ONO Custom Boxes manufactures custom cardboard food trays printed with your logo food-safe, grease-resistant, and eco-friendly. Perfect for restaurants, food trucks, stadiums, and caterers. Wholesale pricing from 500 units with fast nationwide USA delivery. Free design support included.
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Get Custom Boxes At Wholesale Prices. Low MOQs. No Die or Plate Charges
| Dimension (L + W + H) | All Custom Sizes & Shapes |
| Quantities | Low Minimum Order Required |
| Stock | 10pt to 28pt (60lb to 400lb) Eco-Friendly Kraft, E-flute Corrugated, Bux Board, Cardstock |
| Printing | No Printing, CMYK, CMYK + 1 PMS color, CMYK + 2 PMS colors |
| Finishing | Gloss Lamination, Matte Lamination, Gloss AQ, Gloss UV, Matte UV, Spot UV, Embossing, Foiling |
| Included Options | Die Cutting, Gluing, Scoring, Perforation |
| Additional Options | Eco-Friendly, Recycled Boxes, Biodegradable |
| Proof | Flat View, 3D Mock-up, Physical Sampling (On request) |
| Turnaround | 8 – 12 Business Days, RUSH |
| Shipping | FREE USA |
Custom cardboard food trays are food-safe paperboard trays printed with your branding and manufactured to your exact size, style, and coating specifications. They’re used by restaurants, food trucks, stadiums, and caterers to serve hot or cold food while turning every order into a branding opportunity. Wholesale orders typically start at 500 units with 8–12 day turnaround.
Here’s a scenario every food business owner knows: a customer walks away from your window, tray in hand, and fifty people see them eating. If that tray is blank, generic stock, you just gave away fifty free impressions.
There’s also a more practical problem. Cheap stock trays go soggy under loaded fries, leak grease through the base, and collapse mid-service. Anyone who’s watched a nacho tray fail at a stadium concourse knows the cost isn’t just the food it’s the customer who doesn’t come back.
Custom cardboard food trays solve both problems at once: engineered strength where your menu actually needs it, and your brand printed on every unit that leaves your counter. This guide covers materials, styles, coatings, realistic pricing, and how the ordering process actually works so you can buy with confidence, not guesswork.
Custom food trays are open-top or sleeved trays die-cut from food-grade paperboard, kraft, or corrugated stock, then printed with your artwork and finished with a food-safe barrier coating. Unlike off-the-shelf disposable food trays, every element is specified by you:
The result is food packaging that performs like professional equipment and markets like a billboard.
| Style | Best For | Typical Users |
|---|---|---|
| Open snack trays (boat style) | Fries, nachos, hot dogs, churros | Food trucks, stadiums, cinemas |
| Compartment trays | Combo meals, kids’ meals | Fast food chains, school catering |
| Deep-wall takeaway trays | Loaded fries, rice bowls, pasta | Restaurants, delivery brands |
| Flat food display trays | Bakery items, sushi, charcuterie | Bakeries, cafés, grocers |
| Tray + sleeve combos | Premium presentation, gifting | E-commerce food brands |
| Catering platters | Buffets, shared plates | Caterers, event organizers |
Plenty of suppliers sell printed cardboard food trays. Fewer manufacture them properly. Here’s what separates a real food tray manufacturer from a middleman reselling overseas stock:
Food-safe by documentation, not by claim. Our board stocks and coatings comply with FDA regulations for direct food contact, and we can provide compliance documentation for your health department or corporate procurement team on request.
Structural engineering, not just printing. We match board caliper (typically 18pt–24pt paperboard, or E-flute corrugated for heavy loads) to your actual menu. A tray for dry pastries and a tray for chili cheese fries are not the same product, and we won’t sell them to you as one.
Low minimums with wholesale scaling. Runs start at 500 units realistic for a single food truck and scale to 100,000+ for chains and distributors, with per-unit pricing that drops sharply at volume.
Free structural dieline and print proof. You approve a physical or 3D digital proof before full production. No surprises on delivery day.
