Kraft Paper Food Tray
The kraft paper food tray is the one shape that every counter ends up buying.
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Custom Food Trays in Leeds
Leeds has a large student population and a growing food hall and street food scene, which together produce a market where packaging cost per unit matters a great deal and volumes concentrate on a small number of formats.
That is actually a favourable position for custom packaging, because concentrating volume on one or two lines is exactly what brings the unit price down.
- 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 Leeds
Tell us the tray, the quantity and where it is going. Freight is quoted to your address rather than added later.
Consolidation is the cost lever
An operator running six different containers is paying setup costs six times, holding six sets of stock and buying each in relatively small quantities. Consolidating to two — one open tray covering several menu items and one specialist format — usually produces a bigger saving than any unit price negotiation on the original six.
It also makes printing affordable. Setup cost is fixed, so concentrating your volume on one line brings the per-unit contribution of printing down to a few pence.
Event and festival trading
- Order for the season rather than per event; setup amortises across the whole season.
- Specify a moisture-tolerant board for outdoor trading, whatever the forecast.
- Pre-assemble during setup and quiet spells; festival peaks are extreme.
- Design print to be read from ten metres across a crowd, not in the hand.
- Store centrally between events rather than moving stock repeatedly.
Trays we supply to Leeds
Chosen against the requirements described above, not as a general catalogue listing.
French Fry Scoop
The fry scoop exists because of a specific piece of ergonomics: a member of staff should be able to fill it from a fryer basket with one hand, in one mo…
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Corrugated Food Tray
Corrugated trays exist for one reason: a loaded tray that has to be picked up from the middle without folding in half.
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Burger Clamshell Tray
A burger clamshell is a hinged box that closes around a burger, and its whole purpose is to stop the build collapsing between the pass and the customer.
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Custom Printed Food Tray
This is the general-purpose printed tray: any of our shapes, in your board, carrying your artwork.
View tray & get pricing →Supplying Leeds: common questions
How do I bring my packaging cost down?
Consolidate formats. One container covering several menu items concentrates your volume, which lowers the unit price and reduces the number of lines you have to hold.
Is printed packaging realistic on a tight margin?
Often, once volume is concentrated on one line. Setup cost is fixed, so the per-unit contribution falls quickly — ask for pricing at your realistic annual usage.
How should I order for a festival season?
For the whole season, in one order, stored centrally. Per-event ordering costs more per unit and risks running out mid-weekend, which is far more expensive.
What board suits outdoor trading?
A moisture-tolerant construction. Ambient humidity affects board before any rain does, and a wet tray with a full load fails in a customer’s hand.
Can one tray really cover most of a street food menu?
For most menus, yes. An open tray handles loaded fries, bowls, wings and mixed portions acceptably, which halves storage and improves the unit price.
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Send the specification, the quantity and the delivery address. We come back with unit price, tooling if any, freight and a real production date.