Package assembly for granular product

A package assembly (10) containing a granular product, said package assembly comprising a reclosable container (11) of thermoplastic material having an internal volume and an external surface;

• a device (12) for dispensing said granular product;
• and a means for the releasable attachment of said dispensing device to said external surface of said container, wherein the internal volume of said container is not in direct communication with said releasably attached dispensing device when said container is closed, said dispensing device having a body (13), said body having at least one opening (14) allowing for a quantity of granular product required for one washing cycle of an automatic washing machine to be admitted to said body and to release said granular product from said body directly into a drum of an automatic washing machine during said washing cycle, said means for releasably attaching said dispensing device being at least one projection on said external surface of said container which engages said opening of said dispensing device, said reclosable container having a side wall (20), a bottom surface (21), and a top surface (22) defining said internal volume, and wherein at least a part of said top surface is a removable lid (126) allowing access to said granular product in said container, said removable lid being connected to said reclosable container by means of a hinge device (123), said hinge device being located adjacent to, and parallel with, a part of said side wall.