USA nationwide fulfillment. Flat-packed, palletized, and shipped anywhere in the United States, with reorder files kept on hand so repeat runs are one email away.
This is where cheap trays fail. We offer:
Offset and digital printing in full CMYK or exact Pantone matches, inside and/or outside printing, plus finishing options: matte or gloss AQ, spot UV over logos, embossed branding for premium lines. Food-safe, low-migration inks only.
Standard footprints from 4″ snack trays to 21″ catering platters or fully custom dielines built around your signature menu item at no extra tooling markup on qualifying orders.
Every order becomes advertising. A printed tray travels through dining rooms, festival grounds, office lunches, and social media photos. It’s one of the lowest cost-per-impression marketing channels a food business has.
Fewer failures, less waste. Correctly spec’d trays don’t leak or collapse, which means fewer remakes, fewer refunds, and less doubled-up packaging “just in case.”
Perceived value goes up. Customers consistently rate identical food as higher quality when it’s served in branded packaging. Presentation is part of the product.
Sustainability you can state plainly. Aqueous-coated paperboard trays are recyclable and commercially compostable a genuine answer when customers and municipalities ask about single-use plastics.
Operational speed. Nestable, flat-stacking trays save storage space and speed up service lines compared to clamshells and containers with lids.
If you serve food that leaves a kitchen, there’s a tray configuration built for it.
Pricing depends on size, board weight, coating, and quantity. As a realistic range, small printed snack trays run roughly $0.10–$0.35 per unit at wholesale volumes, while large or corrugated catering trays cost more. The biggest lever is quantity doubling your run size often cuts the per-unit price by 30–40%. Request a quote for exact numbers; there are no hidden plate or setup fees.
Orders start at 500 units, so single-location businesses and food trucks can access custom printing without warehouse-scale commitments.
Yes. All materials, coatings, and inks meet FDA requirements for direct food contact, and compliance documentation is available for your records.
With the right spec, absolutely. Grease-resistant coatings handle fried foods, aqueous barriers handle sauces and moisture, and corrugated construction adds insulation for hot items. This is exactly why we ask what you serve before quoting.
Paperboard and kraft trays with aqueous coatings are recyclable and commercially compostable. If your city or state restricts plastic-lined packaging, we’ll spec a compliant compostable alternative.
Standard turnaround is 8–12 business days after artwork approval, plus transit. Rush production is available for event deadlines mention your date when you request a quote.
Yes. Every order includes a digital 3D proof, and physical pre-production samples are available so you can load-test the tray with your actual menu items.
Your packaging is the last thing customers touch before they taste your food and the first thing fifty other people see. Stop serving your brand on someone else’s blank tray.
Request your free quote and dieline now. Tell us what you serve, how many units you need, and when you need them. You’ll have transparent pricing and a spec recommendation within one business day and branded trays on your counter in under two weeks.
Get a Free Quote → Call us or email U.S.-based support, nationwide delivery.
At Ono Custom Boxes, our Artwork Preparation Guide helps ensure your custom packaging design is print-ready for high-quality results. To get started, submit vector files (AI, EPS, or PDF) in CMYK color mode, with a 1/8 inch bleed and 300 DPI resolution. Convert all text to outlines and keep it at least 1/4 inch from the edges. Review your proof to ensure accuracy before submitting. Following these steps will guarantee your design is perfectly printed on your custom boxes.
The cut line is the outline that marks where your custom packaging will be trimmed. It is typically represented by a solid black line in your artwork file.
The bleed line is the area extending beyond the cut line, usually marked with a green line in your artwork. Typically, a 1/8 inch (0.125") bleed is required to prevent any unwanted white borders.
The crease line, marked by red lines in your artwork, indicates where the box will be folded during production.
Perforation lines, shown as dotted black lines, indicate where the box will have small, evenly spaced holes for easy tearing or separation. These are often used for tear-away sections.
The safety margin, marked by dotted green lines, is the area around the cut line where important elements (such as text, logos, or graphics) should be kept clear.
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