Abstract: A package for shipping and dispensing articles, said packages having one substantially rectangular sleeve slidably disposed within another rectangular sleeve. The inner sleeve is structured to surround and hold a plurality of elongated articles, such as containers, which containers each have a tab at one end thereof with an opening therethrough for reception of an elongated element. With the outer sleeve removed from the inner sleeve, an end flap on the inner sleeve is bent away therefrom so that the elongated element can be inserted through the aligned openings in the tabs. One wall of the inner sleeve has a tear strip therein which can be removed so as to sever the inner sleeve, whereby the inner sleeve can be removed laterally away from the containers.