A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed
appearance, the package including a rigid base member forming a
compartment for receiving the food product and a rigid lid sealed to the
compartment. Advantageously, the base member includes a bottom wall and
side wall portions that are configured to engage the food product to hold
the slices in a fluffed arrangement thereof. Preferably, one or more
tapered side wall portions hold the food product upwardly toward the lid
and inwardly toward a center of the package. In preferred embodiments,
the base member and lid provide a rigid-rigid construction of the food
package. In preferred embodiments, the food package is also configured to
stand-up in a vertical display orientation and does not require the food
product be contained within a sealed pouch within the compartment.