How to choose a packaging supplier for a restaurant chain
What to check when choosing a packaging supplier for a restaurant or coffee chain: one order across categories, branding, minimums, samples and terms.
Choose a supplier that can source your cups, bags, food boxes and bowls in one order, print your brand consistently across them, and confirm the minimum order, food-contact documentation and printing of each product in the quotation. Check samples before the bulk order, and compare suppliers on lead time, payment terms and the total cost delivered to you. PROMOPACK supplies restaurant groups, coffee chains, caterers and multi-branch operators this way.
What to check before you choose
A chain buys the same items again and again for every branch, so the supplier is judged on the whole order, not on one product.
- One order across categories: paper cups with matching lids and sleeves, takeaway bags, food boxes for burgers, meals and delivery, and bowls for soups and salads.
- The same brand on every item: specifications and artwork coordinated across the order, with the printing method suited to each material.
- Minimums per product: each product has its own minimum order, confirmed in the quotation.
- Food-contact documentation: ask for it per product in the quotation. Products designated for food contact should meet the relevant safety standards, such as FDA and EU.
- Samples before the bulk order, for every printed item.
- A lead time you can plan around: at PROMOPACK, production takes 4 to 6 weeks after all approvals.
- Clear terms: the price basis (FOB or delivered), the deposit and when the balance is due.
Match the material to the menu
Bagasse suits hot, oily and saucy food and is compostable; clear plastic (PET) suits food and cold drinks the customer should see, and lids that must seal; paper and board suit cups, bags and cartons that carry your brand. Most chains use all three.
Compare on the cost delivered to you
An FOB price covers the goods loaded at the port of loading; freight, insurance, import clearance and duties come on top and are arranged by you. A delivered price includes some or all of them. Put every quotation on the same basis before comparing.
Can one supplier provide cups, bags, boxes and bowls together?
Yes. PROMOPACK sources custom-printed paper cups, paper bags, food boxes and bowls together, with specifications and artwork coordinated across the order. Manufacturing location may differ by item.
Do you supply restaurant chains in Saudi Arabia and the UAE?
Yes. We sell FOB, so your forwarder arranges shipping from the port of loading. In Saudi Arabia, part of our range is also held in our Saudi warehouse, ready to order in the quantities on hand.
Can every item be printed with our logo?
Logos are printed across the paper, board, bagasse and plastic lines. Printability is confirmed for each product in the quotation.
What is the minimum order for a chain?
Each product has its own minimum order quantity, shown on its product page and confirmed in the quotation. Volume pricing is available for larger orders.