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A bakery tray includes a base member with a front end and a back end, and a pair of sidewalls extending upward from the base member and opposing each other between the front end and the back end of the base member. The sidewalls each have a pair of stacking blocks and a top rail with a pair of low s

A bakery tray includes a base member with a front end and a back end, and a pair of sidewalls extending upward from the base member and opposing each other between the front end and the back end of the base member. The sidewalls each have a pair of stacking blocks and a top rail with a pair of low stack recesses therein. The pair of stacking blocks includes a front block positioned a first distance from the front end and a rear block positioned a second distance from the back end. The pair of low stack recesses includes a front recess spaced from the front end by a distance corresponding to the second distance and a rear recess spaced from the back end by a distance corresponding to the first distance. By this structure, bakery trays are stackable in a low stack orientation and a high stack orientation.

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1. A bakery tray comprising: a base member including a front end and a back end; anda pair of sidewalls extending upward from the base member and opposing each other between the front end and the back end of the base member, the sidewalls each having a pair of stacking blocks and a top rail with a p

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A bakery tray comprising: a base member including a front end and a back end; anda pair of sidewalls extending upward from the base member and opposing each other between the front end and the back end of the base member, the sidewalls each having a pair of stacking blocks and a top rail with a pair of low stack recesses therein,wherein the pair of stacking blocks includes a front block positioned a first distance from the front end and a rear block positioned a second distance from the back end, the second distance being different from the first distance,wherein the pair of low stack recesses includes a front recess spaced from the front end by a distance corresponding to the second distance and a rear recess spaced from the back end by a distance corresponding to the first distance,wherein the front recess comprises a first slide wall angled from a deepest point in the front recess to the top rail toward the back end, and wherein the rear recess comprises a second slide wall angled from a deepest point in the rear recess to the top rail toward the front end, the first and second slide walls being continuously angled or level from the deepest points in the front and rear recesses, respectively, to the top rail,wherein the bakery tray is configured such that the bakery tray is stackable on an adjacent bakery tray of identical construction, the stacking blocks, the top rail and the low stack recesses being configured such that the bakery tray is destacked from the adjacent bakery tray in both forward and rearward directions in only two actions including lifting an edge of the bakery tray and pulling the bakery tray,wherein each of the rear recesses comprises a vertical guide wall that defines respective support spaces for receiving stacking blocks of an adjacent bakery tray, andwherein the front blocks have a narrower footprint than the rear blocks such that the front blocks fit in the support spaces while the rear blocks are too big to fit in the support spaces. 2. A bakery tray according to claim 1, wherein each of the sidewalls comprises corner posts at respective ends of the top rails, and wherein bottom corners of the sidewalls comprise cutouts cooperable with the corner posts. 3. A bakery tray according to claim 1, wherein each of the first slide walls comprises two steps including the deepest point in the front recesses and a first inclined ramp to a landing portion as a first step, and a second inclined ramp from the landing portion to the top rail as a second step. 4. A bakery tray according to claim 3, wherein the landing portion is adjacent each of the front blocks. 5. A bakery tray according to claim 1, wherein the front blocks have a narrower footprint than the rear blocks. 6. A bakery tray according to claim 1, wherein the front recesses are open recesses with no sidewalls. 7. A bakery tray that is stackable on an adjacent bakery tray, the bakery tray comprising: a base member including a front end and a back end; anda pair of sidewalls extending upward from the base member and opposing each other between the front end and the back end of the base member, the sidewalls each having a pair of stacking blocks and a top rail with a pair of low stack recesses therein,wherein the pair of stacking blocks includes a front block positioned a first distance from the front end and a rear block positioned a second distance from the back end, the second distance being different from the first distance, wherein an outermost surface of at least one of the stacking blocks extends to the top rail and is planar across an entire height of the stacking blocks,wherein the pair of low stack recesses includes a front recess spaced from the front end by a distance corresponding to the second distance and a rear recess spaced from the back end by a distance corresponding to the first distance,the bakery tray being configured such that the bakery tray is stackable on an adjacent bakery tray of identical construction, the bakery tray and the adjacent bakery tray being stackable in a high stack position and a low stack position, wherein in the high stack position, the front and rear blocks are stackable in alignment with corresponding front and rear blocks of the adjacent bakery tray, and in the low stack position, the front blocks are stackable in alignment with the rear recesses and the rear blocks are stackable in alignment with the front recesses,wherein the front recesses are open recesses without sidewalls,wherein the rear recesses comprise a vertical guide wall defining a support space for receiving stacking blocks of the adjacent bakery tray, andwherein the front blocks have a narrower footprint than the rear blocks such that the front blocks fit in the support spaces while the rear blocks are too big to fit in the support spaces. 8. A bakery tray according to claim 7, wherein the front blocks have a narrower footprint than the rear blocks. 9. A bakery tray according to claim 7, wherein in the high stack position, the bakery tray is oriented in alignment with the adjacent bakery tray, and wherein in the low stack position, the bakery tray is oriented 180° relative to the adjacent bakery tray. 10. A bakery tray according to claim 7, wherein each of the front recesses comprises a first slide wall angled from a deepest point in the front recesses to the top rail toward the back end, and wherein each of the rear recesses comprises a second slide wall angled from a deepest point in the rear recesses to the top rail toward the front end, the first and second slide walls being continuously angled or level from the deepest points in the front and rear recesses, respectively, to the top rail, and wherein the stacking blocks, the top rail and the low stack recesses are configured such that the bakery tray is destacked from the adjacent bakery tray in both forward and rearward directions in only two actions including lifting an edge of the bakery tray and pulling the bakery tray. 11. A bakery tray according to claim 7, wherein the outermost surface of one pair of the stacking blocks is planar across the entire height of the stacking blocks, and wherein the outermost surface of the other pair of stacking blocks is recessed.