Good gosh I’ve always hated how I often can’t reuse packaging material and/or containers for something else.
It’s unfortunately an isolated example because it’s the only company I know of that does it, but I buy the brand of pasta sauce that comes in Mason jars specifically because it comes in Mason jars. It’s funny: the company isn’t actually happy about it and tries to warn against reuse of its jars (they claim they’re too thin for actual canning), but they work fine for other things Mason jars get used for. They even tried to switch to lug style/twist-off style lids about a decade ago, but a wave of complaints (including one from me) forced them to switch back!
On a related note, I’m about to try using them for some pressure canning for the first time despite what the company says. (I’m not overly concerned about breakage because it’s just chicken stock, which was made from the parts of the chicken I’d normally consider waste anyway). Wish me luck so I don’t die from exploding glass shrapnel, LOL!
It’s unfortunately an isolated example because it’s the only company I know of that does it, but I buy the brand of pasta sauce that comes in Mason jars specifically because it comes in Mason jars. It’s funny: the company isn’t actually happy about it and tries to warn against reuse of its jars (they claim they’re too thin for actual canning), but they work fine for other things Mason jars get used for. They even tried to switch to lug style/twist-off style lids about a decade ago, but a wave of complaints (including one from me) forced them to switch back!
On a related note, I’m about to try using them for some pressure canning for the first time despite what the company says. (I’m not overly concerned about breakage because it’s just chicken stock, which was made from the parts of the chicken I’d normally consider waste anyway). Wish me luck so I don’t die from exploding glass shrapnel, LOL!