Cone Fries Packaging
Cone-shaped chip holders for walking customers at markets and festivals.
Specification & quoteCity · Scotland
Cone Sleeves for Edinburgh Traders
Edinburgh has a packaging problem no other British city has in quite the same form: for three weeks in August the population of the city centre roughly doubles, and food traders do a meaningful share of their annual turnover.
Everything about ordering here is shaped by that one month.
Planning a Festival Order
August volumes are not a busy week — they are a different business for three weeks.
Estimate from a Peak Day, Not an Average
Take your busiest ordinary Saturday and work out what a Festival day looks like against it. Most traders find it is a multiple, not a percentage.
Order in Spring, Not in July
Every trader in the city is ordering for the same three weeks. Press capacity and carrier schedules both tighten.
Confirm the Lead Time in Writing
We put the production lead time on your quote, and Scottish transit typically adds a day over English mainland delivery.
Sort Storage Before the Stock Arrives
Festival volumes of packaging need somewhere to live. Flat-packed stock helps considerably here.
Trading the Rest of the Year
The Old Town and Grassmarket support a steady tourist trade outside August, and the Bruntsfield and Stockbridge areas trade to residents year round.
Packaging that works for a Festival pitch usually works for the rest of the year too, so most traders run one specification and simply order more of it in spring.
The general approach is covered in ordering packaging around a fixed event window.
Delivery into Edinburgh
Orders reach Edinburgh on national carriers, with transit typically a day longer than for English mainland addresses and a possible carrier surcharge on Scottish postcodes. City centre access restrictions during August can affect carrier scheduling — worth flagging when you order.
Packaging in Edinburgh: Common Questions
When should we order for the Festival?
Spring rather than July. Every trader in the city needs stock for the same three weeks, and both press capacity and carrier schedules tighten as August approaches.
How much more packaging do Festival volumes need?
Most traders find it is a multiple of a normal peak day rather than a modest uplift. Base the estimate on your busiest ordinary Saturday and scale from there rather than from a monthly average.
Does delivery to Edinburgh cost more?
Scottish postcodes can carry a carrier surcharge and transit is often a day longer. We confirm what applies to your address.
Can you deliver during August?
City centre access restrictions during the Festival affect carrier scheduling, which is the main argument for taking stock early.
Where should Festival stock be stored?
Somewhere dry with room for the volume. Flat-packed stock helps considerably, but three weeks of trade is a lot of packaging.
Do you supply Old Town tourist trade?
Yes, and it runs year round rather than only in August, which is worth reflecting in how you split orders.
Can we use the same specification all year?
Most traders do, and simply order more of it in spring. That avoids holding two specifications for one product.
Can we split a Festival order into two deliveries?
Often, and it helps where storage is limited. It costs slightly more per unit than a single delivery.
Do you supply Grassmarket and Old Town cafés?
Yes, and their trade runs year round on tourism rather than peaking only in August, which changes how they order.
Should Festival artwork carry the year?
Only if you will use it all. An undated Festival design can run again the following August, where a dated one cannot.
Packaging Edinburgh Businesses Order Most
Chosen for the trades that actually operate here rather than as a general list.
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