A basket style article carrier having full depth medial and transverse partitions is formed from a single blank and is characterized by economy in the use of material, the carrier including a bottom wall, side walls joined to the side edges of the bottom wall, end wall panels joined to the end edges of the side walls, riser panels joined to the inner edges of the end wall panels at one end of the carrier and extending medially inward of the carrier, medial panels joined to the inner edges of the end wall panels at the other end of the carrier and extending medially inward of the carrier, a multiple-ply handle including a pair of inner handle panels and a pair of outer handle panels secured at its ends to the upwardly extending ends of the riser panels and medial panels, a plurality of transverse partitions at least some of which are of a composite construction including a transverse partition tab as a component, a pair of nicks respectively connecting an outer handle panel to a transverse partition tab, a first medial partition panel foldably joined to one medial panel, and a second medial partition panel foldably joined to the same medial panel and secured to both the first medial partition panel and the riser panel at the opposite end of the carrier.