Tub: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.13 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.05 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 | $0.13 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.10 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.085 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.075 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.06 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.05 |
What moves the price
For tub, the drivers are capacity, material, lid seal, handle — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US wholesale listings for 12 oz deli containers cluster around roughly $0.08-$0.19 each at case-scale, including Uline, WebstaurantStore, The Cary Company, and Food Service Direct. The biggest price drivers are material (PP vs PET vs paper), lid type (container-only, combo pack, or tamper-resistant hinged), heat/microwave rating, and print/customization; custom-printed runs usually quote above commodity stock pricing unless the order is very large. Realistic supplier routes are restaurant-supply distributors for small-to-mid volumes and specialty packaging converters/importers for 10k+ custom orders, where landed-equivalent pricing can move materially lower than stock retail case rates.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder tub regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.
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