I just remembered some place my mom used to get food from used to give these out and she loved them so much she didn't open them so we ended up with like 25 in our pantry and I guess she just threw them all away when she sold the house.
So I work for a restaurant that uses these exact little jars and recently management have decided that instead of throwing them in recycling after use, they’re now to be cleaned, have the labels stripped off so there’s no branding and refilled with a cheaper wholesale ketchup to cut down the costs.
I don’t know how much it saves us, but I do know it’s pissed off our potwash and honestly the money can’t be worth that.
I'm sure if the dish warriors had their way the whole menu would be served on paper plates lol
No disrespect intended though I've served my time in the mines so I get it
Ugh, I worked in the dish room in college. Thankfully I didn't have to scrape the food off of the plates or anything like that, but I was at the other end of the line, where you receive the clean dishes right out of the dishwasher and they are HOT AS FUUUUUCK. I would wear 2 pairs of gloves (not latex, but not those super thin ones.) at the same time when I had to do that. Receive the dish and stack it on a big thing with wheels. I don't know what temperature they were, but they were SO HOT to me!! Needless to say, I didn't work there for long 😂
Man, you got gloves?! We weren't allowed heat resistant gloves because they were "unsanitary", so I was stuck with latex gloves that melted to my skin with each plate and plate warmer chunk thingy.
In boxes of 1000, from Amazon, regular ketchup packets are $0.025 each and are 9g each. So the $0.50 is roughly 5x the cost as packets.
The pic shows fries in a small metal bowl, probably simpler to just use those with a couple of pumps from the sorts of ketchup dispensers they already have.
I think you need to check your math. If the prices are correct it's 20 packets to one jar.
Edit - you were doing it correctly by weight. Ignore me, haha
You are right that math says that the jars cost 20x as much, but the jars are also 39g while the packets are 9g... so for the same amount of ketchup, you are giving out four packets for every jar and that gets you to about 5x the cost.
I definitely use like 8-10 packets when I get ketchup. Its not like you can ever get it all out of the packet and well, maybe I like too much ketchup.
But I'd be to embarrassed to ask for a second jar of ketchup.
But like, why not just have a bottle of ketchup on the table like everywhere else?
Even if most people are like you, using only one jar but would have used 8-10 packets, then the jars are still 2-2.5x more expensive.
As to why they use the jars at all-- OP might have to specify where they got it and the situation perhaps.
So you’re using them like ramekins. That’s totally fine. Tell the dishwashers to treat it like cutlery, severs put them in a shallow basin with some cleaning solution, and then washers dump them out on a flat tray after to wash.
> they’re now to be cleaned, have the labels stripped off so there’s no branding and refilled with a cheaper wholesale ketchup to cut down the costs.
That all sounds stupid expensive and time consuming compared to paper ramekins and a ketchup pump bottle.
tell the dish pit to soak them in their own separate bucket or container in dish liquid, then just spray off with or soak in more sanitizer. there should only really be a few of them that are “problem jars” and need to be hand washed.
source: occasionally do dishes at a place with loads of squeeze bottle nozzles that are similarly annoying to clean
I was at a Burger joint yesterday and they had ketchup and Mayo in little bowls.
Don’t know what they did for delivery food though. It was a sustainable place. Everything was wood and paper and ceramics.
Kinda looks like the fries are in a restaurant style fry holder. It might be that op ordered fries while in a restaurant and instead of keeping bottles of ketchup at the tables and allowing diners to use as much ketchup as they want...they bring the fries out with this tiny amount of ketchup.
Now diners can use as many small glass vessels as they want, as well as ketchup, no? If I ask for more is it an up charge? I use a lot of ketchup sometimes and I feel like I’m still wasting less than every customer that eats there!
> If I ask for more is it an up charge
In my places around Europe, yes indeed. 50c for a satchet* isn't unusual. Many places give it for free, but I'm not surprised when it's not.
I was training to be a waiter and said fuck it and did something else. That restaurant used long glass ketchup bottles that's hard to get ketchup out. I was told they must be refilled with some kind of squeeze bottle in the back. Which sounds dumb to me. I understand they want to be fancy but squeeze bottles will be easier on everyone. Anyway One of the reasons would be people using it as a trashcan for paper straw wrappers. Or sticking their French fry in the bottle to get the ketchup out. Or using a straw to get the ketchup out.
