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The present invention provides an apparatus for storing and preserving food products and for selectively dispensing the food products from the apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises a container, a flexible bag inserted into and suspended in the interior of the container, and a cover member relea

The present invention provides an apparatus for storing and preserving food products and for selectively dispensing the food products from the apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises a container, a flexible bag inserted into and suspended in the interior of the container, and a cover member releasably securable over a top opening of the container. The bag is provided with a sidewall dimensioned to slide vertically through the interior of the container without the sidewall exerting a friction force against the inner surfaces of the container sidewalls with the bag filled with a food product. The bag is constructed of a flexible material that enables a top portion of the bag sidewall to be stretched and folded back over the top opening of the container and the outer surfaces of the container sidewalls to suspend the food product contained in the bag inside the container interior and above the container bottom wall. By selectively sliding the folded over portion of the bag vertically downward and upward over the exterior surface of the container sidewalls, the food product contained inside the bag and suspended in the container interior is raised up in the container to the top opening of the container and is lowered in the container toward the bottom wall of the container.

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An apparatus for storing and preserving food products and for selectively dispensing the food products from the apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a container having a bottom wall and at least one sidewall connected to the bottom wall and extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wal

An apparatus for storing and preserving food products and for selectively dispensing the food products from the apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a container having a bottom wall and at least one sidewall connected to the bottom wall and extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom wall, the sidewall having an inner surface extending around an interior of the container and the sidewall having an outer surface extending around an exterior of the container, and the sidewall having a top edge extending around an opening of the container, the opening providing access to the container interior; a flexible bag suspended in the container interior, the bag having at least one sidewall surrounding an interior of the bag and a bottom connected to the bag sidewall, the bag sidewall having a top edge extending around an opening of the bag, the bag opening providing access to the bag interior, the bag sidewall top edge being stretched over the container sidewall top edge and around the container outer surface to suspend the bag bottom in the container interior; and the container sidewall inner surface having a circumference of a first measure and the bag sidewall having a circumference of a second measure, the second measure being less than the first measure thereby enabling the bag sidewall to be spaced from the container sidewall inner surface with the bag suspended in the container interior and the bag interior filled with a food product.