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 Austin
Austin has one of the most developed mobile food scenes in the country, and it is genuinely different from a food truck market elsewhere: many operators work from semi-permanent trailers on fixed lots rather than moving daily. That changes the storage situation slightly, but not the fundamental constraint — space is still tight and there is no back-of-house.
The second defining feature is a heavy festival and event calendar, which produces sharp seasonal ordering peaks.
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- Made to order
- no stock sizes to work around
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Trailer operations and packaging
A trailer on a fixed lot has slightly more storage than a moving truck, but not much, and it is usually unconditioned. That combination — limited space and an unconditioned environment in a hot climate — argues strongly for ordering in quantities matched to a couple of months rather than a year.
Beyond that the advice is the same as for any mobile operation: flat-pack everything, consolidate to as few lines as the menu allows, batch-assemble during quiet periods, and specify grease resistance because trailer menus skew fried.
Festival and event trading
Order for the season, not the event
Setup costs amortise across the whole season, which makes printing far cheaper per unit than it looks per event.
Plan for weather
Outdoor trading means ambient moisture whatever the forecast. A moisture-tolerant board costs less than losing a trading day.
Pre-assemble
Festival peaks are extreme. Fold stock during setup and quiet spells, never at the window during a rush.
Design for distance viewing
Packaging at a festival is read from ten metres across a crowd. Bold and large, not detailed.
Formats that suit Austin operators
- A single open tray covering several menu items — the highest-leverage decision for a trailer.
- Taco holders and Tex-Mex formats, cut to your shell type.
- Barbecue trays in fluted board with a grease-resistant face.
- Drink carriers for taprooms and event bars.
- Printed kraft, one or two colours, which suits the local aesthetic and keeps short runs viable.
Trays we supply to Austin
Chosen against the requirements described above, not as a general catalogue listing.
Kraft Taco Holder
A taco holder does one thing: it stops tacos falling over.
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Corrugated Deli Tray
A deli tray takes more punishment than most food packaging.
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Corrugated Drink Carrier
A drink carrier is a mechanical problem before it is a packaging one.
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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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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 Austin: common questions
How much packaging should a trailer hold?
Enough for a couple of months rather than a year. Trailer storage is usually unconditioned, and board held through a hot Texas summer takes on moisture and loses stiffness before it is used.
Is printed packaging affordable for a single trailer?
Often, because a trailer concentrates its volume on one or two formats. One or two colours on kraft is inexpensive to set up and suits the local aesthetic better than full-colour work.
How should I order for a festival season?
For the whole season in one order, stored centrally. Setup costs amortise across the season, so the per-unit price is much better than ordering per event — and you cannot run out mid-weekend.
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 cover most of a trailer menu?
For most street-food menus, yes. An open 2lb tray handles loaded fries, bowls, taco portions and wings acceptably. It halves storage and lowers the unit price by concentrating volume.
What print style works at a festival?
Bold and large. Your packaging is read from ten metres across a crowd, so a wordmark set big in one or two colours does far more than a detailed design nobody can see.
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