Trays that hold your product firmly in place

A cardboard tray is an open-top box, usually shallower than a standard carton, used to hold a product securely rather than fully enclose it. Small businesses often use trays as an insert inside a larger shipping box, while larger businesses use them as stand-alone display units on a shop counter or pop-up stand.

Why a Tray Instead of a Full Box

A tray works well when a product needs to sit securely and be seen, rather than be fully hidden inside a closed box. This is common for gift sets, food items, or several small products packed together, where a lid or outer sleeve is added separately for the finished look.

Tray Styles We Make

We produce simple open trays, trays with dividers to separate several items, and trays designed to slide inside a sleeve box for a premium presentation. Trays can also be built as inserts, cut to hold a specific product shape firmly in place inside a larger box.

Materials

Cardboard trays are usually made from corrugated board for strength during shipping, or lighter folding carton board where the tray is purely for in-store display. Corrugated suits anything travelling by courier, while folding carton gives a cleaner, more premium finish for gifting.

Order Sizes We Support

Custom cardboard trays are available from around 50 to 100 units, which suits a smaller brand putting together its first gift set or display run. Larger businesses ordering trays as part of a regular product line see unit prices fall as order size grows.

Average Cardboard Tray Prices

As a general guide, custom cardboard trays typically cost between £0.30 and £0.90 per unit, depending on size, board weight, dividers and print. These figures are a starting point, so the most accurate price comes from a quote based on your exact tray.

Sustainability

Cardboard trays are widely recyclable, and using a correctly sized tray as an insert often reduces the need for plastic padding or loose fill inside a box, cutting waste as well as cost.

Getting Started

Send us your product's dimensions and how it will be used, in a box, on a shelf, or both, and we will suggest a suitable tray design. Our team builds a proof before production, then delivers UK-wide once you approve it.