Custom Food Boxes UK for Takeaway, Delivery & Food Service
Custom food boxes are a core part of modern takeaway and delivery service. For restaurants, burger shops, cafés, bakeries, pizzerias, food trucks, dark kitchens, caterers and multi-site food brands, the box has to protect the food, support fast service and present the business professionally from the kitchen to the customer.
Packonic supplies custom printed food boxes for UK businesses across a wide range of formats, including burger boxes, general takeaway food boxes, burger meal boxes, paper food trays, French fry boxes, pizza boxes, pizza slice trays and dessert boxes. White and Kraft options, different assembly styles, multiple order quantities and different print processes allow the packaging to be matched more closely to the menu and service model.
Whether you need takeaway food boxes for daily restaurant service, food delivery boxes for orders travelling further, food boxes with logo for stronger brand visibility or food boxes wholesale for a growing multi-site operation, the correct choice depends on the food itself, box construction, assembly method, material, coating and required order volume.
Which Custom Printed Food Boxes Are Available?
The Packonic UK collection includes several different food box structures rather than one generic container. Choosing by menu type and service method helps avoid using a box that is unnecessarily large, slow to assemble or unsuitable for the food being served.
Custom Printed Burger Boxes
- Available styles: White or Kraft
- Available sizes: Small, Medium and Large
- Example dimensions: 110 × 103 × 84 mm, 123 × 114 × 84 mm and 144 × 134 × 84 mm
- Paper weight: 300 GSM
- Printing: 1–4 Pantone colours or CMYK
- Print process: Offset printing
- Ink: Soy-based, food-safe ink
- Inside finish: Standard or optional PE coating
- Minimum order: 3,000 boxes
- Best for: Burgers, chicken burgers, gourmet burgers, takeaway and delivery service
View Custom Printed Kraft Burger Boxes
Lock-Bottom Foldable Food Boxes
- Available styles: White or Kraft
- Construction: Reinforced lock-bottom foldable structure
- Size range: Multiple formats for smaller portions through to larger meals
- Paper weight: 300 GSM
- Printing: 1–4 Pantone colours or CMYK
- Inside finish: Standard or optional PE coating
- Minimum order: 1,000 boxes
- Best for: Heavier meals, takeaway dishes, delivery and food that needs a stronger base
View Lock-Bottom Kraft Food Boxes
Easy-Assembly Custom Food Boxes
- Available styles: White or Kraft
- Construction: Manual easy-assembly fold-and-lock format
- Paper weight: 300 GSM
- Printing: 1–4 Pantone colours or CMYK
- Print process: Offset printing
- Inside finish: Standard or optional PE coating
- Minimum order: 500 boxes
- Best for: Takeaway meals, fast food, cafés, casual dining and smaller branded production runs
View Easy-Assembly Kraft Food Boxes
Custom Printed Burger Meal Boxes
Burger meal boxes provide additional space for a complete meal rather than a single burger. The collection includes easy-assembly, lock-bottom foldable and premium corrugated options, giving businesses different choices according to order quantity and the level of structure required.
- Easy-assembly meal boxes: from 500 pieces
- Lock-bottom foldable meal boxes: from 1,000 pieces
- Premium corrugated meal boxes: from 100 pieces
- Typical uses: Burger and fries combinations, larger takeaway meals, meal deals and delivery orders
View Easy-Assembly Burger Meal Boxes
View Lock-Bottom Burger Meal Boxes
View Premium Burger Meal Boxes
Custom Printed Paper Food Trays
Open-top paper food trays are designed for quick filling and easy handheld service. They are particularly useful where customers eat immediately rather than transporting the food for a long period.
- Available styles: White or Kraft
- Available constructions: Standard and easy-assembly
- Paper weight: 300 GSM
- Inside finish: Standard or optional PE coating
- Standard tray MOQ: 1,000 pieces
- Easy-assembly tray MOQ: from 500 pieces
- Best for: Fries, burgers, loaded fries, street food, hot dogs, snacks and casual dining
View Custom Printed Kraft Food Trays
View Easy-Assembly Kraft Food Trays
Custom Printed French Fry Boxes
- Available styles: White or Kraft
- Sizes: Small, Medium and Large
- Paper weight: 300 GSM
- Printing: 1–4 Pantone colours or CMYK
- Print options: Inside, outside or inside and outside depending on selected product
- Minimum order: 1,000 boxes
- Best for: Fries, chips, side portions, street food and fast food service
View Custom Printed Kraft French Fry Boxes
Custom Printed Pizza Boxes
Custom pizza boxes use a different construction from standard folding food cartons because pizza requires a flatter, stronger corrugated format. Packonic's digitally printed pizza boxes use E-flute corrugated cardboard with high-definition digital printing and UV ink.
