ECOlunchbox carries on the time-honored tradition of the metal lunchbox and tiffin lunch box with a few notable innovative and eco-friendly tweaks. Our tiffin lunch box-inspired Tri-Bento and Splash Box stainless steel lunch containers are a homage to this proud culinary tradition!Īs our workplaces and schedules become even more varied, so do our lunchtime needs. Tiffin boxes are used to transport traditional South-Asian dishes such as rice and curries, while keeping food fresh and warm. Dabbawala is literally translated to mean “one who carries a box.” Workers known as dabbawalas carry tiffin lunch boxess to and from officers each day. In cities like Mumbai, there is a very complex system of hot lunch delivery. Known a as tiffins or tiffin box, these stacked container towers with clips are perfectly designed to house three or four different items and are easily taken on the train or bike. Metal lunch boxes take on a different look in countries such as India and Thailand. Now kids had a reason to covet a new lunchbox every September and thus a new market, and a new collectors item, was born. decided to decorate their metal lunch pails with a beloved TV character, that lunchbox popularity took off into the stratosphere.īefore this savvy bit of marketing, there are no need to buy a new lunchbox on the regular, they were simply too durable. However, bringing lunch to school didn’t take off until after the National School Lunch Act in 1946.īut it wasn’t until the executives at Aladdin Inc. The first “official” boxes for kids were introduced in 1902, fashioned to look like picnic baskets. Kids took note and refashioned cookie or tobacco tins for their own “lunch boxes.” The kids lunchbox was a natural evolution of the metal pails used by coal miners and construction workers to protect their meals from the dangers of the job site. They reigned supreme until the 80’s, when cheaper molded plastic containers and totes took over.įrom the Construction Site to the Cafeteria These funky pails were also statement pieces, much like a vintage concert tee or leather jacket. The popularity of these items took off in the 50’s, coinciding with the increased popularity of TV. There a few things more iconic in America than a boxy metal lunchbox covered in beloved figures from pop culture like the Partridge Family or Knight Rider. When we take a peek back in time to look at the lunch boxes and Indian tiffin boxes of days gone by, we can see the roots of the metal lunchbox tradition we are carrying on with our innovative products. For example, ECOlunchbox and Blue Water Bento containers are configured to be used in modular sets, designed to nest for compact storage and topped with leakproof, non-toxic silicone lids desired by the modern consumer. The contemporary steel containers we have designed to be packed to offices, schools, co-working environments, even the great outdoors, utilize traditional rugged metal but we have dialed in modern features. Inspired by everything from Indian tiffin boxes from India and Japanese bento boxes from Japan and throughout Asia to the classic pails used by miners and steelworkers in the U.S., today’s metal ECOlunchboxes have evolved from these traditions to offer school and work lunch packers a lighter-weight and leak-proof way to pack lunch. The transformation of the metal lunchbox reflects changes in our society and culture when it comes to eating on the go. The lunchbox is at once a timeless and ever-changing symbol of the way we live and eat. Lunch is a unique meal that often requires a “box.” There’s no breakfast-box, certainly no dinner-box.
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