A tieless package is provided for displaying flatware pieces. The package has a rigid paperboard box. Sized to fit snugly within this box is a formed backer. The backer has a display panel surface and at least one recessed area and an insert recess running across the recessed area. A resilient foam insert is securely set into the insert recess. This insert has shaped slots for inserting individual flatware pieces. Each shaped slot has: a relatively narrow neck, and a relatively wider holding area under the narrow neck. An individual flatware piece is inserted into the slot by squeezing the piece through the relatively narrow neck to seat the piece in the wider holding area, and the foam of the slot's narrow neck recloses over the individual flatware piece after insertion to capture it in the holding area.