- Available styles: White or Kraft
- Material: E-flute corrugated cardboard
- Printing: 1–4 colour or CMYK
- Print process: High-definition digital printing
- Print area: Outside
- Minimum order: 250 boxes
- Best for: Pizzerias, takeaway pizza, delivery and smaller custom print runs
View Custom Printed White Pizza Boxes
Custom Printed Pizza Slice Trays
Pizza slice trays are a more compact alternative when pizza is sold by the slice rather than as a complete boxed pizza.
- Available styles: White or Kraft
- Paper weight: 300 GSM
- Printing: 1–4 Pantone colours or CMYK
- Inside finish: Optional PE coating
- Minimum order: 250 trays
- Best for: Pizza-by-the-slice counters, street food, festivals, food halls and quick-service pizzerias
View Custom Printed Kraft Pizza Slice Trays
Custom Printed Dessert Boxes
- Available styles: White or Kraft
- Construction: Lock-bottom foldable
- Paper weight: 300 GSM
- Printing: 1–4 Pantone colours or CMYK
- Print process: Offset printing
- Minimum order: 1,000 boxes
- Best for: Cakes, pastries, desserts, bakery products and sweet takeaway items
View Custom Printed White Dessert Boxes
Which Food Box Should You Choose?
The best food packaging boxes are determined by the food and service environment rather than simply choosing the cheapest or largest box.
- Single burgers: Choose a dedicated burger box with a secure lid and suitable burger dimensions.
- Burger meal deals: Use a larger burger meal box that can accommodate the main item and side portions together.
- Heavier takeaway meals: Choose a lock-bottom food box where additional base security is useful.
- Fast everyday service: Easy-assembly food boxes reduce preparation complexity and start from lower quantities.
- Food eaten immediately: Open paper food trays provide quick access and convenient handheld service.
- Fries and chips: Use a dedicated French fry box or scoop-style format.
- Whole pizzas: Choose corrugated pizza boxes rather than a standard folding carton.
- Pizza by the slice: Use compact pizza slice trays.
- Cakes and desserts: Use a structured dessert box that protects presentation.
This product-led approach prevents custom food packaging boxes from becoming a one-format solution for completely different foods.
Lock-Bottom or Easy-Assembly Food Boxes?
Construction has a direct effect on how a food box behaves in the kitchen and during transport.
Lock-Bottom Food Boxes for Added Base Security
Lock-bottom food boxes use an interlocking base designed to remain secure when carrying heavier meals. This makes them particularly relevant to delivery, substantial takeaway portions and dishes where the weight of the contents places more pressure on the bottom of the box.
They also arrive foldable, helping reduce storage volume before assembly.
Easy-Assembly Food Boxes for Faster Preparation
Easy-assembly food boxes use a manual fold-and-lock structure that can be prepared quickly without complex setup. Their lower starting MOQ also makes them useful for smaller businesses, seasonal menus or brands testing a new packaging format.
For kitchens where staff regularly assemble packaging during service, assembly speed should be considered alongside price and appearance.
White or Kraft Food Boxes?
Many of the current custom printed food boxes are available in both White and Kraft versions. The choice changes the visual character of the packaging but does not remove the need to select the correct structure for the food.
White Food Boxes
White paper food boxes create a clean base for logos, colours and detailed artwork. They are useful when accurate brand colour reproduction and a brighter presentation are important.
Kraft Food Boxes
Kraft food boxes provide a natural brown appearance that becomes part of the design itself. This can suit burger brands, street food businesses, artisan producers and restaurants using a more natural or rustic packaging style.
For many 300 GSM Kraft formats, the underlying box specification remains focused on food-safe printing, recyclable paper and optional internal PE coating where available.
Cardboard Food Boxes, Paper Food Boxes & Corrugated Boxes
Not every product in the collection uses the same construction. Understanding the distinction helps buyers select packaging according to the food rather than treating all cardboard food boxes as interchangeable.
Standard burger boxes, food cartons, food trays, fry boxes and dessert boxes generally use paper or Kraft board structures. These are suited to everyday takeaway service where lightweight handling and fast assembly are important.
Pizza boxes and premium meal boxes use stronger corrugated structures. Corrugated board adds rigidity and is better suited to wider formats, larger meals or packaging that needs more structural protection during transport.
PE Coating: When Should You Consider It?
Many of Packonic's paper and Kraft food box products offer optional PE coating. The coating creates an additional internal barrier that can be useful when food contains more grease, oil, sauce or moisture.
Not every menu item requires the same internal finish. A dry bakery product and a hot, sauced takeaway meal place very different demands on the box.
