Tupperware’s operations in Belgium have officially collapsed.

As reported by HLN on January 13th, Tupperware’s US executives have given the go ahead for bankruptcy proceedings.

Tupperware’s Belgium bankruptcy proceedings follows closure of a local factory in Aalst few months ago. Up until bankruptcy approval, Tupperware had not issued a public statement regarding the closure.

[US executives] have now given the green light to dismantle the Belgian branches.

No dates are yet known about the further steps in the bankruptcy. But the works council today gives its approval to ask the court to appoint a curator.

The amount raised will be used to pay the severance payments of the 270 workers.

Some of Tupperware’s Belgian staff are reported to have worked at the factory “for decades”.

A smaller Tupperware division within Belgium, Tupperware General Services”, is also shuttered.

For the staff of Tupperware General Services … the situation is even worse. The chance that they will all receive a full severance payment is slim. This was reported by the news agency ‘Belga’ from union sources.

Tupperware General Services is reported to have around fifty employees.

Tupperware filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US in September 2024.

In October 2024, Tupperware was sold off to a group of hedge funds known for cost-cutting and maximizing profits.