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A food and beverage dispenser with a dispenser lid and a dispenser body. The dispenser body has four walls and a bottom. The dispenser lid seats on the dispenser body. The dispenser lid is secured to the body by cooperation of the lid with the body. Rotation of the lid causes a seal bead on the lid

A food and beverage dispenser with a dispenser lid and a dispenser body. The dispenser body has four walls and a bottom. The dispenser lid seats on the dispenser body. The dispenser lid is secured to the body by cooperation of the lid with the body. Rotation of the lid causes a seal bead on the lid to seal against a seal bead on the body. The dispenser lid is a polyethylene shell, and the seal bead on the dispenser lid is an elastomeric gasket secured to the polyethylene shell.

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What is claimed is: 1. A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages, the beverage dispenser comprising: a dispenser body, the dispenser body defining a body interior for holding beverages; and a dispenser lid for covering the body interior and comprising an upper lid portion and a lower lid portio

What is claimed is: 1. A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages, the beverage dispenser comprising: a dispenser body, the dispenser body defining a body interior for holding beverages; and a dispenser lid for covering the body interior and comprising an upper lid portion and a lower lid portion, the upper lid portion being rotatable relative to the lower lid portion, wherein the dispenser lid has a deformable seal and is removably attached to the dispenser body by rotation of the lid in a first direction, and wherein the rotation of the lid in the first direction urges the deformable seal into a fully closed position, wherein the deformable seal is in continuous sealing engagement with the body interior, the dispenser lid being rotatable from the fully closed position to a fully removed position with less than one full rotation, the beverage dispenser being capable of dispensing beverages with the dispenser lid in the fully closed position. 2. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, wherein a portion of the dispenser lid extends downwardly into the body interior below the deformable seal. 3. The beverage dispenser of claim 2, wherein the portion of the lid extending downwardly from the seal is spaced radially inwardly from an interior surface which defines the body interior. 4. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, wherein rotation of the upper lid portion in the first direction urges the lower lid portion downwardly into engagement with the dispenser body. 5. The beverage dispenser of claim 4 wherein the lower lid portion moves downwardly after the deformable seal initially engages the dispenser body. 6. The beverage dispenser of claim 5, the lower lid portion having a threaded neck, wherein the threaded neck extends through an opening in the upper lid portion. 7. The beverage dispenser of claim 1, the dispenser lid being rotatable from the fully closed position to the fully removed position with less than one-half of a full rotation. 8. The beverage dispenser of claim 7, the dispenser body comprising a pair of upstanding flanges extending above an upper end of the body interior, wherein the dispenser lid is received and rotatable in grooves defined in the upstanding flanges. 9. A beverage dispenser comprising: a dispenser body, the dispenser body defining a body interior for holding beverages; a dispenser lid for covering the body interior, the dispenser lid comprising a first arcuate rail and a second arcuate rail at a first and a second edge thereof, wherein the first and second arcuate rails engage and are rotatable in a first groove and a second groove defined in the dispenser body; and an elastomeric seal removably disposed in a groove on the dispenser lid, wherein the dispenser lid is rotatable between a fully open position wherein the dispenser lid is disengaged from the dispenser body, and a fully closed position wherein the elastomeric seal on the dispenser lid continuously sealingly engages an interior surface of the dispenser body to seal the body interior, the dispenser lid being rotatable from a fully closed position to a fully removed position with less than one full rotation. 10. The beverage dispenser of claim 9, wherein the dispenser lid is movable between the fully open and fully closed positions with less than one-half of a full rotation. 11. The beverage dispenser of claim 9, the dispenser lid comprising: an upper lid portion; and a lower lid portion, wherein the seal is on the lower lid portion, and wherein the upper lid portion is rotatable relative to the lower lid portion. 12. The dispenser of claim 11, wherein rotation of the upper lid portion in the first direction moves the seal on the lower lid portion downwardly into sealing engagement with the dispenser body. 13. A beverage dispenser comprising: a dispenser body defining a body interior, the body interior having an upper opening; a pair of upstanding flanges extending above the upper opening, the upstanding flanges having sloped first and second closure grooves defined therein; and a dispenser lid having first and second rails at first and second edges thereof, the rails being receivable in the closure grooves, wherein rotation of the dispenser lid in a first direction urges a seal on the dispenser lid downwardly into sealing engagement with the dispenser body around the upper opening. 14. The beverage dispenser of claim 13, wherein the seal on the dispenser lid comprises a deformable seal secured to the dispenser lid. 15. The beverage dispenser of claim 13, wherein the dispenser lid moves between the fully open and fully closed positions with less than a full rotation. 