Price guide · Food Beverage

Plastic Tray Base: wholesale price

A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.20 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.016 at volume, on a typical 20-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 sizeMedian /unit
500–999 units$0.20
1,000–4,999 units$0.10
5,000–9,999 units$0.04
10,000–24,999 units$0.02
25,000–99,999 units$0.016

What moves the price

For plastic tray base, the drivers are diameter, material, compatibility, seal type, venting, color, voltage, seal diameter — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.

Published wholesale listings show plastic tray prices moving mainly with resin type (PET/PP/PS/PVC), tray depth and cavity complexity, and whether the tray is clear, printed, or anti-shock/thermoformed. The most realistic supplier routes are Chinese wholesale marketplaces and packaging manufacturers quoting MOQ-based ex-works or landed-equivalent pricing; US-facing distributors are usually higher and often quote only by custom RFQ. For a mid-range custom-printed food-beverage tray base, the steepest price drop typically occurs once tooling is amortized and orders move from low-thousands into 10k+ unit runs.

Also known as: insert tray base, tray base, tray body, tray bottom, tray shell.

Paying more than the median?

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