Because the basic ingredients are inexpensive and glass is easily handled by automated factories glass dinnerware offers consumers economical and easy to clean dinnerware. Tempered glass dinnerware is more economical in the long run, it also has several other advantages as well. Tempered glass is thinner yet much stronger then regular glass to both mechanical as well as thermal stress. Because it is break-resistant it will last for generations in your kitchen when given a little care. Tempered glass dinnerware resists stress from heat and cold so it can be used in your freezer and microwave.
Tempered glass is thinner then traditional pottery dinnerware.
You can store almost twice the number of plates in your kitchen then you could with pottery dinnerware.