I don't buy these things that often, would go to target once and a while and grab some. I've tried different ones but they all leak, break, not to mention the gladware ones lasted a lot longer.
Suddenly they're gone and I all I find are crappy food containers that break or lids that leak. Why switch away from something that worked, and replace it with something that uses more plastic and doesn't work? Then you're wasting even more. I don't get it.
Same with ziplocks. I have some old ziplock bags that are 5 years old. Went to replace them and the plastic is so thin, and the zipper part just separated as soon as I opened them. You can't use them at all, they become instant garbage.
For other stuff use glass containers. I just use the plastic ones from time to time. Am glad I bought mine a while back, because the new glass containers crack, chip, and explode in the microwave. It's insane.
What happened to gladware/ziplock containers and ziploc/slider bags?
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Grab yourself some deli containers from Amazon and thank me later.
Rubbermaid Easy Lid are our usual containers, but never for anything with tomatoes and never heat in them. Anchor and Pyrex glass bowls are the same size and fine for reheating leftovers. Their plastic lids are crap, crack quickly so I bought replacement silicone lids two years ago. I use a cooking sheet to partially freeze fruits, vegetables, meats, bread slices and store in DollarTree zip bags. For liquids like chili, freezer zip bags stored flat for easy stacking. Reserved broths from cooking for soups are stored in zip lock bags after freezing in silicone cupcake liners.
The SnapWare glass containers from Costco are awesome (sorry this sub doesn’t allow links). They make a plastic version as well, which I don’t like to use for longer term storage, but we have one set for situations like sending stuff to school. The nice thing is that the lids are interchangeable. These have served us well for several years. Highly recommended.
Silicone zip storage bags are a great replacement for the plastic ziplock bags. I found a batch of them at a thrift store several years ago. My only complaint is that they are difficult to open when they are straight out of the freezer. That is remedied by running some water over the top to warm it up. And it may only happen with the kind i have which have a hard plastic piece that locks the top by sliding on.