I for one agree with neprostoman ...
Food and crates are fine as they are ...
I dont say i would be mad if Larian would switch 15 separate crates into single huge object, that would looklike 15 separate crates, but would give all loot at once tho. This change i noticed in Dror Ragzlin treasure room ... and it was quite pleasant surprise.
But if things stays as they are, its acceptable. :P
Can't we have an unified one like in POE or Pathfinder?
Eh ... no, we cant ...
Bcs if we would, our "items" bar would be totaly spamed by whole freaking party. -_-