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I don't take the cans out of the case because the cube-like shape they take on when in the case is infinitely preferable to the scattershot arrangement one needs to use if the cans are to be stored separately -- two next to the milk, one behind the ketchup bottle, a few more lining the rack, one hiding in the butter compartment (sideways)...

Volume displacement when dealing with one large cube-like thing is easier to handle than the volume displacement when dealing with twelve little metal-like thingies.