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iron-man

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Q: Why are food storage containers so damn expensive in China?

11 years 15 weeks ago in Culture - China

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Sinobear

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Perhaps my MIL's logic will shed some light on this:

Cook food fresh.

Put left-over food in the fridge as to not waste food.

Refuse to eat left-over food because it's not fresh.

Throw it away.

Never any use for storage containers, especially when most food in take-out.

Rare purchases = high price (just like deodorant!)

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nashboroguy

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I would theorize that it is the cost of making them from plastic. It is only a theory. But, most plastic goods cost more than other things made from other materials.

andy74rc:

Right. Now you have to explain why similar products made of similar material, and made in China, are cheaper in the West than in their country of origin.

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