Tupperware modulars for food storage

[Nelle]

WHAT? Why the flip do they keep changing colours? I understand with containers not part of a range, but I thought the modular mates are all supposed to look the same, and that's what makes them look tidy and classic and...that's annoying.

[Astrolady]

Yep 100% agree Nelle. I had started buying Oatmeal but luckily for me I hadn't got very much. I will just buy the seals in black for the containers I already have then continue to buy black.

Apparently you are able to buy the seals of the old colours until next Feb, but they will be leaving the catalogue in August. They are recommending you stock up on seals if you know what you need, and then just buying the bases at a later date.

[Miss J]

Aaagghh! I think they change the colours purely to increase sales so that people who have to have everything matching will buy more.

I started out with all ovals but found them really annoying for things like flour & sugar as my measuring cups don't fit in them easily and I'm to unco to pour out of them without making a huge mess. I know have quite a few squares which are sooo much easier for me to manage. I also have some mini rectangles which I love but they're not always available, sometimes they only come in big sets, sometimes you can't get them at all and sometimes they have them available to purchase individually as a special.

[Liz]

I started out with all ovals but found them really annoying for things like flour & sugar as my measuring cups don't fit in them easily and I'm to unco to pour out of them without making a huge mess.

I use the scoops that came with them.. I don't dig in with the cup. Plus I tend to re-use the cup, like for flour & then for sugar. They are kinda hard to pour when they're full, but yeah.. if you buy a set I think you get a few scoops for free.

I hate that they change colours too. I had one of the insulated serving dish things, and they went & changed it... the tupperware lady let me buy her old demo one so they would match.

[briggsy's girl]

i'm on the same page re the colors - we have black, so that's all ok - but i keep looking at the extras we might have used and the colors just don't do it for me - the orangey color and stuff are just wrong! i'm working to get RID of the orange in my kitchen (gotta love 70's benchtops) so i want colors for everything that are going to be more classical...

[Smoke Jaguar]

I recommend making a list of what you normally like to store in your pantry and the quantities you'd like to store them in. Then talk to your Tupp dealer and get the pieces you need. Packs are ok if you're getting them as host gifts and aren't paying for them, but the cost of these packs works out roughly the same as getting individual pieces that you actually need. Packs can contain sizes that you'll end up squishing after-thought things in because you don't immediately need them. Better off getting what you need

[Oorki Galoorki]

only thing i hate about the black seals it that flour and white sugar dont look good

[Just Me]

I got my whole pantry done for Christmas ... I love my DH! They are so great. I have a mix of mainly squares and ovals (2 ovals fit on top of 1 square). I have some super ovals for keeping breakfast cereal, but mainly squares and ovals in different shapes and sizes. I have things like nuts, dried lentils, dried fruit, barley, cous cous, cocoa, rice in the ovals and I have put sugar, flours, pasta and stuff in my squares.

I contact a friend of mine who sells Tupperware when I did mine and she and I together made a list of everything in my pantry that I wanted to put into containers including the size of the packet I normally buy. She went through with me and custom designed my pantry with the sizes I needed. She also listed the type of lids I wanted (plain seals or pour-alls) with each of the items ... another BIG decision. I'm glad I did it with her. It took about 2 hours, but it took a lot of the confusion out of it.

If I didn't buy the whole lot at once, then she would have given me a copy of my pantry list with the containers that go with it and I could have ordered it little bit at a time. As it is, I find that I need more than I initially thought. They are just so great!

My pantry is done in black to ... great colour ... and I am extra glad seeing as though the old colours will be gone (which I did not know until this thread).

[spooky]

Thanks for the tip about the sale - I am getting that credit card ready for a beating!