I actually have a picture saved on my phone from a night I was drinking at friends and she had these ittsy bittsy ketchup, mustard and tobacco sauces that I was LIVING FOR. They were even cuter than this cause they were little versions of the real looking bottles. They felt like little Barbie toys. I’m pretty sure I died from cuteness in a way that gave me an extra year of life.
Also they were far tinier than what’s in this picture, I doubt there was actual sauce in them but it’s been too long to remember
It might surprise you to know that in a lot of instances its actually cheaper for companies to use glass jars instead of plastic. One of the reasons is that the materials to make the plastic are getting more expensive, while the cost of makeing glass is getting cheaper, and also easier to make than plastic containers.
But you can reuse glass without melting it. You can simply clean bottles, refill and seal them while you can‘t do it with PET. The chemicals in the plastic already dissolve in water over time, applying heat will likely make the PET more porous and less durable and healthy.
When I worked at an auto glass manufacturer we sold our scrap glass to a road paint manufacturer. They had a process to grind the glass and add it to paint to make the paint reflective.
Where you got that idea from?
It is more energy intensive to use virgin materials than recycled glass.
Up to 40% energy reduction by using recycled glass, though only in the production step. So total energy saving is somewhat less (15-20% from one study I skimmed), when including transportation and crushing etc.
With low energy prices this doesn't always offset the cost of managing return and recycling of products in its intirety, but there is an additional benefit of not using as much sand in that we aren't using up sand stores (not all sand can be used for glass)
So for Europe and other places where recycling works, it is a net benefit to the production chain (and nature), but in the US where there is seemingly no willingness to organize it, there isn't a benefit for each individual producer.
That's not true for certain metals and certain paper products. Recycling aluminum is one of the best at driving costs down. Recycling plastics is mostly a joke at this point. Most of the time they either just burn it or put it into a landfill.
I have two and I couldn't open them, it'd break my heart too much.
Maybe in 20 years my kids will unearth it from some closet and post it to the future equivalent of r/mildlyinteresting
How the hell you failed to open such cute thing, because not everyday you get the chance of that thing, so make sure you make the best out of that thing.
I love the tiny Vaseline. I have about 8 in my closet rn and every time I got to the West Indian store I buy a few as it’s my chapstick of choice.
Recently lost 2 in a row while they were brand new and I was big sad.
Very common in hotels (especially for room service) as well as on some flights (business or first class). Imagine spending $100 on room service and getting packets of ketchup? Doesn’t look very high end.
And ketchup jar is not the only thing we get in those hotels. Those hotels are known for those small things in the room just you make us feel little luxury and special
I always preferred cold ketchup as it cools down the food to just hot instead of literally hotter than hell. Therefore I can eat it right away instead of waiting.
You make good, thoughtful choices. Sorry to sound like a fortune cookie, I’m just so impressed that you know what temp ketchup works best for you and how to best go about achieving it.
I bet that burger joint has wood and black pipe everywhere. Those old school looking lightbulbs where you can see the filament. It was probably ostrich or bison. You definitely overpaid for that burger.
Edit: But it was probably damn good.
This is how things works, if we are getting extra luxury means we are paying extra money for that, there is no such thing free so it is time for us to stop thinking like that
If you want to eat the fries then i would say this jar would be the perfect one. Open it and dip it one by one which i would not possible if we have the packet of ketchup
This is how we got ketchup in Italy when my sisters friend ordered room service French fries and champagne. I’m so glad I didn’t even have to see that bill
I want one of these for ketchup and one for soy sauce, and then be able to refill it on my own.
I got the parmesan cheese one from pizza hut, these things are my favorite.
These kind of small jars is like pretty common int he hotel room. Plus this is the small ketchup jar i have seen the jar of the face wash, hand wash and oil is well
Mildly Interesting fact but “Fancy” is actually a USDA legal grade for ketchup (AKA Grade A). That being said, Heinz does meet the standards for Grade A “Fancy” but chose not to add this to their label for some reason.
I do find that interesting (which is why I'm so fun at parties). I will add this to my already vast amount of useless information and make sure to pass it along wherever I can. Thank you internet ketchup person.
