the literature in this area emphasizes the importance of package design as part of the total product but little attention has been paid to the impact of the consumer experience with the package on the evaluation of the product itself. Researchers have suggested that valuable insights can be gained from exploring a consumer evaluation after a direct experience with the package instead of merely looking at a picture of a sample of the package itself (Mooy and Robben, 2002; Hoch and Deighton ,1989)