Dispenser

A dispenser for the dispensing of product comprising:

• a dispenser body having a sidewall, a bottom portion, and an opening, the sidewall generally defining an interior region of the dispenser body, the sidewall terminating at the opening;
• a dispenser wheel rotatably attached to the dispenser body within the opening, the dispenser wheel having an outer wall and sidewalls, the outer wall and sidewalls generally define an inner portion of the dispenser wheel, the outer wall terminating at a gap that is configured to allow at least a portion of a product housed in the interior region to be received in the inner portion of the dispenser wheel, the dispenser wheel configured to be rotated between an open and a closed position.

A package comprising a body with an interior region defined by a sidewall, the interior region configured to contain one or more products, the package further comprising a lid connected to the body by a hinge, the package having a release mechanism secured to the sidewall, the release mechanism being securable in a first position wherein an upper portion of the release mechanism engages the lid to retain the lid in a closed position, the lid being releasable from the closed position by inwardly displacing the release mechanism and then downwardly displacing the release mechanism to a second position in which the release mechanism does not interfere with the lid.