Hard Candy: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.14 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.035 at volume, on a typical 30-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.14 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.10 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.075 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.055 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.045 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.035 |
What moves the price
For hard candy, the drivers are protein source, added vitamins/minerals, age stage, flavor, pack size, base ingredient, sugar content, organic certification — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing wholesale hard-candy pricing in the search results is mostly bag- or case-based, not true custom-manufactured per-piece quotes, so this band is inferred from bulk candy resellers and wholesale assortments rather than a direct factory quote. The strongest price movers are piece weight, wrapper/printing, inclusions, and whether the candy is stock-made versus custom-formulated; MOQ and packaging format also change cost materially. Realistic routes are candy wholesalers/distributors for near-term buys, or contract confectionery manufacturers/importers for private-label/custom hard candy at higher MOQs.
Paying more than the median?
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