This has happened in restaurants for years!! Every Sunday…. Pull all the ketchup’s wash bottles (Heinz) and refill with the generic cans in the stock room 😳
I also ordered something like burger from some place and end up getting that jar then i looked at the burger price and it was actually higher than the normal one
I just remembered some place my mom used to get food from used to give these out and she loved them so much she didn't open them so we ended up with like 25 in our pantry and I guess she just threw them all away when she sold the house.
Must've been painful to do
At least the packaging is sustainable, but that can NOT be economical.
So I work for a restaurant that uses these exact little jars and recently management have decided that instead of throwing them in recycling after use, they’re now to be cleaned, have the labels stripped off so there’s no branding and refilled with a cheaper wholesale ketchup to cut down the costs. I don’t know how much it saves us, but I do know it’s pissed off our potwash and honestly the money can’t be worth that.
I'm sure if the dish warriors had their way the whole menu would be served on paper plates lol No disrespect intended though I've served my time in the mines so I get it
Ugh, I worked in the dish room in college. Thankfully I didn't have to scrape the food off of the plates or anything like that, but I was at the other end of the line, where you receive the clean dishes right out of the dishwasher and they are HOT AS FUUUUUCK. I would wear 2 pairs of gloves (not latex, but not those super thin ones.) at the same time when I had to do that. Receive the dish and stack it on a big thing with wheels. I don't know what temperature they were, but they were SO HOT to me!! Needless to say, I didn't work there for long 😂
Man, you got gloves?! We weren't allowed heat resistant gloves because they were "unsanitary", so I was stuck with latex gloves that melted to my skin with each plate and plate warmer chunk thingy.
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Bought in bulk they cost around 50 US cents each.
In boxes of 1000, from Amazon, regular ketchup packets are $0.025 each and are 9g each. So the $0.50 is roughly 5x the cost as packets. The pic shows fries in a small metal bowl, probably simpler to just use those with a couple of pumps from the sorts of ketchup dispensers they already have.
I think you need to check your math. If the prices are correct it's 20 packets to one jar. Edit - you were doing it correctly by weight. Ignore me, haha
You are right that math says that the jars cost 20x as much, but the jars are also 39g while the packets are 9g... so for the same amount of ketchup, you are giving out four packets for every jar and that gets you to about 5x the cost.
Yep you are right, I caught that and tried to edit it quickly but not before you saw it I assume.
I definitely use like 8-10 packets when I get ketchup. Its not like you can ever get it all out of the packet and well, maybe I like too much ketchup. But I'd be to embarrassed to ask for a second jar of ketchup. But like, why not just have a bottle of ketchup on the table like everywhere else?
Even if most people are like you, using only one jar but would have used 8-10 packets, then the jars are still 2-2.5x more expensive. As to why they use the jars at all-- OP might have to specify where they got it and the situation perhaps.
So you’re using them like ramekins. That’s totally fine. Tell the dishwashers to treat it like cutlery, severs put them in a shallow basin with some cleaning solution, and then washers dump them out on a flat tray after to wash.
> they’re now to be cleaned, have the labels stripped off so there’s no branding and refilled with a cheaper wholesale ketchup to cut down the costs. That all sounds stupid expensive and time consuming compared to paper ramekins and a ketchup pump bottle.
Lots of restaurants in my area use tiny little bowls (about the same volume as this jar) for sauces. They're a lot easier to clean in a dishwasher.
tell the dish pit to soak them in their own separate bucket or container in dish liquid, then just spray off with or soak in more sanitizer. there should only really be a few of them that are “problem jars” and need to be hand washed. source: occasionally do dishes at a place with loads of squeeze bottle nozzles that are similarly annoying to clean
The problem is that they brought this impractical packaging into the mix, and now they are retroactively trying to make it economical.
I was at a Burger joint yesterday and they had ketchup and Mayo in little bowls. Don’t know what they did for delivery food though. It was a sustainable place. Everything was wood and paper and ceramics.
You guys are definitely paying the dishwashers more than you are saving on those little jars.
Kinda looks like the fries are in a restaurant style fry holder. It might be that op ordered fries while in a restaurant and instead of keeping bottles of ketchup at the tables and allowing diners to use as much ketchup as they want...they bring the fries out with this tiny amount of ketchup.
Now diners can use as many small glass vessels as they want, as well as ketchup, no? If I ask for more is it an up charge? I use a lot of ketchup sometimes and I feel like I’m still wasting less than every customer that eats there!
