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A meal package includes a reusable bag and first and second inserts arranged in the reusable bag to form compartments. The first insert has a first side edge and a second side edge and includes bottom and top portions bent out-of-plane from a side portion at first and second score lines. The second

A meal package includes a reusable bag and first and second inserts arranged in the reusable bag to form compartments. The first insert has a first side edge and a second side edge and includes bottom and top portions bent out-of-plane from a side portion at first and second score lines. The second insert has a top edge and a bottom edge and includes two side portions bent out-of-plane from a middle portion at first and second score lines. The bottom portion of the first insert is located adjacent a bottom of the bag and the side portion of the first insert is located adjacent a first side of the bag. The bottom edge of the second insert abuts an interior surface of the bottom portion of the first insert. An interior surface of the top portion of the first insert abuts the top edge of the second insert.

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1. A meal package comprising: a reusable bag defined by first, second, third and fourth sides and a bottom;a first insert formed separately from the reusable bag and having a bottom portion and a top portion bent out-of-plane from a side portion of the first insert at first and second score lines of

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A meal package comprising: a reusable bag defined by first, second, third and fourth sides and a bottom;a first insert formed separately from the reusable bag and having a bottom portion and a top portion bent out-of-plane from a side portion of the first insert at first and second score lines of the first insert, each of the bottom, top and side portions having a shared first side edge and a shared second side edge;a second insert formed as a single piece separate from the first insert and the reusable bag and having a first side portion and a second side portion bent out-of-plane from a middle portion of the second insert at first and second score lines of the second insert, each of the first and second side portions and the middle portion having a shared top edge and a shared bottom edge;wherein the bent first and second inserts form a plurality of separate compartments by being arranged such that: the bottom portion of the first insert is positioned adjacent the bottom of the reusable bag,the side portion of the first insert is positioned adjacent the first side of the reusable bag,the shared bottom edge of the second insert abuts an interior surface of the bottom portion of the first insert,the middle portion of the second insert abuts the second side of the reusable bag, the second side of the reusable bag being opposite the first side,an interior surface of the top portion of the first insert abuts the shared top edge of the second insert, andthe plurality of separate compartments includes a first compartment defined by and enclosed between the bottom portion of the first insert, the top portion of the first insert, the side portion of the first insert, the middle portion of the second insert, the first side portion of the second insert, and the second side portion of the second insert. 2. The meal package of claim 1, wherein: the side portion of the first insert includes an external surface that faces and abuts the first side of the reusable bag, the first insert comprises a free bottom end edge that along with the first score line of the first insert, the shared first side edge and the shared second side edge defines the bottom portion, and a free top end edge that along with the second score line of the first insert, the shared first side edge and the shared second side edge defines the top portion, and the free bottom end edge and the free top end edge abut the second side of the reusable bag opposite the first side. 3. The meal package of claim 2, wherein the first insert comprises: a width dimension defined between the free bottom end edge and the first score line of the first insert and between the free top end edge and the second score line of the first insert, the width dimension corresponding to a distance between the first side of the reusable bag and the second side of the reusable bag;a height dimension defined between the first score line and the second score line, the height dimension corresponding to a distance that is less than an interior height of the reusable bag; anda length dimension defined between the shared first side edge and the shared second side edge, the length dimension corresponding to a distance between the third side of the reusable bag and the fourth side of the reusable bag opposite the third side. 4. The meal package of claim 3, wherein the second insert comprises a first free end edge that along with the first score line of the second insert, the shared top edge and the shared bottom edge defines the first side portion, and a second free end edge that along with the second score line of the second insert, the shared top edge and the shared bottom edge defines the second side portion, and the first free end edge and the second free end edge abut an interior surface of the side portion of the first insert that is positioned adjacent to the first side of the reusable bag. 5. The meal package of claim 4, wherein the second insert comprises: a width dimension defined between the first free end edge and the first score line of the second insert and between the second free end edge and the second score line of the second insert, the width dimension corresponding to a distance between the second side of the reusable bag and the interior surface of the side portion of the first insert when positioned adjacent to the first side of the reusable bag;a height dimension defined between the shared bottom edge and the shared top edge, the height dimension corresponding to a distance between the interior surface of the bottom portion of the first insert and the interior surface of the top portion of the first insert; anda length dimension defined between the first score line and the second score line of the second insert, the length dimension corresponding to a distance that is less than a distance between the third side and the fourth side of the reusable bag. 6. The meal package of claim 5, wherein the height dimension of the second insert is substantially equal to the height dimension of the first insert. 