Tupperware is best known for its once-iconic, colorful food storage containers. Here's what we know so far after the company filed for bankruptcy.

The company that owns Tupperware, the iconic food storage and kitchen products business that has been around for nearly 80 years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Tuesday, officials said.

Tupperware and some of its subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the once-iconic food container maker said in a statement.