Eight sides instead of four, so the box hugs a round pie a lot better than a square one does. The cut corners make a stack of them stiffer too (handy on a Friday night). Add vents and a grease-resistant lining if you like, and we print full color inside and out.
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Put a round pizza in a square box and there are four empty corners, which is fine right up until the driver takes a left a bit fast and the whole pie slides into one. Our custom octagonal pizza boxes just lop those corners off. Closer to the crust. A touch less board, and it doesn’t look like every other box on the doorstep.
The shops that pick it are usually making a point about their food, so we get a lot of Neapolitan places and wood-fired trucks, and the kind of spot that’s famous for one pie, because an octagon on the counter kind of says “we’re not a chain” before anyone opens it. It’s also practical. The angled walls add rigidity, so a stack of hot boxes is less likely to bow in the middle.
We make these from E-flute or B-flute corrugated. E-flute is thinner and prints sharper, which suits 10 and 12 inch pies and shops with detailed artwork. B-flute has fatter flutes and holds heat a little better, so it’s the safer pick for 16 inch pies and anything with a lot of toppings.
Inside, a white or kraft liner faces the food. Grease will always try to wick into the board, especially with pepperoni and extra cheese, so we usually suggest a grease-resistant coating on the inside surface. Skip it and give it twenty minutes or so, you’ll see dark blotches creeping right through to your printed lid. (If flute grades are your thing, the guide to corrugated packaging goes deep on them.)
Steam kills crust. Shut it in and the bottom’s floppy before the first delivery, so we cut a few small vents in the side walls or the lid to let the wet air out while most of the heat stays put, and we’d stop at two or three. More than that and the pie cools down too fast in winter.
The octagon also helps when you stack. Clipped corners give the walls more support, so a stack of five or six boxes doesn’t sag at the center. Just make sure the lid lock tab catches properly. A loose lid on the top box is how cheese ends up stuck to the ceiling of a delivery bag.
The lid is a big, flat canvas, and the eight-sided outline gives you an unusual frame for your logo. We print full color with water-based inks on the outside, and we can print the inside of the lid too, which is a fun spot for a thank you note, a menu QR code or your social handle.
Not sure about the shape? Our hexagonal pizza boxes give a similar effect with six sides, or you can browse every style under custom pizza boxes. The pizza box sizes guide will help you match box size to pie size.
We’d add roughly half an inch across the flats, call it 12.5 inches. Any tighter and you’re tearing crust on the way in.
Usually a little, because of the extra cuts and folds. The difference shrinks as your order grows, and minimums are low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style.
Yes, and we’d encourage it. After the digital proof you can request a physical sample, then the full run takes 10 to 12 business days after approval with free ground shipping across the USA.
Building a full product line? Take a look at custom hexagonal pizza boxes, custom crooked pizza boxes, custom unique shaped pizza boxes and custom detroit pizza boxes. Everything in this range is listed under custom pizza boxes. Not sure about size? Read standard pizza box sizes.
