The Marathon quart has a date of 8-82 so I believe that would be around the time frame the round quarts were used.
I have always thought the quick switch to the rectangle plastic was to conserve space.
As I remember a case of round plastic quarts came in a single layer case of 12 where as the rectangle plastic came in a 2 layer of 6 on 6.

Dave

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Last edited by Dave Rowlison; Sat Jan 25 2025 12:37 PM.