Today's multipacks are doing for la...

Today's multipacks are doing for large bottle of liquid nourishment what the six-pack did for smaller-sized bottle and cans years ago. Is anyone old-fashioned enough to remember struggling with a bag sated of bottles? With the fresh carriers, consumers can buy several large containers or divisions of little ones in easier-to-carry cartons and wraps, and manufacturers frequently have more merchandising space for retail displays.

KH Inc., headquartered in Waukesha, Wis., supplies packaging and shrinkwrapping equipment to aliment and beverage companies. Samantha Bishop, marketing specialist in KHS' Edgewater, Fla., location says the generally received trend in multipack ...