When comparing takeaway food boxes, consider:
- How oily or moist the food is
- How long the food remains inside the box
- Whether the order is eaten immediately or delivered
- Whether sauces contact the packaging directly
- How much structural strength is required during transport
Custom Printed Food Boxes with Logo & Brand Colours
Food boxes with logo printing allow the packaging already required for service to carry the visual identity of the business. Depending on the selected format, Packonic products support Pantone colours, CMYK artwork and either offset or digital printing.
Most standard 300 GSM burger boxes, food cartons, trays and dessert boxes use offset printing with food-safe soy-based ink. Digitally printed pizza boxes and premium corrugated meal boxes use different processes, including UV ink.
This distinction is important because printed food boxes should be designed around the actual printing method and material rather than assuming that every box uses the same artwork requirements.
For restaurants, takeaways and delivery brands, consistent branded food boxes can make orders easier to recognise across collection, delivery platforms, offices, events and public spaces.
Restaurant Food Boxes, Fast Food Boxes & Delivery Packaging
Busy kitchens need packaging that supports the service rather than slowing it down. Restaurant food boxes and fast food boxes should be simple for staff to store, assemble, fill and close during peak periods.
For collection orders, the main priority may be speed and comfortable handling. For delivery, the requirements change: food delivery boxes need enough structural strength to remain stable while orders are carried, stacked or transported over longer distances.
A delivery-first business may therefore benefit from lock-bottom or more structured packaging, while a fast counter-service operation may prioritise easy-assembly cartons and open trays.
Food Boxes for Burgers, Fries, Pizza, Desserts & Complete Meals
A strong custom food boxes UK range should support the full menu without forcing unrelated foods into the same format.
Burgers can be served in individual burger boxes, while complete burger combinations can use larger meal boxes. Fries and chips have dedicated open-top boxes, while street food can be served in paper trays for easier eating.
Pizza requires its own corrugated format, with pizza slice trays available for individual servings. Desserts and bakery items can use structured lock-bottom dessert boxes that help protect more delicate presentation.
Using the right format for each part of the menu makes the overall takeaway system easier for both staff and customers.
Food Boxes for Street Food, Food Trucks, Catering & Events
Street food vendors and food trucks often work with limited space and high service speed. Packaging therefore needs to stack efficiently, assemble quickly and remain easy for customers to carry or eat from.
Food packaging boxes, open paper trays, fry boxes and pizza slice trays can all support this type of operation depending on the menu.
For catering and events, consistency becomes equally important. Catering food boxes can help maintain the same presentation across hundreds of servings while making preparation and distribution easier for staff.
Custom Food Boxes Wholesale for Growing UK Businesses
Businesses ordering food boxes wholesale should consider more than unit cost. Storage space, assembly time, print consistency, menu changes and repeat ordering all affect the real cost of packaging.
MOQ varies significantly across the live Packonic range. Premium corrugated burger meal boxes can start from 100 pieces, pizza boxes and pizza slice trays from 250 pieces, easy-assembly food boxes from 500 pieces, many standard food boxes from 1,000 pieces and classic burger boxes from 3,000 pieces.
This means custom food boxes wholesale purchasing can be planned according to the product rather than requiring the same minimum quantity across the entire menu.
For restaurant groups, franchises and multi-site brands, standardising the successful box structures and artwork makes future ordering easier while keeping packaging consistent across locations.
Custom Food Box Materials & Printing Specifications
Many standard food box products in this collection share a similar technical base:
- Paper weight: commonly 300 GSM
- Colour options: 1–4 Pantone colours or CMYK
- Printing: commonly offset printing
- Ink: soy-based food-safe ink on many standard paper and Kraft products
- Certification: FDA compliant on many food box and tray formats
- Inside finish: optional PE coating on many products
- Sustainability: many formats are specified as recyclable
Specialist corrugated products use different specifications. Digitally printed pizza boxes use E-flute corrugated cardboard and UV ink, while the premium burger meal box uses approximately 1.2 mm E-flute corrugated material with digital outside printing.
For this reason, technical specifications should always be checked on the individual product page before final artwork and ordering.
Custom Food Box Minimum Order Quantities
Minimum quantities vary according to box structure and manufacturing method:
- Premium Burger Meal Box: from 100 pieces
- Digital Printed Pizza Boxes: from 250 pieces
- Pizza Slice Trays: from 250 pieces
- Easy-Assembly Food Boxes: from 500 pieces
- Easy-Assembly Burger Boxes: from 500 pieces
- Easy-Assembly Burger Meal Boxes: from 500 pieces
- Easy-Assembly Paper Food Trays: from 500 pieces
- Lock-Bottom Food Boxes: from 1,000 pieces
- Standard Paper Food Trays: from 1,000 pieces
- French Fry Boxes: from 1,000 pieces
- Lock-Bottom Burger Meal Boxes: from 1,000 pieces
- Dessert Boxes: from 1,000 pieces
- Classic Burger Boxes: from 3,000 pieces
This range makes it possible to use lower-MOQ formats for testing, launches or smaller operations while moving into higher-volume printed food boxes wholesale as demand becomes more predictable.
