You want a dinner plate that's very plain / simple, difficult-to-break, very compact / stackable, and you won't cry if somehow you break or lose a plate?  These these are for you!  And they're made in the USA!  Now, that said, I've been noticing that some of the plates have slightly wavy edges, though at least the bottoms are flat-flat.  Also, the annoying stickers they put on the bottom of the plates (my order from Sept 2014) transfers ink in reverse to the white plates which then needs to be scrubbed off. Yes, annoying, but at least the ink's not permanent.  Why am I still giving these workhorse plates 5-stars?  Because they do exactly what you ask of them.  Just don't use them with company.