16. A beverage dispenser comprising: a dispenser body; a spigot mounted in the dispenser body for dispensing liquids from a body interior; and a dispenser lid rotatable between fully open and fully closed positions, the dispenser lid comprising: an upper lid portion; and a lower lid portion, wherein the upper lid portion is rotatable relative to the lower lid portion, and wherein the dispenser lid cooperates with the dispenser body to create a hermetic seal by moving the lower lid portion downwardly when the upper lid portion is rotated relative to the dispenser body in a first direction to the closed position. 17. The beverage dispenser of claim 16, wherein the dispenser body defines a pair of closure grooves, and wherein the upper lid portion is received in and is rotatable in the closure grooves. 18. The beverage dispenser of claim 17, the upper lid portion having a pair of rails at the edges thereof, wherein the rails are received in and rotatable in the closure grooves. 19. The beverage dispenser of claim 16 wherein rotation of the upper lid portion in the first direction urges the lower lid portion into sealing engagement with the dispenser body. 20. The beverage dispenser of claim 19, wherein the lower lid portion includes a deformable seal, wherein the deformable seal engages the dispenser body to create the hermetic seal in the closed position. 21. The beverage dispenser of claim 19, the dispenser body having an interior surface defining a body interior for holding liquids, wherein the lower lid portion sealingly engages the interior surface in the closed position. 22. The beverage dispenser of claim 21, wherein the lower lid portion comprises a shell with a groove defined therein and an elastomeric seal disposed in the groove. 23. The beverage dispenser of claim 21, the upper lid portion comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower lid portion being received and rotatable in a recess defined in the lower surface of the upper lid portion. 24. The beverage dispenser of claim 16, the upper lid portion comprising: a top; and a bottom, the bottom having a cavity defined therein, wherein the lower lid portion is received and rotatable in the cavity defined in the upper lid portion. 25. A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages, the beverage dispenser comprising: a dispenser body, the dispenser body defining a body interior for holding beverages; and a dispenser lid for covering the body interior, wherein the dispenser lid is removably attached to the dispenser body by rotation of the lid in a first direction, and wherein the rotation of the lid in the first direction urges the dispenser lid into sealing engagement with the dispenser body, the dispenser lid being rotatable from a fully closed position to a fully removed position with less than one full rotation, the dispenser body comprising a pair of upstanding flanges extending above an upper end of the body interior, wherein the dispenser lid is received and rotatable in sloped grooves defined in the upstanding flanges. 26. The beverage dispenser of claim 25 wherein each upstanding flange has a single groove defined therein, and wherein each groove slopes from a groove entrance to a groove terminating end toward the upper end of the body interior. 27. A beverage dispenser comprising: a dispenser body, the dispenser body defining a body interior for holding beverages; a dispenser lid for covering the body interior; and a seal on the dispenser lid, wherein the dispenser lid is rotatable between a fully open position wherein the dispenser lid is disengaged from the dispenser body, and a fully closed position wherein the seal on the dispenser lid sealingly engages an interior surface of the dispenser body to seal the body interior, the dispenser lid comprising first and second arcuate rails at first and second edges thereof, wherein the first and second arcuate rails engage and are rotatable in first and second sloped grooves defined in the dispenser body. 28. The beverage dispenser of claim 27, wherein the first and second grooves slope from a first end to a second end thereof towards an upper opening of the body interior. 29. A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages, the beverage dispenser comprising: a dispenser body, the dispenser body defining a body interior for holding beverages; and a dispenser lid for covering the body interior, the dispenser lid comprising an upper lid portion and a lower lid portion, the upper lid portion being rotatable relative to the lower lid portion, wherein rotation of the upper lid portion relative to the lower lid portion in a first direction urges the lower lid portion downwardly into sealing engagement with the dispenser body, wherein the beverage dispenser is capable of dispensing beverages from the dispenser body with the lower lid in sealed engagement with the dispenser body. 30. The beverage dispenser of claim 29, wherein the dispenser lid comprises a deformable seal, and wherein the deformable seal sealingly engages the dispenser body. 31. The beverage dispenser of claim 30, wherein a portion of the dispenser lid extends downwardly into the body interior below the deformable seal. 32. The beverage dispenser of claim 31, wherein the portion of the lid extending downwardly from the seal is spaced radially inwardly from the body interior. 33. The beverage dispenser of claim 29, the lower lid portion including a deformable seal disposed in a groove, wherein rotation of the upper lid portion in the first direction moves the deformable seal into sealing engagement with the dispenser body. 34. The beverage dispenser of claim 29, the dispenser lid being rotatable from a fully closed position to a fully removed position with less than one full rotation of the upper lid portion. 35. The beverage dispenser of claim 34, the dispenser lid being rotatable from the fully closed position to the fully removed position with less than one-half of a full rotation of the upper lid portion.