in the northeastern u s we had the cylindrical jars i recall this being as early as the '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