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Yes, the brand Tupperware is an mlm and sold directly by sales people. Back in the 50s and 60s Tupperware parties were a thing.
The confusion is likely the whole q-tip/Kleenex thing. We call it all Tupperware but really it is not Tupperware brand most of the time
I'm aware of qtip kleenex aspect of it but since tupperware became the name of food grade plastic containers I just kinda assumed that they would be a mildly respectable brand.
Nope, they are pretty much as bad as the rest of them. I think like 96-97% of their salespeople make basically no money. That was their whole shtick back in the 50s of recruiting housewives as salespeople, you see it in a lot of period dramas and the like.
I know a few countries they operate normal stores because local laws prevent them from doing their whole tupperware party thing, like China. I have heard they are moving more away from that model in other countries too, but I have no idea how true that actually is.
I don't think the actual product is necessarily bad as far as I am aware, but they still have scummy sales practices.
They're doing some direct sales in target now, cutting out some of the mlm-ness in the states
I barely see actual Tupperware containers today, except for a couple of plastic bottles. It's crazy how a glorified piece of plastic (the brand I mean) had such a market, while nowadays all supermarkets sell their own store brand, sometimes made of glass (so actually decent).
I think everything we have is Rubbermaid for the most part.