Disposable beverage containers having integral drinking straws

A beverage container comprising:

• a flexible container body which defines an interior volume for containing a liquid beverage therein;
• said container body including a bottom wall, opposing front and rear panels each joined at a lower region to said bottom wall and converging towards one another at an upper region, and a pair of opposing generally triangularly shaped side panels joined to respective side edges of said front and rear panels and to said bottom wall;
• a drinking straw integrally coupled to said upper regions of said front and rear panels and in fluid-communication with said interior volume for allowing a user to withdraw said contained beverage from said interior volume;
• and
• bellows means for integrally coupling said drinking straw to said container body and for allowing said drinking straw to be foldable between a stowed position wherein said drinking straw is closely adjacent said container body, and an erected position wherein said drinking straw outwardly extends from said container body, wherein
• said front panel of said container body includes means defining a recess sized and configured to hold said drinking straw therein when in said stowed position.