Custom Fruit Boxes in Ventilated Corrugated Board

Box Styles: Trays, Lidded Boxes and Telescopic Packs

Open trays with ventilated sides suit display and wholesale, letting buyers see the fruit and allowing staff to restock shelves straight from the box. Trays often have corner posts or locking tabs so they stack securely. Lidded boxes and telescopic two-piece packs protect fruit in transit to homes and offices and keep dust and light off the produce.

Hand holds cut into the ends make heavy boxes easier to carry. For fruit box delivery, a box with a tuck-in lid and a printed top looks tidy on a doorstep. For heavy produce such as apples, citrus or melons, double-wall corrugated or reinforced corners keep the box strong.

For mixed home deliveries, a box with a removable divider lets heavier items such as potatoes or melons sit at one end while softer fruit stays protected at the other. Customers notice when soft fruit arrives without bruises, and it is often the detail that keeps them subscribed. Boxes that are stored flat until the harvest are described on our corrugated folding boxes that ship flat page.

Sizing Custom Fruit Boxes for Weight and Layers

Size the box around the weight it carries and how many layers of fruit it holds. Soft fruit such as berries should be packed shallow, in punnets inside a tray, to avoid crushing. Firm fruit such as apples or oranges can go two or three layers deep, often with card dividers or trays between layers.

Think about who lifts the box. A box of around 10kg to 13kg is manageable for one person; heavier boxes risk injury and are harder to stack. Pallet footprints matter too. Choosing box dimensions that divide evenly into a standard pallet avoids overhang and wasted space in vans and lorries.

Tell us the fruit, the weight per box and how it will be transported, and we will suggest a size, board grade and vent pattern. The flute sizes are explained in our corrugated flutes explained guide.

Printed Fruit Boxes with Logo and Origin

Fruit boxes with logo printing usually carry the farm or business name in one or two colours on brown corrugated board, which keeps costs sensible on large runs and suits the natural look of produce. A simple illustration of the fruit or the farm, plus a website or contact number, gives buyers everything they need.

If you sell different varieties, leave a panel blank for a variety sticker or stamp rather than printing separate boxes for each. Fruit box delivery services often print the inside of the lid with a welcome message, storage tips or a recipe idea, which makes each delivery feel personal.

Food-contact grade board is available on request for boxes where fruit sits directly on the card rather than in punnets or liners.

Grocers who sell boxed fruit as gifts can add a printed sleeve or a band to a plain tray, which dresses it up for a birthday or a thank-you without ordering a separate box design.

Handling, Storage and Cold Chain

Corrugated board loses strength when damp, so boxes going into cold stores or chilled vans need a suitable board grade. Tell us if your fruit is stored chilled, as we can recommend board and vents that stand up better to condensation.

Store empty boxes flat, off the floor and away from damp. Assemble them as close to packing time as practical, and keep stacks square so the corners carry the weight. Customers collecting from a farm shop are given handled boxes for farm shop collection.

Tell Us the Weight per Box and the Number of Layers

Fruit boxes are specified from two numbers: the weight of produce in a full box and how many layers it sits in. Apples in two layers on trays load the board differently from a single layer of peaches, and the vent pattern and board grade follow from that. Give us the produce, the weight per box, whether the fruit is loose or on trays, and how the boxes travel: on a pallet in a cold store, in a van to a farm shop, or by courier to a customer. If the boxes are stacked, tell us how high. Artwork is usually a logo and an origin line, with a clear panel left for variety stickers, sent as vector files; the free proof shows the print with vent and hand-hold positions marked. The quote arrives by email within one working day and low minimums are quoted per job for a farm shop or a new line. Boxes are made in 4 to 7 working days after approval, with free tracked delivery on the UK mainland. Open display at the counter is handled by our four corner trays for display.