Iconic American homeware brand closing its last US factory after 76 years to move jobs to Mexico in huge blow to rural South Carolina town READ MORE: Historic barbecue restaurant shuts final location after 62 years By Daniel Jones, Consumer Editor For Dailymail.Com Published: 23:30, 14 June 2024 | Updated: 23:30, 14 June 2024 e-mail 44 View comments Tupperware, the iconic American brand known the world over for its plastic food containers, is closing its last US factory. The 78-tear-old company, who intially sold its products at parties thrown by surburban housewives, plans to take advantage of cheaper wages in Mexico .
The factory in the small town of Hemingway in South Carolina has produced billions of the kitchen-cabinet staples since it opened 48 years ago. The closure - which was announced Thursday and will take effect later this year - is a huge blow to the 148 workers at the Williamsburg County plant. Production will be moved to Lerma in Mexico, where the company says it already makes items for the US and Canada .
Tupperware was founded in 1946 by chemist Earl Tupper - whose airtight pastic containers helped food last longer for families still struggling after the war and the Great Depression . An employee at Tupperware's factory in Hemmingway, South Carolina The small town of Hemmingway will be hit by the factory's closure Read More EXCLUSIVE Shark Tank's KEVIN O'LEARY reveals why restaurants are closing down across America It opened the South Carolina factory in Apri.
