Nestable Container With Uniform Stacking Features

A nestable paperboard container, comprising:

• a base;
• a sidewall attached to the base at a perimeter of the base;
• a flange extending outwardly from an upper perimeter of the sidewall, wherein the flange comprises a top portion having an underside and a rolled portion that is rolled under the top portion,
• the rolled portion having an edge that is located adjacent the underside of the top portion,
• the rolled portion forming a curved outer peripheral edge of the flange shaped to define a cam for aiding the denesting of the paperboard container from like paperboard containers in a nested stack of paperboard containers;
• and
• an annular depression formed in the top portion of the flange defining an annular bulge in the underside of the top portion of the flange;
• wherein an inner surface of the rolled portion contacts an under-surface of the annular bulge.