In the northeastern U S we had the cylindrical jars I recall this being as early as the 1970 s and that they were imported from Canada I only saw yellow plastic lids Aside from resenting the break with tradition I thought it was amusing that the label showed a proper jar of Marmite If you looked closely you could see the ceramic pot on the label of the pictured jar I imagined one day seeing a tube with a cylindrical jar on the label with a proper jar on its label and so on