Food Sleeves

Custom Bento Sleeves

A bento sleeve is a band around a box. It holds the lid down in transit, and it turns an anonymous container into something that looks considered.

Because the box does the containing, the sleeve is free to be light board and heavy on print.

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Cut to your own product, not a stock size
Board, print and finish confirmed in writing
Delivered across the UK on national carriers

Short enquiry

Quote for This Product

Tell us the quantity and any date you are working to. We reply with the board, print and finish, plus the minimum order quantity and lead time.

Design Your Own

Design Your Custom Bento Sleeves

Pick a colour, put your name on it, and see how the idea reads before you ask anyone for a price. It is a sketch rather than a manufacturing proof — the real shape is cut from the product you already serve.

Sleeve colour

Name on the pack

Finish

Show a repeating pattern

A narrow band uses less board than a full wrap and carries the same name. Wrap deeper only where the filling actually runs.

Carry this into the full designer

The full page adds the size, board, print and quantity, then sends the whole specification over in one go. Nothing is committed to at any point.

The Band Is Doing Security Work

A meal box in a courier bag will open if nothing holds the lid. A band is the simplest answer, and it doubles as tamper evidence — a broken band is visible.

The band has to be sized to the closed box with very little slack, or it slides off the corner in transit.

Where boxes go out several at a time, printed bags for the wider delivery order carry the same branding outward.

What Operators Put on a Bento Band

The dish name, so a driver hands the right box to the right person.
Allergen and dietary marks, often as a printed tick-box panel.
Reheating instructions where the meal is not eaten immediately.
A logo and handle, since the band is the branded face in a photograph.

Bands are cheap enough that several printed versions across a menu are usually affordable on digital print.

Specification

Fit	Sized to the closed box with minimal slack
Board	Light board; the box provides the structure
Print	Full colour, one or several designs
Variants	Different bands per dish, printed in one run
Finish	Usually unlaminated; the band is discarded immediately

Ordering, Artwork and Delivery

Getting a Quote

Measure the made-up item as it leaves your pass, at its widest point. We reply with a written specification, the minimum order quantity and the lead time for your job.

Artwork

We send a flat die line so artwork is built on the right shape. Full file requirements are set out in our artwork guidelines.

Turnaround

Lead times depend on the print method, run length and press schedule, so we confirm yours on the quote rather than publishing a single figure.

Delivery in the UK

Orders are dispatched on national carriers to any UK address. Seedelivery information for how dates are given.

Custom Bento Sleeves: Common Questions

Does a band work as tamper evidence?

It shows visibly if it has been broken, which is the practical benefit customers care about. Whether that meets any formal requirement is a question for your own procedures rather than a claim we would make for the packaging.

Can we print a different band for each dish?

On digital print, yes, and it is one of the more useful applications. Send the number of dishes and the quantity of each so we can price the split rather than assuming an even one.

How tight should the band be?

Sized to the closed box with very little slack, or it slides off a corner in transit. Send a box rather than its stated dimensions.

Does a band count as tamper evidence?

It shows visibly if it has been broken, which is the practical benefit. Whether that meets a formal requirement is a question for your own procedures.

Can we print a different band per dish?

On digital printing, yes, and it is one of the more useful applications. Send the number of dishes and the quantity of each.

What board weight does a band need?

Light. The box provides the structure, so the band is doing security and branding rather than support, which keeps the cost down.

Should the band carry allergen marks?

A printed tick-box panel is common and works well where your menu is stable. Where dishes change often, a sticker is more practical.

Will the band survive a delivery bag?

A correctly sized one will. Bands fail by sliding off rather than tearing, which is a fit problem rather than a strength problem.

Can we match bands to our bag?

Yes, and running them in one order keeps the colour consistent. Printed months apart the same brand colour drifts visibly.

Do bands work on round containers?

They can, though the fit is less secure than on a box with corners. Send the container and we will tell you honestly whether it will hold.

Prefer to Talk It Through?

Sizing questions are usually quicker on the phone, especially if you have the product in front of you.

+44 7458 651107 info@conesleeves.co.uk