Need silicone stretchy food covers

December 24, 2007 7:34 AM

Help me find these reusable silicone food covers.

I bought a set at a street market when I was in Italy last September. I thought they were pricey at 10 euros a set, but now I wish I'd bought half a dozen sets or more. I want another set for myself and several for gifts. If I take a bowl of salad to a potluck, everyone wants to know where I got the stretchy covers. The covers are stamped "Cover Flex" and seem to be exactly the ones in the linked store. I'd even order them from the UK (gulp...euro exchange!...gulp...shipping!) but they're out of stock. I can't find them at any other online store and haven't seen them in the U.S.

posted by Joleta to food & drink (10 comments total)

Lawson's? (UK)

There also appears to be a site called natural-organic.co.uk that has it, but their site is broken. Here's a cached version of their product page -- it's listed as "Cover Flex Silicon Food Covers pack of 3" near the bottom of the page.
posted by Doofus Magoo at 7:46 AM on December 24, 2007

Doofus Magoo: The support page on the Lawson's site says they ship overseas, but there's no option in the Shipping drop-down in the cart for outside UK delivery (not even other European countries). I'll send them e-mail and ask. The natural-organic.co.uk site seems to be out of business. I wonder if these silicone covers are no longer being made and that's why I found them in a street market.
posted by Joleta at 7:57 AM on December 24, 2007

Do they need to be silicone? Or are you just looking for re-usable food covers in general? There are things like this, for instance.
posted by not that girl at 8:00 AM on December 24, 2007

Here you go. 10 Euros was a bargain.
posted by essexjan at 8:29 AM on December 24, 2007

Also on eBay.
posted by essexjan at 8:31 AM on December 24, 2007

A little cheaper here.
posted by essexjan at 8:36 AM on December 24, 2007

I suggest a look at this product which works similarly on a range of container sizes, but is more versatile.
posted by artdrectr at 10:03 AM on December 24, 2007

I guess I'm all holidayed out already, because I neglected to search on "Coverflex" without the space. Thanks, MeFites, for being my spare brain.

Essexjan: Shop.com has a great price of $16.99 for four covers, but unfortunately they're sold out. I'll order one set from NapaStyle before they disappear entirely. I've got my mind set on the clear ones, but the blue ones on eBay prompted me to put in a saved search so that if any show up there I'll hear about them.
posted by Joleta at 1:53 PM on December 24, 2007

These in blue are cheaper. But not sure if the quality will be the same.
posted by crack at 2:07 AM on December 25, 2007

Scratch that. Reviews are not too enthusiastic.
posted by crack at 2:20 AM on December 25, 2007