Tupperware: How a plastic bowl with a 'burp seal' gave women a means to an income

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Tupperware, an iconic brand that’s woven into the fabric of post World War II America, signaled this week that it could be on its last gasp. Known the world over for its plastic food storage containers and its sales parties, Florida-based Tupperware warned that the company was running out of cash and needed additional money — soon — to say in operation. In some ways, the 77-year-old brand is still a titan: It’s, literally…

Tupperware: How a plastic bowl with a 'burp seal' gave women a means to an income

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Tupperware, an iconic brand that’s woven into the fabric of post World War II America, signaled this week that it could be on its last gasp. Known the world over for its plastic food storage containers and its sales parties, Florida-based Tupperware warned that the company was running out of cash and needed additional money — soon — to say in operation. In some ways, the 77-year-old brand is still a titan: It’s, literally…

Tupperware: How a plastic bowl with a 'burp seal' gave women a means to an income

Tupperware, an iconic brand that's woven into the fabric of post World War II America, signaled this week that it could be on its last gasp.