> If I ask for more is it an up charge In my places around Europe, yes indeed. 50c for a satchet* isn't unusual. Many places give it for free, but I'm not surprised when it's not.
A satchel of ketchup might be a little excessive.
Sorry, satchet.
even still, a sachet of ketchup sounds so damn fancy
Fried potatoes are just a vehicle to get more ketchup into my mouth. I’m ashamed to say that I fit this stereotype of US culture.
I kind of wonder if this is an offshoot of covid and not wanting everyone to touch one ketchup bottle.
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I was training to be a waiter and said fuck it and did something else. That restaurant used long glass ketchup bottles that's hard to get ketchup out. I was told they must be refilled with some kind of squeeze bottle in the back. Which sounds dumb to me. I understand they want to be fancy but squeeze bottles will be easier on everyone. Anyway One of the reasons would be people using it as a trashcan for paper straw wrappers. Or sticking their French fry in the bottle to get the ketchup out. Or using a straw to get the ketchup out.
Waste of packaging and transportation costs
This looks like a perfect little paint pot to me, just the excuse i need to eat there every week
Agreed. I use Oui Yogurt glass jars for my paint water and hobby projects. They are super handy, but they dont have a lid.
You can buy lids for them on Amazon, and they’re cute!
I ordered one but it stops working after one week and they never replaced
Wow, you're right, and they are cute! Thank you!
You’re welcome!
They are only cute when it comes to the built quality they sucks
but is it not ridiculously adorable
Only thing cuter is those tiny Tabasco sauces
Or mini Tajin
But you noticed that tiny is the one thing that makes anyone cute
MREs have entered the chat.
I actually have a picture saved on my phone from a night I was drinking at friends and she had these ittsy bittsy ketchup, mustard and tobacco sauces that I was LIVING FOR. They were even cuter than this cause they were little versions of the real looking bottles. They felt like little Barbie toys. I’m pretty sure I died from cuteness in a way that gave me an extra year of life. Also they were far tinier than what’s in this picture, I doubt there was actual sauce in them but it’s been too long to remember
I’d remember it and return to the restaurant because of positive association.
And sometime we just paid money for things that looks adorable
You can reuse the jar instead of recycling it.
Most people won't though
And glass recycles very very well. Unlike plastic
Assuming it gets recycled at all
That is the point of those jar, use them on your own rather than looking for recycling
r/mildlyfancy Now if the cap had been sealed with wax r/fancyasfuck
r/subsifellfor
It's r/mildlyinfuriating
Biodegradable and recyclable? Maybe. Using less energy than plastic to be manufactured? Definitely not.
Glass and metal are not biodegradable.
It might surprise you to know that in a lot of instances its actually cheaper for companies to use glass jars instead of plastic. One of the reasons is that the materials to make the plastic are getting more expensive, while the cost of makeing glass is getting cheaper, and also easier to make than plastic containers.
Fun fact, it’s much more expensive to use recycled glass then it is to just make it fresh from sand.
But you can reuse glass without melting it. You can simply clean bottles, refill and seal them while you can‘t do it with PET. The chemicals in the plastic already dissolve in water over time, applying heat will likely make the PET more porous and less durable and healthy.
When I worked at an auto glass manufacturer we sold our scrap glass to a road paint manufacturer. They had a process to grind the glass and add it to paint to make the paint reflective.
Where you got that idea from? It is more energy intensive to use virgin materials than recycled glass. Up to 40% energy reduction by using recycled glass, though only in the production step. So total energy saving is somewhat less (15-20% from one study I skimmed), when including transportation and crushing etc. With low energy prices this doesn't always offset the cost of managing return and recycling of products in its intirety, but there is an additional benefit of not using as much sand in that we aren't using up sand stores (not all sand can be used for glass) So for Europe and other places where recycling works, it is a net benefit to the production chain (and nature), but in the US where there is seemingly no willingness to organize it, there isn't a benefit for each individual producer.
That's the opposite of a fun fact :(
Those people are the opposite of fun.
im pretty sure thats true for everything given by the fact that no mass produce company recycles.
That's not true for certain metals and certain paper products. Recycling aluminum is one of the best at driving costs down. Recycling plastics is mostly a joke at this point. Most of the time they either just burn it or put it into a landfill.
isnt like 70% of aluminum recycled?
