Meal Boxes

Meal boxes carry the take-away and delivery business: they have to hold food together, keep it warm, stack well and look tidy when they reach the customer. This subcategory lists five packs for different dishes.

In bagasse (sugarcane) there is a single-compartment meal box with a hinged lid, 23 × 15 × 8 cm, which the product data lists as microwave-safe and compostable, and a two-compartment box with separate sections for main dish and side, listed as leak-proof. A two-compartment box in expanded polystyrene (EPS), 24 × 21 × 7 cm with a 60/40 split, offers particularly good insulation. For burgers there is a brown kraft-board box with a hinged lid (12 × 12 × 8 cm), and for chips an open, grease-resistant paperboard tray.

The meal boxes come in cartons of 200, the burger box in cartons of 300 and the chip tray in cartons of 500; the minimum order is one carton in each case. Printing with your own design is possible from 5,000 pieces.

Typical applications

• Restaurants and Asian takeaways with collection and delivery
• Burger restaurants and food trucks
• Chip and snack stands at markets and festivals
• Canteens offering lunch menus to take away
• Delivery services where main and side should stay separate

What to look for when buying

Choose the box by dish and route: the single-compartment bagasse box is the one listed for food the customer reheats in a microwave. If main course and side must stay apart, look at the two-compartment boxes. If you want or need to avoid expanded plastic, the two-compartment bagasse box is the alternative to the EPS box.

The burger box and chip tray are designed for eating straight away: grease-resistant, with a natural look or open and stackable respectively.

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