Food products are packaged with a conveyor for carrying the food products to be packaged and a conveyor adapted to travel discontinuously for carrying open-topped containers beneath the leading edge of the food-product carrying conveyor at which point the container-carrying conveyor is inclined downwards in the direction of travel at an acute angle of less than 60.degree. to the horizontal so that the food product articles which fall off the leading edge of the food-carrying conveyor are consecutively received by for filling the container in a compact row with the food product articles. A container-supporting conveyor means may be utilized for advancing and urging the containers into position for filling at the successive stopping positions.