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Scoops, cones and cartons · Grease-resistant
Custom Fries Sleeves
The open holder that fries actually get served in: a scoop, a cone or a squared carton, printed to your artwork and cut to the portion you sell rather than to whatever the wholesaler had in stock.
- 500 piece minimum
- Grease-resistant board
- Any portion size
- Free digital proof
500
Minimum per design
Volume pricing from 1,000
6–7 days
Standard production
After you approve the proof
Free
Dieline and proof
Built around your item
Worldwide
Tracked shipping
Quoted with the job
In short
Fries sleeves are open board holders — scoops, cones or cartons — that hold a portion of fries upright and keep grease off the hand. The Cone Sleeves prints them on grease-resistant white or kraft board, cut to your portion size, from 500 pieces per design with a free proof and 6–7 business day production.
Why shops order fries sleeves from us
Portion, not guesswork
Cut to hold your actual serving weight, so staff fill to the rim instead of eyeballing a half-empty stock carton.
Grease stays off hands
Treated board keeps oil in the holder rather than soaking through onto fingers within a minute of service.
Stands up in a bag
A squared base keeps the holder upright inside a takeaway bag, which is what stops fries arriving at the bottom of it.
Big printing area
The front face of a scoop is one of the largest flat surfaces in fast-food packaging, and it is at eye level while the customer eats.
Three shapes, one price band
Scoops, cartons and cones all quote within the same range, so the decision can be about service rather than cost.
Short runs for specials
Five hundred pieces covers a loaded-fries special or a match-day print without a pallet of leftovers.
Printed work
Fries Sleeves we have printed
Every run below started as somebody's artwork on plain board. Yours is quoted the same way, whatever the shape.
Specifications
Everything this order includes
These are the options we quote against. If you need something outside them, ask — most custom sizes and finishes are possible, and the quote will say so plainly.
| Shapes | Scoop, squared carton, or rolled fry cone |
|---|---|
| Board | Grease-resistant white board or natural kraft, 280–350 gsm |
| Portions | Regular, large and sharing sizes; cut to your own portion weight |
| Printing | Full-color CMYK, single-color logo or Pantone spot colors |
| Finish | Uncoated or matte varnish; gloss where the artwork is photographic |
| Minimum order | 500 pieces per design; volume pricing from 1,000 pieces |
| Turnaround | 6–7 business days after proof approval; 3–4 day rush on request |
| Packing | Nested flat or pre-formed, depending on the shape; stated on the quote |
Scoop, carton or cone
A scoop is open at the front, so the fries are visible and easy to grab. It is the fastest to fill and the shape most people picture when they think of a fry holder.
A squared carton holds more, stands better in a bag and keeps heat longer because less of the portion is exposed. It costs slightly more board and is the sensible choice where delivery is a real part of the business.
A cone is the outlier: cheap, distinctive, and excellent for a walking crowd, but awkward to set down. Street food stalls love them and sit-down venues rarely do. Kitchens that also serve churros or fried snacks often reuse the same cone dieline for both.
Sizing to a portion weight
Most fry packaging is bought by name — regular, large, jumbo — and those names mean nothing between suppliers. The number that matters is the weight of cooked fries you intend to serve.
Tell us that weight and we will size the holder so a correct portion reaches the rim. It sounds like a detail, but a holder that is 20 percent too big makes every serving look mean, and one that is too small has staff overfilling and losing fries on the counter.
Where you sell two sizes, running both dielines together in one order is cheaper than two orders later, and both stay on file for reprints.
Printing that survives hot oil
Fries go into the holder straight from a fryer, and steam is what lifts cheap ink. Everything here is printed with inks rated for hot food contact on a board treated to resist grease, so the design does not blotch as the portion cools.
Photographic artwork of the product is popular but works against you at small sizes; a picture of fries on a holder full of fries adds nothing. Flat brand color with a strong logo reads better across a counter.
If your fries are served alongside other items in a printed set, matching the sleeve to printed wraps for burgers and sliders keeps a meal looking like one product rather than three.
Where these are used
- Burger bars and diners
- Fried chicken counters
- Loaded fries and poutine stalls
- Stadium and cinema concessions
- Food trucks and markets
- Pubs serving fries at the bar
Not sure on size?
Send a sample or a photo with a ruler beside it and we cut the dieline to fit. There is no charge for the dieline or the digital proof.
Ask a questionHow the order runs
- You send sizes, quantity and artwork, or just a photo of the item.
- We build the dieline and come back with a written price.
- You approve a digital proof with your artwork laid on it.
- We print, cut and ship, with tracking on the carton.
Materials and printing
Board and print, side by side
Three boards and three ways to print on them. Every combination below is quoted the same way, so the choice is about how you want the packaging to feel in the hand.
Choose the board
Natural kraft
Unbleached brown board. Ink sits into the surface rather than on top of it, which mutes bright colors and reads as craft and small-batch.
Recycled board
Post-consumer fiber with a slight fleck through it. It takes a one or two color mark well and tells the customer what it is without a claim printed on it.
Choose how it prints
Full-color CMYK
Four process inks. The right choice when the artwork is a photograph, an illustration or anything with a gradient in it.
Single-color logo
One ink on plain board. It is the least expensive way to print a run and, on kraft, it is often the better looking one.
Pantone spot colors
A mixed ink matched to a Pantone reference. Use it when a brand color has to be exact across every reprint.
Quote configurator
Configure your fries sleeves
Five short steps. Answer what you know, skip what you do not, and we come back with a written price and a free dieline.
Questions
Fries Sleeves: common questions
Do fries sleeves arrive flat or already formed?
Scoops and cartons usually ship flat and pop into shape in one motion, which saves a great deal of storage. Cones normally ship pre-rolled because forming them by hand is slower than it looks. The quote states which you are getting.
How do I know what portion size to order?
Weigh a cooked portion as you actually serve it and send us that figure in grams or ounces. We size the holder so that weight reaches the rim. Guessing from a competitor size is the most common reason a first order looks wrong.
Will the printing hold up to loaded fries with sauce?
The outside print will. Sauce sits inside the holder, and the treated board resists it long enough for the portion to be eaten. For very wet loaded fries a squared carton is better than a scoop, because the sides are higher and there is less spill.
Can you match my burger packaging?
Yes, and it is worth doing. Send the artwork from your existing wraps or boxes and we will lay the fry holder out on the same brand colors, so a meal on a tray reads as a set rather than as three unrelated items.
Are kraft fry holders as grease-resistant as white ones?
Yes when specified correctly. Kraft simply hides the grease shadow better, which is why it often looks cleaner at the end of service even though the performance is the same.
What is the cheapest option for a high-volume site?
A cone, then a scoop, then a carton. The difference per piece is small, but across a stadium weekend it adds up. Volume pricing starts at 1,000 pieces per design and steps again at higher quantities.
Related products
Often ordered alongside
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