Shrimp Cocktail Tray
The shrimp platter is one of the most instantly recognisable formats in food retail: a ring of prawns arranged tail-inward around a central pot of cockt…
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Custom Food Trays in Florida
Two things shape Florida packaging enquiries more than the menu does: humidity and seasonality. Board is hygroscopic, and a Florida summer will take stiffness out of stock held in an unconditioned space faster than almost anywhere else we supply.
The seasonality is just as consequential. A great deal of Florida food service runs to a tourist calendar, which means ordering patterns are peaked and running out during a high season is far more expensive than holding a little extra stock.
- 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 Florida
Tell us the tray, the quantity and where it is going. Freight is quoted to your address rather than added later.
Storing packaging in a humid climate
Board absorbs moisture from the air, and once it has, it folds less crisply, feels softer and carries less load. In a Florida summer this can happen to stock that has never been near food, sitting in a store room or a trailer.
The mitigations are practical rather than technical. Keep stock in its shipping cartons until it is needed, store it flat in the driest conditioned space available, rotate stock rather than letting cartons sit at the back for a year, and order in quantities matched to a season rather than to a calendar year.
Formats Florida operators ask for
- Seafood trays and platters, for both retail counters and restaurant service.
- Resort and hotel catering formats, where presentation is judged against a high standard.
- Theme park and attraction concession packaging, which is essentially stadium concession by another name.
- Latin and Caribbean menu formats, particularly compartment and combination trays.
- Outdoor and poolside service packaging, where wind and moisture both matter.
Ordering around a season
Order before the season, not during
Lead times do not shorten because you are busy. Place the season’s order while you still have time to correct a problem.
Balance stock against humidity
Hold enough to get through the peak, but not so much that it sits through a summer losing stiffness.
Keep one format doing several jobs
Fewer lines means fewer things to run out of at the worst possible moment.
Specify for outdoor service
Poolside, patio and beach service means ambient moisture and wind. Tell us and we will specify a construction that copes.
Trays we supply to Florida
Chosen against the requirements described above, not as a general catalogue listing.
Oyster Serving Tray
Oysters on the half shell have one packaging requirement above all others: they must stay level.
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Stadium Carrier Tray
A stadium carrier has to be usable by somebody walking up concrete steps in a crowd, holding a phone, wearing a coat, in the dark.
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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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White Paper Food Tray
The white paper food tray is the same shape as the kraft version with a different surface underneath.
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Supplying Florida: common questions
Will humidity damage packaging in storage?
It can soften board that has never been near food. Keep stock in its cartons, store it flat in the driest conditioned space you have, rotate it, and order in quantities matched to a season rather than a year.
What packaging suits a seafood counter?
Absorbent fibre trays for raw product, because they lift the fillet clear of released liquid and take it up. For cooked and cold seafood platters, a ring format with a centre sauce well is the established shape.
How far ahead should I order for high season?
Far enough that a problem can still be corrected. Lead times do not shorten because you are busy, and running out mid-season costs far more than holding a little extra stock.
Do you supply theme park and attraction concessions?
Yes — operationally it is stadium concession under a different name. The carrier tray matters most, because it sets how much a customer can carry away from a window at peak.
Is outdoor service a different specification?
It can be. Ambient moisture and wind both affect board, and a tray that is fine indoors can be too light outdoors. Tell us the service setting and we will specify for it.
Can you deliver to multiple Florida locations?
Yes. Consolidating an order and splitting delivery is usually cheaper than separate orders because setup and tooling are shared across the run.
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Get a quote delivered to Florida
Send the specification, the quantity and the delivery address. We come back with unit price, tooling if any, freight and a real production date.