Abstract: A crate has a thin-walled body defining a cavity for receiving a plurality of containers and a base on which the containers can be supported. The crate also has a crate insert located wholly or substantially wholly in the cavity of the body. The insert provides a spacer arrangement suitably above the floor of the body for separating containers in the crate from one another in normal use. The crate insert has load-bearing pillars for forming part of a composite load bearing pillar construction with pillars of lower and higher crates of a substantially identical construction when the crate is located in a stack of crates. The insert may be secured to the crate body by locating formalities.

Abstract: A bottle crate has an upper part which is upwardly open and a lower part receivable in an upper part of an identical subjacent crate and having a single, lower-most, relatively-smooth floor. Separating posts extend upwardly from the floor to provide upwardly opening primary sockets in which lower portions of bottles are receivable. Each primary socket has a seat on which a lower part of a bottle received in the primary socket is supportable. The crate also has downwardly opening secondary sockets within which neck portions of bottles in a subjacent crate are receivable in use.