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Sleeved Can: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.26 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.22 at volume, on a typical 21-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 | $1.26 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.63 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.39 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.31 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.28 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.22 |
What moves the price
For sleeved can, the drivers are capacity, lining, end diameter, decoration method — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing quotes cluster around roughly $0.23 per sleeved can for a 12 oz gloss configuration including can, sleeve, and application, with specialty finishes adding cost and freight excluded. Bulk pallet/truckload quotes from can wholesalers show plain can pricing in the $0.11-$0.24 range before sleeve/application, which is why sleeve decoration, can size, and end/lining spec are the main drivers of the final landed unit price. Realistic supplier routes are beverage packaging distributors such as Saxco and TricorBraun for quoted bulk programs, or direct canning supply houses like Beer City Glass / Iron Heart Canning when you need smaller palletized buys or truckload procurement.
Paying more than the median?
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