James Silverton wrote:

> Why does Sun Maid choose to pack raisins in cardboard rectangular
> containers unlike other companies who use cylindrical ones?
> Especially when the container is partially empty you have to be very
> careful when picking it up one handed since the sides tend to
> collapse and down goes the thing to the floor, usually spilling about
> half a cup of raisins. Sweeping the floor is not something I want to
> do before having my breakfast cereal with raisins.

maybe a rectangular carton enables more boxes to be packed in the
shipping container than a cylindrical container? Maybe inertia on the
part of the raisin company - "that's the the way we've always done it"?
Maybe cost to package (rectangular box) is cheaper than a cylindical
package? and so on