Custom Small Burger Boxes

Sizing Small Burger Boxes for Your Menu

Measure your smallest standard burger fully assembled, including any salad, sauce and the top bun, and take the width at its widest and the height from the base to the top of the crown. Add around 10 mm of clearance across and 10 to 15 mm on height so the lid does not press the bun flat. For a typical 90 mm bun the inside of the box will be around 100 x 100 mm.

Sliders are a different case. If you sell them in threes or fours, a long tray or a multi-slider box is more practical than several tiny clamshells. If you sell a single slider as a side or kids' option, a mini clamshell around 80 mm square is neat and easy for small hands to open. Very small builds are an even closer fit for our slider burger boxes for mini buns.

Bear in mind how the burger is built. A small burger with a tall brioche bun needs more height than a flat smash-style patty, even if the width is identical. Measure a few from a normal service rather than the perfect one made for photos, because real burgers vary and the box should cope with the tallest of them.

Board, Grease and Heat

Burgers are hot, oily and often wrapped in paper that still lets juices through. The board for a burger box needs a grease-resistant inner surface so oil does not soak in, spread and stain the printed outside. We use white or kraft folding board with a barrier coating on the food side, and food-contact grade board is available on request.

White board gives the brightest colours and suits playful kids' menus. Kraft board has a darker, more rustic look that suits street food stalls and smokehouses. Both can be printed in full colour, though bright shades look softer on kraft.

If you serve very wet sauces, or the burger rests in its box under a heat lamp, a printed greaseproof liner or wrap adds another layer. It also gives you a second branded surface the customer handles before they eat, and you can match its print to the box. Our printed burger wrapping paper can carry the same artwork as the box.

Printing That Works in a Delivery Bag

A small box has less surface, so design for the lid first. That is what the customer sees when they open the bag, and it is what appears in photos. A bold logo, a simple pattern or a single line of brand personality usually beats a busy collage. The sides can carry your social handle or a menu reminder, and the inside of the lid is a fun spot for a joke, a puzzle or a colouring outline for children's meals.

If you run several sizes, use the same artwork system across them so a small and a large box clearly belong to the same kitchen. Many clients keep one design and just scale it, which also keeps setup simple when we print both sizes together. The larger size in the set is usually our standard custom printed burger boxes, printed from the same file.

Allergen information is best kept off the box itself if your menu changes often, because reprinting boxes every time a recipe changes gets expensive. A small sticker or the receipt is a more flexible place for that detail, while the box carries the lasting brand.

• Lid: logo and the one line you want remembered
• Inside lid: a message, game or colouring panel for kids
• Sides: website, social handles or allergen reminder
• Front tab: a sticker zone for order numbers

Ordering and Restocking

Tell us your burger size, the style you want and how many boxes you get through in a typical fortnight, and we will suggest a sensible first order. Your custom quote comes by email within one working day, followed by a free design proof. Production takes 4–7 working days from approval, and the flat-packed boxes go out on free tracked delivery to UK mainland addresses in 2–3 working days.

If anything turns up misprinted or crushed, report it within 10 days and we reprint or refund. Minimums are low and quoted per job, so a new burger van or a pop-up can order a realistic quantity without filling the stockroom.

Most takeaways find it useful to reorder before the last bundle is opened. Note how long a pack of boxes lasts during a normal week, and set a reminder to request your next run while there is still a fortnight of stock on the shelf.