A dispensing assembly includes a dispenser having a dispensing opening, a shelf, and a retainer. The dispenser includes a front panel, a rear panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, and an attachment panel, altogether defining an internal chamber configured to receive a stack of articles. The retainer is configured to maintain the stack of articles in a predetermined arrangement within the internal chamber. The retainer is integrally formed from a contiguous piece of material with the front panel, rear panel, first side panel, and second side panel. The retainer is configured to retain the stack of articles in the stacked arrangement within the chamber.