Abstract: There is provided an improved retail produce box, preferably for fresh potatoes. Each box comprises a bottom wall, four side walls with beveled corners where adjacent side walls meet, said bottom wall and side walls defining a substantially rectangular box interior. That interior is covered by a lid made from folded over extensions of two opposed side walls with one of said lid extensions at least partially overlapping the other lid extension to minimize light penetration into the box interior and allow for some settlement of contents after filling. The bottom wall may have a plurality of apertures for visual inspection of the contents and facilitating air circulation within. Preferably, the overlapping lid extension includes a hinged and tabbed section that can be flipped open for visually inspecting the box contents and lowered back down after. A plurality of such boxes, in various produce quantities, may be boxed together for shipping in a master container.

Abstract: A preformed blank of corrugated sheet material for assembly of a container for fresh produce, and a container assembled from such blank and comprising a bottom, side walls reinforced at least at the corners of the container for enhancing its vertical compressive strength, a pair of top walls having container closure tabs formed therein and cooperating with registrable slots therein for frictional closure of the container. Each top panel has a pair of parallel elongated hand carry slots registrable with each other in a closed container position, the adjacent parallel edges of at least one pair of slots being connected to the sheet material and the remainder of the slot peripheries being perforated to form a pair of push-in flaps. At least one side wall has opening patterns spaced apart in the vertical and horizontal directions for visual inspection of the container contents and facilitating air circulation within the closed container.