7. The meal package of claim 1, wherein the plurality of separate compartments includes a second compartment defined by and enclosed between the bottom portion of the first insert, the top portion of the first insert, the side portion of the first insert, the second side of the reusable bag opposite the first side of the reusable bag, the first side portion of the second insert, and the third side of the reusable bag. 8. The meal package of claim 7, wherein the plurality of separate compartments includes a third compartment defined by and enclosed between the bottom portion of the first insert, the top portion of the first insert, the side portion of the first insert, the second side of the reusable bag, the second side portion of the second insert, and the fourth side of the reusable bag opposite the third side. 9. The meal package of claim 8, wherein the plurality of separate compartments includes a fourth compartment defined by the top portion of the first insert, the first side of the reusable bag, the second side of the reusable bag, the third side of the reusable bag and the fourth side of the reusable bag, the fourth compartment is adjacent an exterior surface of the top portion of the first insert, and the top portion of the first insert is substantially continuous such that the fourth compartment is entirely separated from each of the first compartment, the second compartment, and the third compartment. 10. A container for transporting a meal comprising: a tote defined by a front, a back, a bottom and first and second opposing sides;a first partition having first and third portions bent out-of-plane from a second portion at first and second score lines, each of the first, second and third portions having a shared first side edge and a shared second side edge, the first portion including a free bottom end edge connecting the shared first and shared second side edges and the third portion including a free top end edge connecting the shared first and shared second side edges; anda second partition having first and third portions bent out-of-plane from a second portion at first and second score lines, each of the first, second and third portions of the second partition having a shared top edge and a shared bottom edge, the first portion of the second partition including a free first end edge connecting the shared top and the shared bottom edges and the third portion including a free second end edge connecting the shared top and the shared bottom edges;wherein the bent first and second partitions are arranged in the tote to form an arrangement having a plurality of separate compartments, the arrangement defined by: the first portion of the first partition defining a first exterior surface facing and abutting the bottom of the tote, wherein the free bottom end edge abuts the back of the tote;the second portion of the first partition defining a second exterior surface facing and abutting the front of the tote;the shared bottom edge of the second partition abutting the first portion of the first partition;the second portion of the second partition defining a third exterior surface facing and abutting the back of the tote, wherein the free first end edge and the free second end edge of the second partition abut the second portion of the first partition; andthe third portion of the first partition abutting the shared top edge of the second partition with the shared top end edge located adjacent the back of the tote. 11. The meal package of claim 1, wherein the reusable bag defines an open top opposite the bottom. 12. The meal package of claim 1, wherein the bottom portion of the first insert directly abuts the bottom of the reusable bag, and the side portion of the first insert directly abuts the first side of the reusable bag. 13. The meal package of claim 1, wherein: the bottom portion of the first insert defines a bottom portion external surface extending from the shared first side edge to the shared second side edge and facing and abutting the bottom of the reusable bag,the side portion of the first insert defines a side portion external surface extending from the shared first side edge to the shared second side edge and facing and abutting the first side of the reusable bag, andthe middle portion of the second insert defines a middle portion external surface extending from the shared top edge to the shared bottom edge and facing and abutting the second side of the reusable bag. 14. The meal package of claim 13, wherein: the second insert defines a free first end edge adjacent the first side portion opposite the middle portion and a free second end edge adjacent the second side portion and opposite the middle portion;the free first end edge and the free second end edge both face and abut an interior surface of the side portion of the first insert, andthe interior surface of the side portion is opposite the side portion external surface. 15. The meal package of claim 14, wherein: a total of three entirely separate compartments are formed between the side portion of the first insert and the second side of the reusable bag and between the third side of the reusable bag and the fourth side of the reusable bag,the third side of the reusable bag extends between the first side and the second side of the reusable bag, andthe fourth side of the reusable bag is positioned opposite the third side of the reusable bag and extends between the first side and the second side of the reusable bag. 16. The container of claim 10, wherein: the first exterior surface extends from the shared first side edge to the shared second side edge,the second exterior surface extends from the shared first side edge to the shared second side edge, andthe third exterior surface extends from the shared top edge to the shared bottom edge. 17. The container of claim 16, wherein the plurality of separate compartments includes a first compartment enclosed between the first and third portions of the first partition and the first and third portions of the second partition. 18. The container of claim 10, wherein the plurality of separate compartments includes a first compartment enclosed between the first, second, and third portions of the first partition and the first, second, and third portions of the second partition. 19. The container of claim 18, wherein: the plurality of separate compartments includes a second compartment and a third compartment,the second compartment is enclosed between the first, second, and third portions of the first partition, the first portion of the second partition, and the first opposing side of the tote, andthe third compartment is enclosed between the first, second, and third portions of the first partition, the third portion of the second partition, and the second opposing side of the tote. 20. The container of claim 19, wherein: the plurality of separate compartments includes a fourth compartment defined immediately above the third portion of the first partition opposite the first compartment, andthe third portion of the first partition is continuous between the first score line of the first partition and the free second end edge to maintain the fourth compartment entirely blocked from each of the first compartment, the second compartment, and the third compartment. 21. The container of claim 20, wherein the fourth compartment extends from the front to the back of the tote and from the first opposing side to the second opposing side of the tote.