Food Box Printing & UK Delivery Times
Delivery times vary according to product construction and printing process.
Many standard burger boxes, lock-bottom food boxes, food trays, French fry boxes and dessert boxes show approximately 21–28 business days for standard delivery and 14–18 business days for express delivery.
Several easy-assembly formats show approximately 14–21 business days for standard delivery and 5–10 business days for express delivery.
Digitally printed pizza boxes also start with shorter lead times, while individual specialist products may have slightly different express schedules.
For openings, events, menu launches and seasonal campaigns, the delivery estimate shown on the selected product page at the time of ordering should be used when planning a fixed deadline.
How to Order Custom Printed Food Boxes
Ordering custom printed food boxes UK businesses can use successfully starts with the food and service model rather than the artwork.
- Identify the food: Decide whether the box is for burgers, complete meals, fries, street food, pizza, desserts or general takeaway dishes.
- Choose the structure: Select classic, easy-assembly, lock-bottom, open tray or corrugated packaging according to how the food is served and transported.
- Select the size: Use a format that gives the food enough space without unnecessary movement inside the box.
- Choose White or Kraft: Match the base material appearance to the intended artwork and brand style.
- Consider internal coating: Select PE coating where available if the food requires additional grease or moisture resistance.
- Choose the quantity: Select the MOQ and volume that match expected demand and available storage.
- Prepare the artwork: Design online or upload your own print-ready artwork.
- Review the proof: Check the final design before production begins.
Choosing the physical box specification before finalising the design helps prevent artwork being prepared for packaging that does not suit the food or service process.
Which Food Box Setup Is Best for Your Business?
For burger shops serving individual burgers, a dedicated burger box provides a compact and recognisable solution. Businesses selling burger-and-fries combinations can move to burger meal boxes where more internal space is required.
Restaurants and delivery kitchens serving heavier or mixed meals should consider lock-bottom food boxes, while fast counter-service businesses may benefit from lower-MOQ easy-assembly formats.
Street food operators can combine food trays with fry boxes, pizzerias can use full pizza boxes and pizza slice trays, and bakeries or dessert brands can use dedicated dessert cartons.
The best custom food packaging boxes setup is therefore not one universal box. It is a small, controlled range of structures matched to the foods actually sold.
How to Build a Complete Branded Food Packaging System
A complete branded food packaging system should be organised around the menu and customer journey rather than ordering every available packaging format.
- Map the menu: Group products into burgers, meals, sides, pizza, desserts and other key service categories.
- Identify the primary container: Select the food box or tray that physically fits each product.
- Reduce unnecessary formats: Where possible, use one successful box size across several similar menu items.
- Match construction to transport: Use lighter or open formats for immediate service and stronger structures for delivery.
- Choose the correct internal finish: Consider optional coating where grease and moisture demand it.
- Standardise branding: Keep logo placement, brand colours and key design elements consistent across different boxes.
- Add supporting food packaging: Use greaseproof paper, pouches or other specialist items only where they improve handling or presentation.
- Plan stock by sales volume: Order the highest-volume packaging more deeply and keep specialist formats proportionate to actual demand.
- Standardise reordering: Save successful box specifications and artwork so future orders can be repeated consistently.
This approach turns individual branded food boxes into a coordinated packaging system that supports faster service, clearer stock management and more consistent presentation.
Which Food Packaging Category Should I Choose?
If you already know which type of packaging your menu requires, move into the specialist category for more focused product choices:
If you are planning the wider takeaway packaging system rather than only boxes, use the Custom Food Packaging collection to compare boxes, trays, wrapping papers, food pouches and other supporting products before deciding which formats your menu actually needs.
Order Custom Printed Food Boxes in the UK
Whether you operate a restaurant, burger shop, takeaway, bakery, pizzeria, dark kitchen, food truck, catering company or multi-site food brand, Packonic offers custom food boxes UK businesses can configure around real menu and service requirements.
Choose the right structure for the food, select White or Kraft where available, confirm coating and order quantity, then apply your branding through the appropriate print process for that box.
From takeaway food boxes and restaurant food boxes to food delivery boxes, cardboard food boxes, kraft food boxes and larger food boxes wholesale orders, the aim is the same: protect the food, support efficient service and keep the brand consistent from kitchen to customer.
