Abstract: A container configured to contain food stuffs. The container includes a food tray and a matable lid. The food tray includes a tapered portion connected to an upper lip having an upper lip edge perimeter. The matable lid includes a mating portion including an inwardly tapered portion and an outwardly tapered portion forming an undercut region having an undercut region perimeter. The undercut region perimeter is less than the upper lip edge perimeter such that the undercut region flexes when a force is exerted on the matable lid during mating with the food tray. This permits the upper lip to overcome the undercut region and be held in place in a recess in the mating portion.

Abstract: A multi-compartment food tray includes at least a first compartment and a second compartment formed from a paperboard material, each compartment including a compartment lip, and a carrier constructed from a paperboard material and including openings receiving the first and second compartments. Each compartment lip may be mechanically coupled to the carrier to create an interface, wherein the interface may remain coupled during food reconstitution, and may include at least one surface having a coating. The first compartment may have a different volume than the second compartment.