I also think the glass jar is the way to go I also think the jarred kraut tastes better. Every so often I like like to eat it straight out of the jar cold, it is really tasty that way. We should eat more kraut any way.I buy the kind in a jar which has a lid. The smell stays contained that way and when you open it the kraut will smell the same 6 months later as the day you bought it.
I go once a month and buy about $20 of pickled anything and everything. There is another place in New York City, called ' just pickles'. All it is , is a closet sized store front, with many large pickle barrels in front of it. Its somewhere near the Empire State Building.
just a note*** thats my two kids and the guy who works at the store***