Tupperware closes European factories

Tupperware is closing its European factories in Belgium and Portugal. Thousands of independent ‘consultants’ have also lost their licences.

From 67 to 8 countries

The 270 employees of the Belgian Tupperware factory (in Aalst, near Brussels) are losing their jobs, although bankruptcy has not yet been officially declared. At the end of last year, American leverage funds took over the ailing company and drastically reduced the number of active markets, taking Europe out of the picture. The Portuguese plant, which employed some 200 people, also closed its doors. The company had already closed its other European factories, in France and Greece, a couple of years ago.