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An enclosed carton for housing and dispensing a plurality of containers has front and back panels, side panels, and top and bottom end panels connected to the front and back panels and the side panels to form a closed structure with the containers extending height-wise between the side panels. The c

An enclosed carton for housing and dispensing a plurality of containers has front and back panels, side panels, and top and bottom end panels connected to the front and back panels and the side panels to form a closed structure with the containers extending height-wise between the side panels. The containers are arranged in at least one row between the front and back panels and are stacked between the bottom and top end panels. The front panel has a plurality of access panels removably connected to the front panel and to each other such that, with said carton positioned on the bottom end panel and the containers oriented horizontally, the access panels can be removed in succession as the containers are removed from the carton to provide access to the remaining containers.

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1. An enclosed carton for housing and dispensing a plurality of containers, the carton comprising: front and back panels, side panels, and top and bottom end panels connected to said front and back panels and said side panels forming a closed structure, such that the containers are extendible height

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An enclosed carton for housing and dispensing a plurality of containers, the carton comprising: front and back panels, side panels, and top and bottom end panels connected to said front and back panels and said side panels forming a closed structure, such that the containers are extendible height-wise between said side panels and arrangeable in at least one row between said front and back panels and stackable between said bottom and top end panels wherein the carton has a width between the side panels, a depth between the front and back panels, and a height between the top and bottom end panels, wherein the height is greater than the depth;at least one of said side panels having at least one handle;a plurality of access panels removably connected to said front panel and to each other via weakenings such that, with said carton positioned on said bottom end panel and the containers orientable horizontally, said access panels are separately removable in succession, from top toward bottom, to facilitate removal of the containers from the carton and render accessible remaining containers, said plurality of access panels comprising:a first access panel including a top portion extending across a full width of the top end panel, a front portion with a lower portion extending across less than the full width of the front panel, and corner portions of the side panels, anda second access panel removably connected to said front portion of said first access panel via a weakening extending across less than the full width of the front panel, wherein said second access panel is removable in sequence after removal of said first access panel,wherein removal of the first access panel forms a top access opening extending across an entirety of the width of the carton and for less than an entirety of the depth of the carton and a front access opening on the front panel extending less than the entirety of the carton width, such that the second access panel top edge defines a lower edge of the front access opening, andwherein the side panels include end flaps having weakenings corresponding to the top access opening. 2. The carton of claim 1 further comprising: first front retainer panel portions formed on the front panel by the removal of the first access panel, the first front retainer panel portions extending inward toward each other from the side panels and establishing first side edges of the front access opening. 3. The carton of claim 2 further comprising: the top access opening having a width that is equal to a height of one of the containers, allowing a container to be removable from the carton through the top access opening. 4. The carton of claim 2 further comprising: second front retainer panel portions formed on the front panel by the removal of the second access panel, the second front retainer panel portions extending inward toward each other from the side panels and establishing second side edges of the front access opening and being coextensive with the front retainer panel portions formed by the removal of the first access panel. 5. The carton of claim 4 further comprising: a lowest access panel comprising one of the plurality of access panels, the lowest access panel being the last of a series of access panels and removable to form the front access opening and extending across less than the full width of the front panel;lowest front retainer panel portions formed on the front panel by the removal of the lowest access panel, the lowest front retainer panel portions extending inward toward each other from the side panels, upward from the bottom end panel, and being coextensive with the first and second front retainer panel portions formed by the removal of the first and second front access panels; and,indicia on the inside surface of the lowest access panel, whereby the indicia is not visible from outside of the carton until the lowest access panel has been removed from the front panel of the carton. 6. The carton of claim 5 further comprising: a redeemable coupon formed by the indicia on the inside surface of the lowest access panel. 7. The carton of claim 5 further comprising: indicia on the inside surface of more than one of the plurality of access panels. 8. The carton set forth in claim 1 wherein the bottom end panel of the carton is dimensioned to be supported on a refrigerator door shelf with the bottom end panel resting on the shelf. 9. The carton of claim 1 wherein the front panel includes end flaps adhered to both of the side panel end flaps. 10. A package, including: the carton of claim 1, anda plurality of containers having bases and sides,wherein the carton is restable in a stacking position on a side panel opposite that of the side panel having the handle such that the containers are restable upright within the carton on their bases, and wherein the carton is restable on the bottom end panel such that the containers are restable on their sides. 11. The carton of claim 1 further comprising: a third access panel connected to the second access panel by a third weakening and to the front panel by third side weakenings, wherein said third access panel is removable in sequence after removal of said second access panel. 