Container adapted to be stacked vertically and on its side

A container adapted to be stacked in a stepped manner with its side resting on a side of a like underlying container and adapted to be stacked in a sideways manner on a like underyling upright container, said container comprising opposing side walls and interconnected opposing end walls, an interconnected bottom and an open top, the height of said container being greater than the width of the container end wall, said container bottom and top being so dimensioned that at least a portion of the bottom along either of the side walls of said container drops through the top of a like underlying container, said container being provided with means which permits said container to be stacked sideways on a like underlying upright container at an incline up to approximately 40.degree. relative to horizontal where the lowermost side wall of such upper container is supported by such underlying container and where the lowermost portion of the bottom of such sideways stacked container is located within such upright underlying container, each of the container side walls having side stacking engagement means for engaging a like underlying container when inclined relative to horizontal to prevent said container from sliding down relative to such inclined underlying container, said side stacking engagement means comprising a lug projecting from each container side wall and so positioned to ensure side stacking of such containers in a stepped manner where the lugs of opposing side stacked container side walls abut to provide overlap of container sides of greater than 60%.