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A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton comprises panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The panels comprise a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. At least one divider panel is in the interior of the carton. The

A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton comprises panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The panels comprise a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. At least one divider panel is in the interior of the carton. The divider panel is attached to at least one of the panels. A dispenser is for allowing access to the articles in the carton. The dispenser is for separating the carton into a first portion and a second portion. At least one of the first portion and the second portion is at least partially closed by the at least one divider panel.

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1. A method of forming a carton from a blank, the method comprising: obtaining a carton blank and a divider blank, the carton blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising at least a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the carton blank comprising dispenser fea

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A method of forming a carton from a blank, the method comprising: obtaining a carton blank and a divider blank, the carton blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising at least a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the carton blank comprising dispenser features, the divider blank comprising at least one divider panel having a main portion and a first attachment flap foldably connected to the main portion and a second attachment flap foldably connected to the main portion, each of the first attachment flap and the second attachment flap being at least partially defined by a respective cut extending in the main portion of the at least one divider panel,attaching the divider blank to the carton blank by securing the first attachment flap in face-to-face contact with the top panel and securing the second attachment flap in face-to-face contact with the bottom panel;forming a carton from the carton blank by positioning the top panel, bottom panel, first side panel, and second side panel to form a generally open-ended sleeve;forming the divider by positioning the divider blank to extend between the top panel and the bottom panel and divide the carton into a first portion and a second portion. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the open-ended sleeve has an open first end and an open second end, and the method further comprising loading containers into the open-ended sleeve from the first end and loading containers into the open-ended sleeve from the second end. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the carton blank comprises a plurality of first end flaps foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality panels at a first end of the blank and a plurality of second end flaps foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels at a second end of the blank, the method further comprising positioning the first end flaps to close the first end and positioning the second end flaps to close the second end. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising activating the dispensing features to separate the first portion from the second portion of the carton. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein: the at least one divider panel comprises a first divider panel that forms a first closed end of the first portion of the carton and the first end flaps form a closed second end of the first portion; andthe at least one divider panel comprises a second divider panel that forms a first closed end of the second portion of the carton and the second end flaps form a closed second end of the second portion. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first side panel comprises a first lateral fold line extending across a length of the first side panel and the second side panel comprises a second lateral fold line extending across a length of the second side panel, the attaching the divider blank comprises folding the carton blank along one of the first lateral fold line and the second lateral fold line to position a respective one of the top panel and the bottom panel in face-to-face relationship with at least a portion of the divider panel, wherein the first side panel or the second side panel comprises an upper section and a lower section, the upper section being at least partially in face-to-face relation with the lower section after the folding the blank along the one of the first lateral fold line and the second lateral fold line. 7. The method of claim 6 further comprising folding the blank along the other of the first lateral fold line and the second lateral fold line to position a respective one of the first side panel and the second side panel for attachment to a respective one of the top panel and the bottom panel. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the main portion of the at least one divider panel comprises an outer edge that extends around a periphery of the at least one divider panel, each respective cut being spaced apart from the outer edge. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the main portion of the at least one divider panel comprises an edge, the edge being disposed adjacent the at least one of the panels, each respective cut being spaced apart from the edge. 10. A method of forming a carton from a blank, the method comprising: obtaining a carton blank and a divider blank, the carton blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising at least a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the divider blank comprising at least one divider panel comprising a main portion and a first attachment flap foldably connected to the main portion and a second attachment flap foldably connected to the main portion,attaching the divider blank to the carton blank by securing the first attachment flap in face-to-face contact with the top panel and securing the second attachment flap in face-to-face contact with the bottom panel;forming a carton from the carton blank by positioning the top panel, bottom panel, first side panel, and second side panel to form a generally open-ended sleeve;forming the divider by positioning the divider blank to extend between the top panel and the bottom panel and divide the carton into a first portion and a second portion. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the first attachment flap and the second attachment flap is at least partially defined by a respective cut extending in the main portion of the at least one divider panel. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the attaching the divider blank to the carton blank comprises positioning the first attachment flap, the second attachment flap, and at least an adjacent portion of the main portion of the divider panel in face-to-face contact with the at least one panel. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the positioning the divider blank to divide the carton comprises pivoting the main portion of the divider panel relative to the first attachment flap, the second attachment flap, and the at least one panel. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein: the divider panel comprises a first portion foldably connected to a second portion;the first attachment flap is foldably connected to the first portion of the divider panel and the second attachment flap is foldably connected to the second portion of the divider panel; andthe attaching the divider blank to the carton blank comprises folding the first portion toward the second portion so that the first attachment flap is adjacent the second attachment flap, positioning the first portion of the divider panel in face-to-face contact with the at least one panel. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein: the first side panel comprises a first lateral fold line extending across a length of the first side panel and the second side panel comprises a second lateral fold line extending across a length of the second side panel; andthe attaching the divider blank to the carton blank comprises folding the carton blank along at least one of the first lateral fold line and the second lateral fold line to position the top panel in face-to-face relationship with the second portion of the divider panel. 16. The method of claim 10, wherein the carton blank comprises a plurality of first end flaps foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality panels at a first end of the carton blank and a plurality of second end flaps foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels at a second end of the carton blank, the method further comprising positioning the first end flaps to close the first end and positioning the second end flaps to close the second end after the forming the divider. 17. Blanks for forming a carton for containing at least one divider, the blanks comprising: a first blank for being formed into the carton, the first blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising at least a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and dispenser features for separating the carton formed from the first blank into a first portion and a second portion;a second blank for forming the at least one divider, the at least one divider is for at least partially closing at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the carton, the second blank comprising a divider panel, the divider panel comprising a main portion and at least one attachment flap foldably connected to the main portion, the at least one attachment flap being attached in face-to-face contact with at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel,the at least one attachment flap and at least an adjacent portion of the main portion of the divider panel are in face-to-face contact with the at least one panel,the divider panel comprises a first portion foldably connected to a second portion,the at least one attachment flap comprises a first attachment flap foldably connected to the first portion of the divider panel and a second attachment flap foldably connected to the second portion of the divider panel; andthe divider blank is folded so that the first portion is adjacent the second portion, and the first portion of the divider panel in face-to-face contact with the bottom panel, the first attachment flap being attached in face-to-face contact with the bottom panel. 18. The blanks of claim 17, wherein the at least one attachment flap is at least partially defined by at least one cut extending in the main portion. 19. The blanks of claim 18, wherein the main portion of the divider panel comprises an outer edge that extends around a periphery of the second blank, the at least one cut being spaced apart from the outer edge. 20. The blanks of claim 17, wherein the first blank comprises a plurality of first end flaps foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality panels at a first end of the first blank for at least partially forming a first closed end of the carton formed from the first blank and a plurality of second end flaps foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels at a second end of the first blank for at least partially forming a second closed end of the carton formed from the first blank. 21. The blanks of claim 17, wherein the at least one attachment flap is releasably attached to the top panel or the bottom panel. 22. Blanks for forming a carton for containing at least one divider, the blanks comprising: a first blank for being formed into the carton, the first blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising at least a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and dispenser features for separating the carton formed from the first blank into a first portion and a second portion;a second blank for forming the at least one divider, the at least one divider is for at least partially closing at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the carton, the second blank comprising a divider panel, the divider panel comprising a main portion and at least one attachment flap foldably connected to the main portion, the at least one attachment flap being attached in face-to-face contact with at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel, wherein:the second blank is for forming a first divider, and the divider panel is a first divider panel;the blanks further comprise a third blank for forming a second divider, the third blank comprising a second divider panel; andthe first divider panel is for closing a first portion of the carton formed from the first blank, and the second divider panel is for closing a second portion of the carton formed from the first blank. 23. The blanks of claim 22, wherein the first blank comprises a tear strip for separating the carton formed from the first blank into a first portion and a second portion, the first divider panel and the second divider panel being attached to the first blank on respective sides of the tear strip.