Resealable package with improved contents accessibility

A food package comprising:

• a tray with discrete food articles disposed in a plurality of rows, the tray including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first end wall, a second end wall, and a bottom, wherein the first and second sidewalls are longer than the first and second end walls so that a width of the food package is smaller than a length of the food package;
• a film wrapped around the tray, the film forming a top, sides, ends, and a bottom of the food package;
• an access opening disposed in the top of the food package, the access opening defined by a cut in the film that extends at least from the top to one of the sides the film such that the access opening is a width-wise opening that extends along the width of the food package;
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• a sealing layer adhesively sealed to the film around the access opening and extending from the first sidewall to the second sidewall and over the top of the food package the sealing layer including a starter portion graspable by a consumer thereby permitting the sealing layer to be partially released from the top to expose the access opening.

A food package comprising:

• a tray with discrete food articles disposed in a plurality of rows, the tray including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first end wall, a second end wall, a bottom, and at least one interior wall that at least partially separates the discrete food articles into the plurality of rows, wherein the first and second sidewalls are longer than the first and second end walls so that a width of the food package is smaller than a length of the food package;
• a film wrapped around the tray, the film forming a top, sides, ends, and a bottom of the food package;
• an access opening disposed in the top of the food package, the access opening defined by a cut in the film;
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• a sealing layer adhesively sealed to the film around the access opening, the sealing layer including a starter portion graspable by a consumer thereby permitting the sealing layer to be partially released from the top to expose the access opening;
• wherein the access opening and the sealing layer are disposed on over less than half of the top of the food package and the at least one interior wall has a portion with a first wall height and a second wall height, where the second wall height is smaller than the first wall height and the tray is configured to permit the discrete food articles to move longitudinally and laterally therein.

A food package comprising:

• a tray with discrete food articles disposed in a plurality of rows, the tray including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first end wall, a second end wall, a bottom, and at least one interior wall that at least partially separates the discrete food articles into the plurality of rows;
• a film wrapped around the tray, the film forming a top, sides, ends, and a bottom of the food package;
• an access opening disposed in the top of the food package, the access opening defined by a cut in the film that extends from the top to one of the sides or ends of the food package;
• a sealing layer adhesively sealed to the film around the access opening;
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• the sealing layer including a starter portion graspable by a consumer thereby permitting the sealing layer to be partially released from the top to expose the access opening;
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• wherein the tray is configured to permit the discrete food articles to move longitudinally and laterally therein.