Kraft Taco Holder
A taco holder does one thing: it stops tacos falling over.
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Custom Food Trays in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is geographically enormous, and that single fact shapes packaging more than the menu does. Delivery journeys are longer here than in a dense city, food spends more time in a bag, and the packaging has to hold a meal together for a distance that would be unusual almost anywhere else.
The second characteristic is the sheer scale of mobile and production catering — food trucks, commissary kitchens and location catering — where storage is minimal and formats have to flat-pack.
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- quoted to your address, not ex-works
- Made to order
- no stock sizes to work around
Quotes delivered to Los Angeles
Tell us the tray, the quantity and where it is going. Freight is quoted to your address rather than added later.
Long delivery journeys change the calculation
A twenty-minute delivery and a forty-five-minute one are different problems. Over a longer journey, steam has more time to condense, sauces have more time to migrate, and anything loose has more corners to move around. Packaging that is adequate in a compact city starts to fail across a spread-out one.
The three changes that matter most are venting on anything closed containing crisp food, sauces in sealed pots rather than over the food, and containers sized close to the portion so nothing slides. None is expensive, and together they are the difference between a meal that survives the drive and one that does not.
Mobile and production catering
- Flat-packed formats, because a truck or a location catering set-up has no store room.
- One tray covering several menu items, which halves storage and concentrates volume for a better unit price.
- Grease-resistant board as standard, since mobile menus skew heavily fried.
- Compartment trays for location catering, where a full meal is served to a crew in one container.
- Printed trays, because a mobile brand travels and the packaging is what people photograph.
Taqueria and Mexican formats
Los Angeles has one of the largest concentrations of Mexican food service anywhere, and the packaging requirements are specific. Taco holders have to be cut for the shell type — soft and hard behave completely differently — and slot depth has to support the shell below the filling line or the taco tips forward when it is picked up.
For a full menu, three lines usually cover it: a holder, a nacho or chip-and-dip tray, and an open tray for bowls and loaded items.
Trays we supply to Los Angeles
Chosen against the requirements described above, not as a general catalogue listing.
Compartment Tray with Lid
The lidded compartment tray is the format that meal-prep businesses, bento services and premium takeaway have converged on.
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Kraft Paper Food Tray
The kraft paper food tray is the one shape that every counter ends up buying.
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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 Lunch Tray
The lunch tray sits between a takeaway container and a proper meal tray.
View tray & get pricing →Supplying Los Angeles: common questions
How do I package food for a long LA delivery?
Vent anything closed containing crisp food, put sauces in sealed pots rather than over the food, and size containers close to the portion so nothing slides. Longer journeys give steam and movement more time to do damage.
What suits a food truck with almost no storage?
Flat-packed formats and as few lines as your menu allows. One tray covering several items halves the storage requirement and concentrates volume, which lowers the unit price as well.
Can one taco holder work for soft and hard shells?
It is a compromise. A slot cut for a soft shell is loose for a hard one, and one cut for a hard shell squashes a soft taco. If both are core menu items, two holders is usually the better answer.
Do you deliver across the LA area?
Yes, with freight quoted to your zip code. Tell us about any access constraints — loading dock, delivery window, pallet versus parcel — at quote stage rather than after the order.
Is printed packaging worth it for a single truck?
Often, because a truck concentrates its volume on one or two formats. A mobile business also puts its packaging in front of a new audience every day, which is exactly where branded packaging earns its cost.
What do production and location caterers usually need?
Compartment trays that hold a full meal in one container, flat-packed so they travel, with lids if meals are held before service. Volumes are peaked, so ordering ahead of a production run matters.
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