The why would be nice to know and yes corporate change is slow and stupid sometimes, their glass is fairly thick and sturdy so hard to believe it was breaking that easy, most assembly lines have push cogs between items to keep them moving but it keeps them from banging together also, their packaging has cardboard between every part of every bottle so hard to believe it is transport except for ... More @Wikipedia
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