Shelf-ready packaging and methods for transporting and displaying food products

A method for transporting and displaying a food product, comprising:

• transporting a shelf-ready packaging containing the food product to a retail store shelf where the food product is to be displayed, the packaging remaining in a first transport configuration during the transporting, the packaging including a base tray with first and second tray portions removably connected to each other and a cover element that covers an open top defined by the base tray in the first transport configuration;
• and
• converting the packaging to a second display configuration by:
• lifting the cover element from the base tray, and
• removing the first tray portion from the second tray portion to reveal the food products within the packaging,
• wherein the packaging defines a first length along a longitudinal axis when in the first transport configuration, and the second tray portion defines a second length along the longitudinal axis when the packaging is in the second display configuration, the second length being less than the first length,
• wherein the first length is sized such that the packaging stores a plurality of rows of the food product when in the first transport configuration, with at least one of the plurality of rows of the food product sitting directly upon the first tray portion when in the first transport configuration, and the step of converting the packaging to the second display configuration further comprises:
• after lifting the cover element from the base tray, moving the at least one of the plurality of rows of the food product to sit on top of other ones of the plurality of rows of the food product, the other ones of the plurality of rows of the food product sitting directly upon the second tray portion and remaining stationary,
• wherein the first tray portion is removed from the second tray portion after moving the at least one of the plurality of rows of the food product.