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One of the best air fryers on Amazon is 24% off during Prime Day
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It’s day two of Amazon Prime Day and the deals still aren’t disappointing. One of the best kitchen deals we’ve seen thus far is this discounted air fryer from Instant Vortex. This six-quart air fryer is one of the best air fryers on the market right now. It can cook up to six portions of food, has six cooking options and has safety protections, including auto shut off. What’s more, it boasts a 4.7-star rating from customers.
Considering all that, as well as air fryers immense popularity in general, we’re surprised that the Instant Vortex Plus six-quart air fryer is on sale at all. Get yours for 24% off, before Prime Day ends.
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Instant Vortex Plus six-quart air fryer: Save 24%
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What immediately stands out about the Instant Vortex Plus air fryer is the ability to actually see what you’re cooking thanks to the basket’s convenient window. This isn’t a common feature among air fryers, and serves as a good guide that can tell you at what temperature and how long you should be cooking your dishes.
You can adjust the cooking temperature of your food between 95 to 400 degrees, though if you’d prefer to take the guesswork out of cooking entirely, you can choose from six cooking options available on the machine. These include air fry, roast, broil, bake, reheat and dehydrate. There’s so much you can cook in this, you might find yourself using your stovetop and oven significantly less.
With the air fryer, you can cook wings, fries, nuggets and more using 95% less oil than conventional methods. Use the roast setting to cook marinated meats, the bake option for breads, buns and cakes, the broil option for melting cheese on dishes such as nachos, and the dehydrate option for making your own dried fruit and jerky at home.
This would make a great addition to anyone’s home, especially those who prefer quick meals and more hands-off cooking methods.
The Instant Vortex Plus has a 4.7-star rating on Amazon. One Amazon customer wrote, “Should have gotten one of these long ago! No need for the two of us to heat a large oven, just pop our food in this speedy little oven and it’s done in no time. Cleaning is a breeze too. One thing we really like is grilled cheese sandwiches – crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside in just a few minutes!”
Tupperware and some of its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the once-iconic food container maker said in a statement late Tuesday.
The company has suffered from dwindling sales following a surprise surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, when legions of people stuck at home tried their hands at cooking, which increased demand for Tupperware’s colorful plastic containers with flexible airtight seals.
A post-pandemic rise in costs of raw materials and shipping, along with higher wages, also hurt Tupperware’s bottom line.
Last year, it warned of “substantial doubt” about its ability to keep operating in light of its poor financial position.
“Over the last several years, the Company’s financial position has been severely impacted by the challenging macroeconomic environment,” president and CEO Laurie Ann Goldman said in a statement announcing the bankruptcy filing.
“As a result, we explored numerous strategic options and determined this is the best path forward,” Goldman said.
The company said it would seek court approval for a sale process for the business to protect its brand and “further advance Tupperware’s transformation into a digital-first, technology-led company.”
The Orlando, Florida-based firm said it would also seek approval to continue operating during the bankruptcy proceedings and would continue to pay its employees and suppliers.
“We plan to continue serving our valued customers with the high-quality products they love and trust throughout this process,” Goldman said.
The firm’s shares were trading at $0.5099 Monday, well down from $2.55 in December last year.
Tupperware said it had implemented a strategic plan to modernize its operations and drive efficiencies to ignite growth following the appointment of a new management team last year.
“The Company has made significant progress and intends to continue this important transformation work.”
In its filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Tupperware listed assets of between $500 million and $1 billion and liabilities of between $1 billion and $10 billion.
The filing also said it had between 50,000 and 100,000 creditors.
Tupperware lost popularity with consumers in recent years and an initiative to gain distribution through big-box chain Target failed to reverse its fortunes.
The company’s roots date to 1946, when chemist Earl Tupper “had a spark of inspiration while creating molds at a plastics factory shortly after the Great Depression,” according to Tupperware’s website.
“If he could design an airtight seal for plastic storage containers, like those on a paint can, he could help war-weary families save money on costly food waste.”
Over time, Tupper’s containers became popular that many people referred to any plastic food container as Tupperware. And people even threw “Tupperware parties” in their homes to sell the containers to friends and neighbors.
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