The Easy Carry, a two-tiered food and beverage carrier, wins the QSR Magazine-Foodservice & Packaging Institute 2004 Foodservice Package of the Year award. The honor was bestowed last fall during the group's annual awards dinner in Atlanta.

In singling out the Easy Carry, produced by Easy Carry, Inc., and converted by Graphic Packaging Intl., competition judges cited the package for its "brilliant folding and diecutting," and its "really intelligent, functional design that certainly increases sales and customer satisfaction."

The package marries a fold-out drink base to a food tray that is securely held atop the drink base by means of a handle inserted through a die-cut in the food tray. Both the light-gauge paperboard carrier and tray can be printed on all four sides, creasing a walking billboard for the customer.