A blank (10; 210) for forming a carton (90; 290) for containing a plurality of articles, the blank (10; 210) comprising: a plurality of main panels (12, 14, 16, 18; 212, 214, 216, 218) hinged together in a linear series, the plurality of main panels (12, 14, 16, 18; 212, 214, 216, 218) configured to form a tubular structure in a set-up carton (90; 290), the plurality of main panels (12, 14, 16, 18; 212, 214, 216, 218) comprising a bottom panel (12; 212), a first side panel (14; 214), a top panel (16; 216), and a second side panel (18; 218); a plurality of exiting end flaps (30, 32, 34, 36; 230, 232, 234, 236) configured to form a front panel (84, 284) in the set-up carton (90; 290), the front panel (84, 284) being configured to close a front end of the tubular structure, the plurality of exiting end flaps (30, 32, 34, 36; 230, 232, 234, 236) comprising a first side exiting end flap (32; 232) hingedly connected to said first side panel (14; 214) along a first marginal area of the blank (10; 210) and a second side exiting end flap (36; 236) hingedly connected to said second side panel (18; 218) along said first marginal area of the blank (10; 210); a dispenser pattern (40; 240) extending through the top panel (16; 216), the first side panel (14; 214), the second side panel (18; 218), and the front panel (84, 284), the dispenser pattern (40; 240) defining, in the set-up carton (90; 290), a removable portion (92; 292) that is separable along said dispenser pattern (40; 240) to form an opening into an interior of the set-up carton (90; 290), wherein the dispenser pattern (40; 240) comprises a first end tear line (60; 260) formed in the first side exiting end flap (32; 232) and a second end tear line (62; 262) formed in the second side exiting end flap (36; 236), the first end tear line (60; 260) comprising a first lower end section (56; 288) and the second end tear line (62; 262) comprising a second lower end section (57; 289), characterised in that in the set-up carton (90; 290), said first and second lower end sections (56, 57; 288, 289) diverge away from each other toward the bottom panel (12; 212) to define therebetween a bottom end section of the removable portion (92; 292). a plurality of main panels (12, 14, 16, 18; 212, 214, 216, 218) hinged together in a linear series, the plurality of main panels (12, 14, 16, 18; 212, 214, 216, 218) configured to form a tubular structure in a set-up carton (90; 290), the plurality of main panels (12, 14, 16, 18; 212, 214, 216, 218) comprising a bottom panel (12; 212), a first side panel (14; 214), a top panel (16; 216), and a second side panel (18; 218); a plurality of exiting end flaps (30, 32, 34, 36; 230, 232, 234, 236) configured to form a front panel (84, 284) in the set-up carton (90; 290), the front panel (84, 284) being configured to close a front end of the tubular structure, the plurality of exiting end flaps (30, 32, 34, 36; 230, 232, 234, 236) comprising a first side exiting end flap (32; 232) hingedly connected to said first side panel (14; 214) along a first marginal area of the blank (10; 210) and a second side exiting end flap (36; 236) hingedly connected to said second side panel (18; 218) along said first marginal area of the blank (10; 210); a dispenser pattern (40; 240) extending through the top panel (16; 216), the first side panel (14; 214), the second side panel (18; 218), and the front panel (84, 284), the dispenser pattern (40; 240) defining, in the set-up carton (90; 290), a removable portion (92; 292) that is separable along said dispenser pattern (40; 240) to form an opening into an interior of the set-up carton (90; 290), wherein the dispenser pattern (40; 240) comprises a first end tear line (60; 260) formed in the first side exiting end flap (32; 232) and a second end tear line (62; 262) formed in the second side exiting end flap (36; 236), the first end tear line (60; 260) comprising a first lower end section (56; 288) and the second end tear line (62; 262) comprising a second lower end section (57; 289), characterised in that in the set-up carton (90; 290), said first and second lower end sections (56, 57; 288, 289) diverge away from each other toward the bottom panel (12; 212) to define therebetween a bottom end section of the removable portion (92; 292).