Abstract: A dispensing package, assembly and method for protectively transporting, storing and dispensing stacked nested food items subject to moisture deterioration, contamination and/or staling such as ice cream cones, cups and the like. The dispensing package is composed of a stack of nested items enclosed within an elongate packaging container formed of a relatively stiff but compliant laminate material (at least one paper layer and plastic layer) which is joined and sealed along one side to form a stiff but easily tearable integral elongate ridge member extending the length and projecting out from the package. The dispensing assembly includes the package in combination with an elongate cylindrical open-ended container wherein the extending elongate ridge of the package is received in such fashion as to maintain the package in dispensing position.