Combined box and resealable bag

A method of forming a combined box and resealable bag comprising the steps of:

• providing a paperboard box blank having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a plurality of folded portions capable of forming a bottom wall and wherein said front, rear and side walls have upper ends and lower ends and inside surfaces and outside surfaces;
• providing a plastic bag portion having a recloseable zipper top and downwardly extending front and rear walls, said front wall having a lower edge having an inside surface and an outside surface, said rear wall having a lower edge having an inside surface and an outside surface;
• sealing said inside surface of said lower edge of said bag front wall to said outside of said upper end portion of said paperboard box blank front wall while said blank is in a flat planar condition;
• and
• sealing said inside surface of said lower edge of said bag rear wall to said outside of the upper end portion of said paperboard box blank rear wall while said blank is in a flat planar condition.