Abstract: A carrier for containers, such as bottles, the carrier being made of plastic, being nestable with identical carriers when empty and being formed to be stacked, when filled, with other filled carriers in a manner such that the weight load of the stack is supported by the bottles, the carrier including a grid-like bottom, a top frame, columns connecting the bottom to the top frame and stacking projections extending downwardly from the bottom and having parts which project laterally outwardly from the bottom while being laterally inset from the outer edge of the rim.