I think that when you purchase pellets through the PA site, you might also receive pellets which are shipped out of Utah, from Airgun Depot (since it is owned by PA).
And... they must have gotten someone new to pellet packing in their (Airgun Depot's) shipping department. Can't figure out why they would pull out the large diameter foam puck to pack small tins of pellets loosely? Every small tin of pellets was received this way. But at least they don't appear to be damaged. Only 1-2 tins of pellets with dent damage received with this order, and these were the large tins in the large/tight foam cut-out. Maybe they know something we don't, like that pellet tins prefer a little breathing room during transit?