12. An enclosed carton for housing and dispensing a plurality of containers, the carton comprising: front and back panels, side panels, and top and bottom end panels connected to said front and back panels and said side panels forming a closed structure, such that the containers are extendible height-wise between said side panels and arrangeable in at least one row between said front and back panels and stackable between said bottom and top end panels;at least one of said side panels having at least one handle;a plurality of access panels arranged one above the other on said front panel and removably connected to said front panel and to each other such that said access panels are separately removable in succession, from top toward bottom, to facilitate accessibility of the containers, said plurality of access panels comprising:a first access panel including a top portion extending across the full width of the top end panel, a front portion with a lower portion extending across less than a full width of the front panel, and corner portions of the side panels,a second access panel connected to the first access panel via a second weakening and extending across less than the full width of the front panel and connected to the front panel by second side weakenings, wherein said second access panel is removable in sequence after removal of said first access panel,a third access panel connected to the second access panel by a third weakening and to the front panel by third side weakenings, wherein said third access panel is removable in sequence after removal of said second access panel, anda fourth access panel connected to the third access panel by a fourth weakening and to the front panel by fourth side weakenings, wherein said fourth access panel is removable in sequence after removal of said third access panel,wherein removal of the first access panel forms a top access opening extending across an entirety of the width of the carton and for less than an entirety of the depth of the carton and a front access opening on the front panel extending less than the entirety of the carton width, such that the second access panel top edge defines a lower edge of the front access opening, andwherein the side panels include end flaps having weakenings corresponding to the top access opening. 13. The carton of claim 12 further comprising: indicia on the inside surface of at least one of the access panels, whereby the indicia is not visible until the panel is removed from the carton. 14. The carton of claim 12 wherein the front panel includes end flaps adhered to the side panel end flaps. 15. A package, including: the carton of claim 12, anda plurality of containers having bases and sides,wherein the carton is restable in a stacking position on a side panel opposite that of the side panel having the handle such that the containers are restable upright within the carton on their bases, and wherein the carton is restable on the bottom end panel such that the containers are restable on their sides. 16. An enclosed carton for housing and dispensing a plurality of containers, the carton comprising: a plurality of panels forming a closed structure having a depth and a height greater than the depth, and including:a front panel,a rear panel,a bottom end panel,a top end panel, andopposed side panels between which the containers are extendible height-wise, and at least one of which has a handle;a plurality of access panels removably connected to said front panel and to each other via weakenings such that, with said carton positioned on said bottom end panel said access panels are separately removable in succession, from top toward bottom, to facilitate removability of the containers from the carton, and including:a first access panel including a top portion extending across a full width of the top end panel, and a front portion with a lower portion extending across less than the full width of the front panel, anda second access panel having a top edge extending across less than the full width of the front panel,wherein removal of the first access panel forms a top access opening extending across an entirety of the width of the carton and for less than an entirety of the depth of the carton and a front access opening on the front panel extending less than the entirety of the carton width, such that the second access panel top edge defines a lower edge of the front access opening, andwherein the side panels include end flaps having weakenings corresponding to the top access opening. 17. The carton of claim 16 further comprising: first front retainer panel portions formed on the front panel by the removal of the first removable access panel, the first front retainer panel portions extending inward toward each other from the side panels and establishing first side edges of the front access opening. 18. The carton of claim 17 further comprising: the top access opening having a width that is equal to the height of one of the containers, rendering removable a container from the carton through the top access opening. 19. The carton of claim 18 further comprising: a second access panel comprising one of the plurality of access panels, the second access panel having a top edge that defines the lower edge of the front access opening formed by the removal of the first access panel, said second access panel extending across less than the full width of the front panel. 20. The carton of claim 16 further comprising: a lowest access panel comprising one of the plurality of access panels; and,indicia on the inside surface of the lowest access panel, whereby the indicia is not visible from the outside of the carton until the lowest access panel has been removed from the front panel of the carton. 21. The carton of claim 20 further comprising: a redeemable coupon formed by the indicia on the inside surface of the lowest access panel. 22. The carton of claim 16 wherein the front panel includes end flaps adhered to both of the side panel end flaps. 23. A package, including: the carton of claim 16, anda plurality of containers having bases and sides,wherein the carton is restable in a stacking position on a side panel opposite that of the side panel having the handle such that the containers are restable upright within the carton on their bases, and wherein the carton is restable on the bottom end panel such that the containers are restable on their sides. 24. The carton of claim 16 further comprising: a third access panel connected to the second access panel by a third weakening and to the front panel by third side weakenings, wherein said third access panel is removable in sequence after removal of said second access panel.