Custom Corrugated Carriers
Custom corrugated carriers from 100 — two- and four-cup carriers for coffee shops and juice bars, handled carriers for takeaway and grocery, die-cut from kraft board so hot cups sit steady, the handle takes the load and the whole thing recycles.
Four hot coffees and one hand free
- Board
- Kraft E flute corrugated or heavy kraft board
- Types
- Two-cup, four-cup, cup plus food, grocery and bottle carriers
- Holes
- Cut to your cup sizes
Get a price for Corrugated Carriers Boxes
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
Carrier types
| Two-cup carrier | Die-cut holes over a folded base; coffee and smoothies |
|---|---|
| Four-cup carrier | Center handle, four holes; the coffee run standard |
| Cup plus food carrier | Cups on one side, a pocket for a bag or box on the other |
| Grocery and bottle carrier | Tall handled carrier for produce, jars and bottled drinks |
Fitting the cup
The hole is cut to grip the cup below its rim, where the diameter suits your cup range. A carrier designed for 12 oz cups will let a 16 oz cup sit high and wobble. Send us the cup sizes you serve, or the cup itself, and the holes are cut to hold the sizes that actually leave the counter. Our double wall paper cups for hot drinks pair with these carriers.
The handle and the load
- A double thickness of board at the handle stops it tearing.
- Four full cups weigh several pounds; the handle is sized for that.
- Rounded hand holes are more comfortable on a long walk.
- The base folds flat so the carrier sits level on a seat or desk.
Print for the counter and the street
A carrier is carried through the street and into offices, which makes it one of the most visible things a cafe hands out. A one-color logo on kraft is the common choice; full color is available. Carriers are delivered flat and fold up in seconds behind the counter.
Corrugated Carriers Boxes — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Board
- Kraft E flute corrugated or heavy kraft board
- Types
- Two-cup, four-cup, cup plus food, grocery and bottle carriers
- Holes
- Cut to your cup sizes
- Handle
- Double thickness, rounded hand hole
- One color on kraft or full color
- Delivery
- Flat, folds up by hand
- Minimum
- 100 carriers
On every job
- Print process
- Flexo in one to four colors straight onto the liner; litho-lamination where the box needs full color or a photograph.
- Color
- Flat colors on kraft. Full color needs a white top liner or a laminated sheet, because brown shifts every color warm.
- Tolerance
- Cutting plus or minus 1.5 mm. The flute compresses, so corrugated runs wider than folding board.
- Tooling
- No die on a regular slotted box, which is cut on a slotter. Die-cut mailers and trays need one, made once and kept.
- Food contact
- Food-grade liners and a vented build where the box carries hot food.
- Sustainability
- High recycled content through liners and flute as standard, and the box recycles whole if it is sealed with paper tape.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build corrugated carriers boxes on
Corrugated is a fluted sheet glued between two liners, and the flute decides nearly everything: how it prints, how it dents, how high it stacks. These are the grades we run.
E flute
About 1.5 mm. Prints well and folds crisply; dents under a stack. Retail boxes, mailers and light shippers.
1.5 mm, single wallB flute
About 3 mm. The working default for parcels — takes print reasonably and stacks reasonably. Most shipping boxes are B.
3 mm, single wallC flute
About 4 mm. More cushioning than B, slightly less stacking strength per weight. Common on grocery and produce cases.
4 mm, single wallBC double wall
B and C glued together, about 7 mm. Heavy or fragile goods, pallet stacking, anything over roughly 15 kg.
7 mm, double wallKraft liner
Brown, strong, absorbent. One or two flat colors flexo print well on it; photographs drink into the brown and go muddy.
Outer and inner linerWhite top liner
A bleached outer liner for full-color print on corrugated. Costs more and marks more easily than kraft.
Outer liner onlyRecycled-content corrugated
High post-consumer fiber through liners and flute. The default for shippers; a slightly grayer brown and no loss of strength at grade.
All flutesCoated and water-resistant
A coating or a wax-free barrier liner for damp stores and cold chains. Check the recycling stream before printing a claim on it.
B and C fluteNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Corrugated takes fewer finishes than folding board, and the ones it takes it takes well.
Flexo on kraft
One or two flat colors straight onto brown. Cheap, fast, honest.
Litho-lamination
An offset sheet glued to the flute: full color and photographs on a shipper.
Aqueous varnish
Scuff resistance with no film, so the box still recycles whole.
White top print
Full color flexo on a bleached liner; brighter, and it marks more easily.
Inside print
A second pass on the inner liner — the panel a customer sees first.
Printed tape seal
The brand applied at the last moment, on paper tape that recycles with the box.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing a corrugated box against the carrier, not the catalog: corrugated carriers boxes
Corrugated is cut to your internal size, so the box goes round the product rather than the product going into a stock size. That is where the money is: a box 20 mm smaller each way is often a whole postage band cheaper.
- Internal dimensions
- Length, width and depth of the space you need. Board thickness is added outside that, and the flute is thicker than people expect.
- Clearance and void fill
- 5–10 mm a side for a rigid product. Size it properly and you need no void fill at all, which is cheaper and better received.
- Stacking
- Tell us how high the boxes stack on a pallet or a shelf. Edge crush grade is specified from that, not guessed.
- Weight
- The contents weight sets the flute and the liner grade. Over about 15 kg we move to double wall.
- Score allowance
- Corrugated needs more room at the folds than boxboard. The dieline accounts for it; a box drawn from flat dimensions comes out tight.
- Cutting tolerance
- Plus or minus 1.5 mm on corrugated, wider than folding board because the flute compresses.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Build your Corrugated Carriers Boxes in 3D
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a board and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about corrugated carriers boxes? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
Do you make four-cup carriers?
Yes, with a center handle and four holes cut to your cup sizes.
Will the carrier fit my cups?
We cut the holes to the cup sizes you serve. Send the sizes or a cup.
Can a carrier hold food as well as drinks?
Yes, a cup-plus-food carrier has a pocket for a bag or box.
Will the handle tear?
The handle is double thickness to carry full cups without tearing.
Are corrugated carriers recyclable?
Yes, they recycle with cardboard.
Can you print my logo?
Yes, one color on kraft or full color.
How do cup carriers arrive?
Flat, and they fold up in seconds behind the counter.
Do you make grocery carriers?
Yes, tall handled carriers for produce, jars and bottled drinks.
What about two-cup carriers?
Yes, a simple die-cut carrier for two drinks.
Can hot cups go in?
Yes. The board is not affected by the heat of a sleeved or double wall cup.
What is the minimum order for cup carriers?
100 carriers per style; two-cup and four-cup carriers are separate styles.
How long do printed carriers take?
One-color printing on kraft is quickest; full color adds a step. We give a date with the quote.
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