Exhibit 5

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law

Columbia               Charleston            Florence                 Greenville


                                       1201 MAIN STREET, 22nd Floor (29201-3226)
                                              POST OFFICE box 11889 (29211-1889)
                                                        COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
                                                         TELEPHONE  803.779.3080
                                                         FACSIMILE  803.765.1243
                                                     WEBSITE  www.hsblawfirm.com


                                October 20, 2004

Sonoco Products Company
Post Office Box 160
Hartsville, South Carolina 29551

Dear Sirs:

         In connection  with the  registration  under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Act") of the offer to  exchange  $150,000,000  aggregate  amount of 5.625%
Notes due 2016 (the  "Securities") of Sonoco Products Company,  a South Carolina
corporation  (the  "Company"),  for similar notes  previously  issued outside of
registration,  we,  as your  counsel,  have  examined  such  corporate  records,
certificates  and  other  documents,  and  such  questions  of  law,  as we have
considered  necessary or appropriate  for the purposes of this opinion.  We have
also relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials,
officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible.

         Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion,
the Securities  constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be
limited  by  bankruptcy,   insolvency,   fraudulent  transfer,   reorganization,
moratorium  and similar laws of general  applicability  relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors and general principles of equity.

         We express no opinion as to matters  governed  by laws other than those
of the States of South  Carolina and New York and the federal laws of the United
States of America.

         We hereby  consent to the  filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement  and to the  reference  to us under the  heading  "Legal
Matters" in the  Prospectus.  By giving such consent we do not admit that we are
in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

                                       Sincerely,

                                       HAYNSWORTH SINKLER BOYD, P. A.

                                       By: s/Martin C. McWilliams, Jr.
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                                             Martin C. McWilliams, Jr.