Abstract: Foodstuffs packaging, such as an egg carton, having a bottom part which has at least one row of shaped depressions for accommodating eggs or separate articles and a lid part, which is arranged for swing action on the bottom part, the bottom part or the lid part being provided with complementary clamping elevations and clamping openings, the clamping openings being arranged on the other of the lid part or the bottom part offset in relation to the clamping elevations. The offset arrangement of the clamping elevations and of the clamping openings allows the units to be connected with clamping action such that they are offset in relation to one another. The clamping openings may be connected to a trough which produces an accommodating space for items which are to be inserted therein, it being possible for the accommodating space to be closed off using a sticker as a cover.

Abstract: A foodstuffs packaging unit includes a bottom part which has at least one row of shaped depressions for accommodating separate articles, in particular eggs, and a lid part which is arranged for swing action on the bottom part. When the lid part is closed, it bounds an interior together with the bottom part. The lid part includes a trough which is open upwardly and a cover that closes off the trough in an upward direction to produce a space into which items can be inserted. The packaging may also include retaining depressions which are connected to one another by the trough. The retaining depressions may be designed as clamping openings that interact with clamping elevations on the underside of the shaped depressions of another foodstuffs packaging unit.