An article carrier formed from a unitary blank and comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom wall, a pair of overlapping top panels foldably joined respectively to the upper edges of the side walls, a securing aperture formed in one of the top panels and having a diagonal securing edge, a securing tab foldably joined to the other top panel and disposed in the securing aperture with the fold line between the securing tab and the other top panel disposed in substantial coincidence with the securing edge, a pair of retaining flaps foldably joined respectively to the end edges of the bottom wall, a pair of tuck flaps foldably adjoined along adjacent edges and foldably joined along the edges thereof remote from the adjacent edges respectively to the adjacent side wall and the adjacent retaining flap, a locking aperture formed in one of the tuck flaps, and a locking tab struck from the other tuck flap and adapted to form an interlocked relationship with the locking aperture.