Corrugated Drink Carrier
A drink carrier is a mechanical problem before it is a packaging one.
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Custom Food Trays in Melbourne
Melbourne produces more drink carrier enquiries than anywhere else in Australia, and carriers are the single most fit-sensitive product we make. Everything about them is mechanical: if the hole is not cut for your cup, no amount of design fixes it.
The city’s laneway café format adds a second constraint that is familiar from other dense markets — very small premises with almost no storage.
- 6
- trays shortlisted for this market
- 1 day
- typical quote turnaround
- Freight
- quoted to your address, not ex-works
- Made to order
- no stock sizes to work around
Quotes delivered to Melbourne
Tell us the tray, the quantity and where it is going. Freight is quoted to your address rather than added later.
Carriers are cut to the cup
Hot cups and cold cups taper differently, and there are meaningful differences between suppliers within each. A hole cut for one size will let another sit too high, or too loose, and a cup that sits wrong will tip when the carrier is picked up.
Send us one of each cup you serve. We cut to them, and we will tell you if two of your sizes are close enough to share a hole diameter — which sometimes lets you run one carrier instead of two, halving the lines you stock.
Small-premises operations
Flat-pack everything
Assembled containers are mostly air, and a laneway café has no spare cubic space.
Consolidate to two or three lines
Fewer formats means less storage and a better unit price from concentrated volume.
Order fewer, larger
International transit is the long pole, so plan around one or two consolidated orders a year.
Store dry
Board held for a long period in a humid space loses stiffness before it is used.
Trays we supply to Melbourne
Chosen against the requirements described above, not as a general catalogue listing.
Kraft Paper Food Tray
The kraft paper food tray is the one shape that every counter ends up buying.
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Bakery Display Tray
A bakery display tray has to do two jobs that pull in opposite directions.
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Kraft Snack Tray
A snack tray is a small divided tray that turns loose items into a product.
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Corrugated Lunch Tray
The lunch tray sits between a takeaway container and a proper meal tray.
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Supplying Melbourne: common questions
Will one carrier fit all my cup sizes?
Only the ones it is cut for. Send one of each — we will tell you if two sizes are close enough to share a hole, which sometimes lets you run one carrier instead of two.
How much weight does a carrier handle take?
More than most people estimate — four large cold drinks with ice is close to three kilos hanging from one handle. We reinforce the aperture and grade the board against your worst case.
How do I manage packaging in a tiny café?
Flat-pack everything, consolidate to two or three lines, and batch-assemble during quiet periods rather than storing formed containers.
How far ahead should I order?
Further than for a domestic supplier, because transit rather than production is the long pole. Plan around one or two consolidated orders a year.
Does humidity affect packaging in storage?
Yes. Board takes on moisture from humid air and loses stiffness. Keep stock in shipping cartons in the driest space available and rotate it.
Other countries we supply
Get a quote delivered to Melbourne
Send the specification, the quantity and the delivery address. We come back with unit price, tooling if any, freight and a real production date.