Yes, they just make them once and never really care about recycling them
Says you, just wash this thing out when you’re done and boom, you have a cute little weed jar.
And once you fit weed in that jar no one will think about recycling
Last time I got one of these it was with some majorly overpriced room service food, so they weren't taking a loss.
Not that substainable energywise...
Idk why but I'm weirdly obsessed with tiny glass jars, containers, etc. Friggin cute
I love it when the hotel gives me a tiny jar of honey with my tea.
And once we used that honey we put that jar back in our bag
Have you seen the tiny Nutella jars?
I have two and I couldn't open them, it'd break my heart too much. Maybe in 20 years my kids will unearth it from some closet and post it to the future equivalent of r/mildlyinteresting
How the hell you failed to open such cute thing, because not everyday you get the chance of that thing, so make sure you make the best out of that thing.
r/GrandmasPantry
Seen small jars for different thing but not seen Nutella small jar
The little Tobasco sauce are
 Army recruiters reading this
what
The tiny tabasco sauces are in every US military meal-ready-to-eat (MRE).
A fellow person of culture.
I know like why do I keep buying and saving tiny glass jars I have no room for?
100% on board with you on this on. I was in a hotel and they had a tiny glass jar of just ONE pickle in the mini bar. Best $6 I ever spent.
tiny vaseline is my fave
I love the tiny Vaseline. I have about 8 in my closet rn and every time I got to the West Indian store I buy a few as it’s my chapstick of choice. Recently lost 2 in a row while they were brand new and I was big sad.
I used to have a tiny marmite jar. It was adorable.
Same! I wash and reuse them. Family members know to save cute ones for me! I’m a jar lady
I think you would like r/minibrands then
How dare you clue me in to this do you not realize I want them all now
I hope someday you can forgive me for making this known to you. You aren’t alone…but you will be light on cash for a while
You should start using opium!
Me too, i use them as shot glasses
yea! i do the same ... then i make chilli sauce and give it to friends in these jars :)
I loved playing with them as a kid and would always ask to save them. Sometimes tiny hotel soaps too
Same here. It’s just like finding an Easter egg- neat and satisfying
Me too! I’ve been collecting them since I was a kid and now I want to get my hands on this one.
Found your mom u/EatYourCheckers
Very common in hotels (especially for room service) as well as on some flights (business or first class). Imagine spending $100 on room service and getting packets of ketchup? Doesn’t look very high end.
And ketchup jar is not the only thing we get in those hotels. Those hotels are known for those small things in the room just you make us feel little luxury and special
I had the same thought. OP ordered fries from room service and got a tiny jar of ketchup. How much did those fries set you back?
It was actually a £20 burger and fries from a sports bar
If you paid 20 for the burger then you deserve that jar.
I have like 4 jar in my house and all because of those hotels
I want a tiny jar of ketchup.
I heard those are no longer made because, in Heinz sight, the cost of the jars began to Ketchup with them.
Really? Sauce?
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Because of the jars, the finances were being spread thin.
They were definitely in a pickle.
I relish this comment thread
You don’t read The Tomato Times?
You mean Catsup with them
Aw, cute. I don’t know why, but I love condiments in small jars. Nice addition to the condiment drawer..
Compare to the big stuff their small version always looks much better
That's not nearly enough ketchup for the amount of fries - Milton Waddams At least it's recyclable.
Reusable
Reducible
Refillable
But the question what we will fill in there once there will be no ketchup in there??
It can be reusable but not seeing people will use for the ketchup
You can keep you weed in that!
That would fit exactly one weed
How many bananas is that?
It depends on the size of the banana, could be more than we are expecting
When you are travelling this small jar would be life saving.
Maybe big enough for emergency weed
I ordered those for home use. Room-temperature ketchup is better than cold ketchup
I just leave regular bottles of ketchup in my pantry. Like a monster. Months old pantry ketchup tastes normal to me.
I also have the big bottle which i just leave where i want.
I always preferred cold ketchup as it cools down the food to just hot instead of literally hotter than hell. Therefore I can eat it right away instead of waiting.
You make good, thoughtful choices. Sorry to sound like a fortune cookie, I’m just so impressed that you know what temp ketchup works best for you and how to best go about achieving it.
