Thermoplastic bag dispensing assembly

A thermoplastic bag dispenser assembly comprising a dispenser carton containing a plurality of thermoplastic bags mounted on and folded about a resilient insert member, said bags having an open mouth and a closed bottom said closed bottom portions being folded underneath said insert member and said open mouth portions resting on the upper surface of said insert member, said carton comprising coextensive bottom, top, front and rear walls and an end wall at each opposed end of the carton, said top and front walls having a longitudinally extending tear strip defined by a pattern of perforations which extend in an oval-like configuration around a common longitudinal edge of the carton top and front wall, said thermoplastic bags being characterized by having transversely extending, spaced-apart and substantially parallel ribs, said ribs being solid, continuous and formed as an integral part of said thermoplastic bag, and said bags being positioned on said resilient insert member so that, upon removal of said tear strip from said carton thereby forming a bag dispensing orifice, individual bags are dispensed from said carton with the open mouth of said bag in an upright position and ready for loading.