accorded by the cap design specifically a collar around the open end of the cap which is the only portion of the middle cap 510 exposed provides for easy stacking and unstacking of the caps after manufacture and prior to installation on the receptacle this collar promotes automatic stacking of the cups without sticking together and increases the hoop strength of each individual cap further it is understood that the cap can be manufactured of material and in a manner similar to that discussed with regard to the manufacture of the receptacle portion of the invention the embodiment illustrated involves a generally cylindrical shape however it should be understood that the invention could also comprise any number of shapes for example a triangular geometry could be used for the receptacle in order to accommodate stackable tortilla chips a square or rectangular geometry could be used to accommodate square crackers or other similar products likewise it may be desirable to construct an oval geometry for the receptacle as opposed to circular geometry to more closely approximate to the shape of form fried and stacked potato chips the geometry of the cap can be adjusted to match the geometry with the receptacle in order to provide the nesting sealing and seating functionality previously described further the container could comprise other designs for the cap and mouth end of the container including a gabled carton type opening examples of other alternative embodiments of the present invention illustrating primarily various container and cap designs that.