Dry Fruit Boxes.

Because dried fruit is not actually dry, and different varieties trade moisture and flavour with each other when they touch. A compartment tray keeps each variety in its own well so the soft pieces do not dampen the crisp ones next to them. Nuts packed loose with fruit lose their crispness for the same reason, so we always separate them.

The wells also do the presentation work. A gift box is bought on how the assortment reads through the lid.

A food-safe liner, an inner pouch or a sealed tray, so the box holds the residual moisture that keeps the fruit soft. Rigid greyboard on its own is not food-safe and lets moisture exchange with the air, so we do not supply an unlined plain carton for this product.

For boxes that get opened repeatedly over weeks, individually sealed wells keep the untouched varieties in condition while the first ones are eaten.

A window shows the colour variety, which is most of the visual appeal, so it wins where the box sells from a shelf. A solid rigid lid wins where the reveal matters, in corporate and festival gifting where the box is opened in front of someone. Both sit on the same compartment tray.

The window is a clear film set into the lid panel, and it can be die-cut to any shape your artwork calls for.

Matte lamination as the base, with hot foil stamping for the gold and metallic detail that festival gifting leans on heavily. Emboss or deboss adds a tactile pattern or a raised brand mark. Full CMYK covers retail-facing packs with photographic artwork, and soft-touch is reserved for the top gifting tier.

Because the box is rigid greyboard wrapped in printed paper, every one of those finishes goes onto the wrap before assembly.

The common formats are 8 x 8 x 2 inches and 10 x 10 x 2.5 inches, measured on the outside of the closed box. Square footprints divide neatly into four, six or nine wells, and the 2 to 2.5 inch depth holds a single layer of fruit and nuts without them rolling over each other.

Bigger assortments usually go to a wider box rather than a deeper one, so every variety stays visible from the top.

The minimum is 500 boxes, tray and liner included. That figure suits a single festival season for most independent retailers. Above 1,000 the unit price steps down and we can build up to 100,000 on the same specification.

Allow 7 to 10 business days for production once artwork is signed off, and add shipping time on top. Rush production is 5 to 7 business days if the season is close. A sample takes 5 to 7 business days, and for a rigid box with foil and a window we would always build one before the run, because the fit of tray, liner and lid needs to be seen.

The sample cost is taken off the production order.

The greyboard body and the paper wrap are recyclable as paper once the liner and window film are pulled out. Rigid boxes for gifting are usually kept and reused, which is the better outcome anyway and part of the reason the format justifies the extra board.

If recyclability is a selling point for you, we can spec a paper-based liner and drop the window film so the whole box goes in one stream.