Business method for delivering standard and specially packaged products for sale to consumers

Abstract

A product is packaged inside a plurality of standard containers. First and second portions are selected from among this plurality of containers. The first portion of the containers is delivered to a first location for sale to consumers. The second portion of the containers is delivered to a second location for further assembly. In the further assembly, a jacket is assembled around each of the standard containers of the second portion. An interior volume is provided inside each of the jackets and outside the standard containers of the second portion. This volume is filled with first and second temperature change reagents. These reagents are held apart by a reagent separator. A user-operable mechanism is provided to breach the reagent separator and allow the two reagents to mix. After the further assembly, the container assemblies are delivered for sale to consumers.

1 . A method for delivering a packaged product for sale to consumers, the method comprising: 
 packaging the product inside a plurality of standard containers;    designating first and second portions of the plurality of standard containers    delivering the first portion of the plurality of standard containers with the product packaged inside to a first location for sale to consumers;    delivering the second portion of the standard containers with the product packaged inside to a second location for further assembly;    assembling a jacket around each of the standard containers of the second portion of the plurality of standard containers;    providing an interior volume inside each of the jackets and outside each of the standard containers of the second portion of the packaged product with a first temperature change reagent, a second temperature change reagent, a reagent separator disposed to separate the first and second temperature change reagents, and a user-operable mechanism for breaching the reagent separator to form self-contained temperature-change container assemblies from the second portion of the plurality of standard containers; and    delivering the self-contained temperature-change container assemblies to a location for sale to consumers;    wherein the first portion of the containers is not assembled into self-contained temperature-change container assemblies.