Custom Flatbread Pizza Boxes

Sizes for Custom Flatbread Pizza Boxes

Measure your typical bake or portion. Roman-style slices are often cut from a tray into pieces around 100 x 150 mm, while whole flatbreads and pinsa are commonly 300 to 400 mm long. Sharing slabs can reach 500 mm or more. Add a small margin around the food so it can be lifted out without breaking.

Most pizza bars use two or three sizes: a single slice box, a standard flatbread box and a long sharing box. Matching the box widths keeps stacks tidy and lets delivery drivers fit more boxes in their bag.

Box width is often overlooked. A box that is just wide enough for the flatbread makes it hard to lift out with fingers or a server, so allow 10 to 15 mm on the width. Customers notice a box that is easy to eat from. For a single portion cut from the slab, the wedge-shaped pizza slice boxes are a better fit.

Printing a Long Lid

A long lid gives you an unusual canvas. Designs that run along the length, such as a repeating pattern, a long illustration or a bold name spread across the top, make the most of it. Keep your logo and ordering details near the centre, where they will be seen in delivery photos and on a table.

One or two colours on kraft corrugated gives a rustic, street food look and is economical for large runs. Full colour print on white board suits bold brand graphics and photography. Inside the lid, a short menu highlight, a loyalty message or reheating advice gives customers something useful to read.

If you sell by length, printing a simple ruler or length marker on the inside of the lid is a playful touch that reinforces how you sell. It is the kind of detail customers remember and mention.

Kraft board suits the craft feel of many al taglio bars, especially with a single black or red print. It also hides small oil marks better than white board.

Who Uses Flatbread Boxes

Roman-style pizza bars selling pizza al taglio, pinsa restaurants, Turkish and Middle Eastern bakeries selling pide and lahmacun, street food traders and gourmet flatbread brands all need long boxes. Caterers use them for sharing platters at events, and pubs serving flatbreads as bar food use them for takeaway.

Frozen and chilled flatbread brands sometimes use a similar shape for retail packaging, though these usually need a different board and coating suited to freezer storage.

Bakeries selling stuffed flatbreads such as gozleme and khachapuri use similar long boxes, often with an extra vent because the filling releases more steam. Tell us what you bake so we can adjust the venting.

Practical Tips

Store flat-packed boxes near the pass, folded only as needed. Long boxes take more space folded than standard pizza boxes, so pre-fold a small batch before service. If your boxes are stacked hot in a delivery bag, place the longest and heaviest at the bottom to avoid the lids sagging.

For slice sales, consider a smaller box or a tray with a sleeve. It keeps costs down for single portions and looks tidy on the counter.

Use a separator or liner when stacking several long boxes for one order. It stops oil from the lower box marking the base of the box above, keeping every box clean when the customer unpacks the bag.

Ordering

Send us your sizes, quantities and artwork. You will receive a custom quote by email within one working day and a free design proof. Long boxes are priced by size and quantity, and simple designs at volume start from £0.25 each.

With the proof approved, your flatbread boxes are made in 4 to 7 working days and reach UK mainland kitchens flat-packed, free and tracked, in 2 to 3 working days. Faulty or damaged boxes flagged within 10 days are reprinted or refunded.

If you are opening a new site, tell us your launch date and expected weekly volume. We can suggest a first order that covers the opening weeks without overfilling a small storeroom.

Reorders are quick because the cutting dies and artwork stay on file.