Custom Tall Burger Boxes

Measuring a Loaded Burger

Measure your tallest regular burger, built exactly as it goes out during service, not the photo version. Note the width at the widest point, which is often the cheese or a patty overhang rather than the bun, and the height to the top of the crown or the tip of any skewer. Add around 15 mm to the width and 15 to 20 mm to the height so the lid clears the top easily.

If you serve burgers with a skewer through the middle, ask whether the skewer can be shortened or angled. A long skewer can add 50 mm of height that the box then has to accommodate, and a shorter one may do the job just as well. If you serve a range of builds, size the box for the tallest and accept a little headroom on the simpler ones.

If you sell through delivery apps, think about the bag too. Tall boxes need deeper delivery bags, and a box that is too tall can be laid on its side by a rider to fit. A height around 130 mm usually fits standard insulated bags upright, while anything much taller should be checked with your delivery partners first. Our guide to measuring for a custom box has more on clearances.

Keeping It Hot and Holding Its Shape

A tall box has more air inside, so heat retention and steam management matter. Small vents near the top of the lid let steam escape without dropping the temperature too quickly, keeping the bun soft rather than soggy. A grease-resistant coating on the inside stops oil and sauce soaking into the walls, which would weaken a tall box faster than a short one.

Board choice matters more than usual too. Tall walls flex more than short ones, so we use a slightly heavier board or E-flute corrugated for big builds. Corrugated also insulates better, which helps on longer delivery runs. If you want food-contact grade board, mention it with your enquiry. Our board and finish options page compares folding board with E-flute.

A paper liner or a printed burger wrap inside the tall box adds another layer between the food and the board. It keeps the stack together as it travels and gives the customer something to hold while they eat, which is especially welcome with messy builds.

Branding That Matches a Gourmet Menu

Tall boxes have more wall area than a flat clamshell, which gives you room for strong branding. Wraparound designs that continue across all four sides look great in photos, and the extra height means the logo is visible even when the box sits in a delivery bag with others. Many burger bars use a dark colour such as black, charcoal or deep red with a single bright accent, which looks premium and hides any marks from handling.

The inside of the lid is a fun place for a line of personality, a menu suggestion or a social handle. Kraft board with a one or two colour print suits smokehouses and street food brands. More kraft styles sit across our food and takeaway packaging range.

• Wraparound design across all four walls
• Dark base colour with one bright accent
• Inside lid: a short line or social handle
• Front panel: space for an order sticker

Who Uses Tall Burger Boxes

Gourmet burger restaurants offering delivery, street food traders with signature stacked burgers, pubs with a premium burger menu, dark kitchens running delivery-only brands and event caterers serving loaded burgers at festivals all use tall boxes. Some fried chicken shops use them for towering chicken burgers too, where a crispy fillet adds a lot of height.

Brands that also sell smaller burgers often order tall boxes for the signature builds and a standard clamshell for the rest, printed in matching artwork so the range looks consistent. The standard sizes in those matching sets are usually our printed burger clamshell boxes.

Tall boxes also make sense for burgers built to be photographed. If your signature burger is the one people post online, a box that keeps it tall and intact is effectively part of your marketing budget.

Getting Your Boxes

Send us your burger dimensions, the style you like and your artwork. Our custom quote comes back by email within one working day, followed by a free design proof showing every panel and vent. Production takes 4–7 working days from approval, and the boxes ship flat on free tracked delivery to UK mainland addresses.

If anything arrives misprinted or crushed, report it within 10 days and we reprint or refund. Minimums are low and quoted per job, so you can trial a tall box on one signature burger before rolling it out across the menu.