I went to our local Gordon's Food Service store yesterday to get a few things, including a case of Campbell's tomato juice in the little 5.5-ounce cans. It's cheaper there than any place in the world.
We also needed some deli containers. You know the kind -- those rather flimsy clear-plastic things the supermarket deli packs potato salad or cole slaw in. We have one whole shelf in a cupboard devoted to this stuff, which we refer to as Gordonware.
It has many uses, although we use it mostly to store leftovers or freeze extra quantities for later consumption. The best part is that these containers are cheap enough that when you find a hairy baby monster hatching in one in the back of the refrigerator, you can simply throw the whole thing away.
We have deli containers in 1/4- and 1/2-cup sizes, ideal for including little things in the lunch box (crunchies for the yogurt, cream cheese for the bagel), or keeping something so good that even though there is only a little left, you can't bring yourself to throw it away. For larger quantities, we have 1-cup and 2-cup and 4-cup sizes, which, happily, all use the same size lid, which simplifies storage.
While picking up the ones we needed yesterday, I saw that they have a new item (clearly labeled "NEW ITEM!"), and I couldn't pass it up: 1-1/2 cup containers! Now we have the ideal vessel when something is too big for the 1-cupper but less than 2 cups.
Yes, they're about the same price as the others. And yes, you could just use the 2-cup size and leave a half a cup of air at the top. So why bother to bring home yet another package of flimsy plastic tubs?
Because it's there.
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