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Vending Tea Bags: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.30 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.08 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 | $0.30 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.24 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.18 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.15 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.11 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.08 |
What moves the price
For vending tea bags, the drivers are pack count, bag size, brew strength, wrapper type, blend type, commercial machine compatibility, material, thickness — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing wholesale listings show tea bags commonly pricing around $0.20 each at case-scale, while bulk tea-bag marketplace and supplier references put higher-volume packaged tea bags in the roughly $0.04-$0.12 per-bag band. For custom-manufactured vending tea bags, the biggest cost drivers are wrapper format, fill weight, and whether the bag is plain, individually wrapped, or custom-printed; compatibility with vending/catering machines and foodservice pack format also affects price. Realistic supply routes are private-label tea packers, foodservice tea distributors, and import/private-label manufacturers that can quote landed-equivalent pricing at 10k+ unit volumes.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder vending tea bags 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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