Tupperware, the US maker of meals storage containers, has warned it faces going out of enterprise if it can not discover new funding.
Shares within the 77-year-old agency fell by nearly 50% on Monday after it warned of “substantial doubt” about its “ability to continue as a going concern”.
The US firm was warned on 3 April its shares had been in peril of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange as a result of it had not but filed its annual report.
A Tupperware Party in Florida, 1968. Pic: State Archive of Florida
It has confirmed it might want to renegotiate its loans after already amending agreements thrice since August 2022.
CEO Miguel Fernandez mentioned in an announcement: “Tupperware has launched into a journey to show round our operations and immediately marks a important step in addressing our capital and liquidity place.
“The company is doing everything in its power to mitigate the impacts of recent events, and we are taking immediate action to seek additional financing and address our financial position.”
Some individuals held digital Tupperware events in the course of the COVID pandemic
The enterprise has been struggling in recent times to do away with its old style picture and appeal to youthful prospects by changing into extra environmentally pleasant.
Known for its “Tupperware parties”, the corporate beforehand bought its merchandise nearly solely by individuals promoting the gadgets to family and friends of their house, or by its personal web site.
Its ranges now embrace extra sustainable supplies equivalent to glass and stainless-steel and it makes some merchandise from used blended plastic waste that may have in any other case have ended up in landfills.
Last 12 months, it signed a cope with the US chain Target to promote its merchandise in-store, nonetheless demand for house merchandise has fallen.
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