A Multi-pack is packaging that combines or holds multiple items or smaller packages.

Functions

Multi-packs can be used to:

• Combine several items for a larger unit of sale, often with a reduced individual cost
• Provide convenience to carry several items
• Help prevent package pilferage
  Package pilferage
  Pilferage is the theft of part of the contents of a package. It may also include theft of the contents but leaving the package, perhaps resealed with bogus contents. Small packages can be pilfered from a larger package such as a shipping container...
  
  
• Provide a tamper indicating seal
• Reduce environmental impact of secondary packaging
• Keep items clean
• Obscure the bar codes on the individual combined items and provide a new one for the multi-pack
• etc

Beverages

Beverage can

Beverage can

A beverage can is a tin can designed to hold a specific portion of a beverage. Beverage cans are made of tin-plated steel or aluminium.- History :...

s and bottles are sold in mulit-packs such as six packs, twelve packs, and cases of 24. These can be paperboard

Paperboard

Paperboard is a thick paper based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker than paper. According to ISO standards, paperboard is a paper with a basis weight above 224 g/m2, but there are exceptions. Paperboard can be single...

 baskets, paperboard overwraps and carton

Carton

Carton is the name of certain types of containers typically made from paperboard which is also sometimes known as cardboard. Many types of cartons are used in packaging. Sometimes a carton is also called a box.-Folding cartons:...

s, corrugated fiberboard boxes, HDPE plastic handles, six pack rings

Six pack rings

Six pack rings or six pack yokes are a set of connected plastic rings that are used in multi-packs of beverage, particularly six packs of beverage cans.-History:...

, and shrink packs.