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Custom Food Sleeves for UK Kitchens

A food sleeve does two jobs at once: it holds a messy item together and it gives a customer somewhere clean to put their hands. Get the width wrong and it does neither — too tight and the filling squeezes out, too loose and it slides off on the walk home.

This range covers the items UK operators wrap most: burgers, hot dogs, loaded fries, breakfast wraps, pastries and single portions of cake. Each one is cut to the product rather than pulled from a stock size list.

23 products in this range

Food Sleeves supplied by Cone Sleeves UK

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Food Sleeves We Print

Where Sleeves Earn Their Place on the Pass

Sleeves suit food that is handed over hot and eaten immediately. The detail that changes is grease.

Burgers and Buns

A sleeve holds the stack together and stops the bun crown separating on the first bite. Grease resistance matters more here than anywhere else in the range.

Hot Dogs, Corn Dogs and Skewers

A long, narrow wrap with a closed base catches sauce. The base is the part people forget to specify, and the part that fails first.

Wraps, Burritos and Shawarma

A tapered sleeve keeps the roll compressed so the filling stays inside as the customer eats down the length of it.

Pastries, Doughnuts and Cake Slices

Dry goods need presentation more than protection, so uncoated board and a lighter weight usually read better than a laminated finish.

Burgers are the most common order in this range, and printed burger sleeves have their own page with sizing detail.

Grease Resistance Is a Specification, Not a Material

Plain board absorbs fat. Within ten minutes a burger sleeve on untreated stock goes translucent along the base and the print starts to look tired.

The usual fixes are a greaseproof liner bonded to the board, a coated inner face, or a heavier board that simply has more to soak. Which one suits depends on how long your food sits before it is eaten — a delivery order needs more protection than a counter sale.

We cover food-contact materials and UK requirements in more depth for operators writing their own specification.

Getting a Sleeve Sized Without Guesswork

Four steps take most of the risk out of a first order.

  1. Measure the Made Product, Not the Ingredient

    A 4in bun becomes a 5in burger once it is built. Measure the item as it leaves your pass, at its widest point.

  2. Decide How Much You Want Covered

    A half-height sleeve shows the food and photographs well. A full-height wrap protects better and travels further.

  3. Send the Numbers with a Photograph

    A picture of the finished item beside a ruler answers more questions than a written description.

  4. Check the Flat Sample Before Print

    Wrap the unprinted flat around a real portion. Anything that needs adjusting is cheap to change at this point.

Delivery Orders Behave Differently

Food that sits in a courier bag for twenty minutes steams. A sleeve that performs on the counter can go soft in transit, so tell us at quote stage what proportion of your orders are delivered — it changes the board recommendation.

Food Sleeves: Common Questions

What is the difference between a food sleeve and a food tray?

A sleeve wraps around the sides of an item and leaves the top and bottom open. A tray sits underneath and holds loose pieces. Anything that stays in one piece — a burger, a wrap, a pastry — suits a sleeve; anything that falls apart, like chips or nachos, needs a tray.

Can a sleeve be printed on the inside face?

Yes. On a half-height sleeve the inner face is barely seen, but on a deep wrap it shows every time the customer looks down at their food. Inside printing adds a pass on press, so it is worth deciding early rather than after quoting.

Will one sleeve size cover a single and a double burger?

Only if the sleeve is generous enough for the double, which then looks slack on the single. Sites selling both usually run two depths from the same artwork.

What do you need to quote a food sleeve?

The made-up item measured at its widest, what it holds, whether it is served hot or fried, and your quantity.

Can you match a sleeve to a container we already use?

That is the usual starting point. Send the container or the item and the die is cut to it.

Do you supply plain food sleeves?

Yes, and some operators start plain to prove the sizing before committing to artwork. The die carries over to the printed reorder.

How are they delivered?

Flat and die-cut in cases, on national carriers. Assembly is a roll and a tuck at the pass.

What is the difference between a sleeve and a wrap?

A sleeve is die-cut board that holds its shape; a wrap is a paper sheet folded around the item. Different jobs, different stock.

Can we print several product names?

On digital printing, yes, which suits a menu with several items. Send the split between names rather than a total.

Do these suit delivery orders?

Some do. A full wrap survives a courier bag where a half-height sleeve struggles, so tell us your delivery share.