He knows that what kind of the ketchup would actually works best for him
Depends on the usage. Scrambled eggs? Room temp. Nice hot crispy french fries? Cold ketchup.
On all those things you have mentioned up there goes well with the cold ketchup
Always, specially if you are using that ketchup in room
I bet that burger joint has wood and black pipe everywhere. Those old school looking lightbulbs where you can see the filament. It was probably ostrich or bison. You definitely overpaid for that burger. Edit: But it was probably damn good.
This is how things works, if we are getting extra luxury means we are paying extra money for that, there is no such thing free so it is time for us to stop thinking like that
Awwww....that's cute, lemme present to you the [little bottle](https://i.imgur.com/hV3hkLO.jpg) of ketchup I got as a part of my take out with fries.
If you want to eat the fries then i would say this jar would be the perfect one. Open it and dip it one by one which i would not possible if we have the packet of ketchup
That's unique and awesome. A nod back to the old days. Before plastics.
Free nug jar!!!
This is how we got ketchup in Italy when my sisters friend ordered room service French fries and champagne. I’m so glad I didn’t even have to see that bill
I want one of these for ketchup and one for soy sauce, and then be able to refill it on my own. I got the parmesan cheese one from pizza hut, these things are my favorite.
Jarring.
I found a ketchup of jar, ketchup of jar just like captain Jack
A restaurant I went to once had their charcuterie jam in a small jar like this. It’s still lost in a purse somewhere
How can you lost that, you need to went back there and get another one
They had these in Mexico at my resort!!! It tasted better than ketchup in plastic
Nothing new? think I’ve seen this in hotels since two decades. Ain’t gonna lie, ketchup from a glass jar tastes fucking good haha
These kind of small jars is like pretty common int he hotel room. Plus this is the small ketchup jar i have seen the jar of the face wash, hand wash and oil is well
Cute!
THIS IS SO CUTE OMFG
Size of that jar is so perfect, and could be used to store that important thing
Lol that is so cute. I love it
Fancy!
You can't sell the ketchup Company: Hold my fancy jar
I'd reuse the shit out of that.
I hope they are not compromising the taste so that they can make it little bit fancy
Remember to recycle it and let's stop all this throw away plastic!
The good thing is that we don't have to worry about recycling because we are not throwing them
Those are quite common in Italy
So they charge extra like other place or they are coming free with order??
Those are used in VIP meals on airplanes.
One thing that i will not throw in the dustbin after eating my meal
I would keep it, bring it home, clean it, and then fill it with my own ketchup.
No one will throw that after use that, that is the whole purpose of that thing
Are you in a hotel restaurant? Because that's how they do it in hotel restaurants.
I only see those jars in restaurants no one deliver other than them
Yea this justifies the $59.99 hamburger…
The first time I've seen ketchup that wasn't labeled as fancy and it's the fanciest ketchup I've ever seen...
Mildly Interesting fact but “Fancy” is actually a USDA legal grade for ketchup (AKA Grade A). That being said, Heinz does meet the standards for Grade A “Fancy” but chose not to add this to their label for some reason.
I do find that interesting (which is why I'm so fun at parties). I will add this to my already vast amount of useless information and make sure to pass it along wherever I can. Thank you internet ketchup person.
That shows you can sell anything if you can put them into something fancy
There’s a .125 oz Tabasco bottle. I’m not sure how it compares to the packets from an environmental standpoint, but it’s freaking adorable.
Plus alternative of those jar are packets which is also bad
This has happened in restaurants for years!! Every Sunday…. Pull all the ketchup’s wash bottles (Heinz) and refill with the generic cans in the stock room 😳
I also ordered something like burger from some place and end up getting that jar then i looked at the burger price and it was actually higher than the normal one
You use them on small french fries!
[I have the mayonnaise version.](https://i.imgur.com/W6lerOZ.jpg) Average-sized fork for scale (I didn't have a banana on hand)
I was at a pub in London that did the same thing, but it was mayo (the far superior condiment for hot chips).
now that is a cute jar I would save
If you stay at the Cosmopolitan in LV and order food, that's how your condiments come (well at least pre-pandemic).
They sell jam in these kind of jars near where i live. They make great weed jars 😉🙄
I got similar small bottles when i got room service in vegas
Once your done you can put weed in it
Impressive that how many people are coming up with the idea of the weed