Food containing package with integral handle, apparatus and method

摘要

A food product package with integral carrying handle comprising: a) a food-product containing portion including a food product encased between plies of a heat shrunk film; b) a self-supporting handle (50) integral a first end (56) of said food-containing portion and disposed in a plane (58) extending generally longitudinally outward from said first end (56); and c) said self-supporting handle (50) including a hand grip (64) defined by a self-supporting strip of at least one ply of said heat shrunk film spaced outward from said first end (56) and oriented generally perpendicular to said longitudinally extending plane (58).