Your logo on one box of bags. No pallet, no warehouse.

Small sellers get priced out of branded bags

Ask most bag printers for a quote and the answer starts with a big number. Hundreds of bags at the low end, thousands at the high end, plus a setup charge before a single bag is made. Printers we have seen ask $150+ just to set up a logo.

That math works for a chain. It does not work for a Saturday tent at a farmers market or a cart that sells out by two. You would be paying today for bags you will use next summer, and storing them in a garage that is already full of folding tables and coolers.

So most small sellers in San Diego hand food over in a blank bag. The food is great. The bag says nothing. The customer walks away and forgets the name.

The smallest order: the Discovery Box

The Kraft Discovery Box exists for exactly this. It is the smallest thing we sell, and it is built as a trial run.

• 50 heavy duty kraft bags with your logo printed on the front, up to 12 × 14 in.
• 50 food tamper-evident stickers to seal the top of each bag.
• $0 setup fee. No art charge, no plate charge.
• Free shipping, in 3 to 4 days once it ships.

The welcome price is $28, down from $42. Join our email list and we send you the code.

Pop-ups and market stands

San Diego runs on weekend markets. Hillcrest on Sunday, Little Italy on Saturday, Ocean Beach on Wednesday night, plus brewery patios, swap meets and pop-up nights all over the county. A tent at one of these sees hundreds of people walk past, and most of them are holding something they bought from someone else.

A printed bag turns your customer into a sign that walks the rest of the market for you. Someone holding your bag gets asked where the food came from. That is free advertising you only get if your name is on the bag.

For a stand doing a few dozen sales a day, 50 bags covers a full market day or two. That is enough to learn if branded bags change anything before you buy more.

Food trucks and brewery kitchens

A food truck has no storage room. Every box takes space that could hold buns or tortillas. That is why a small box matters more than a cheap bag. You keep one box on the truck, reorder when it runs low, and nothing piles up.

Trucks and kitchens that park at breweries have a special case: most of their food gets carried away from the window. People take it to a table, then take the leftovers home. A bag with your logo is the only thing that tells the brewery crowd who made that food. If that's you, read our page on brewery food partner bags.

When you are ready for more

Once the test works, the full box is the better buy per bag. A one time box is 120 bags for $94, about 78.3¢ each. On a subscription the same box holds 150 bags for $85, about 56.7¢ each, with 100 stickers.

Busy trucks and stands that go through bags fast can take the two box bundle: 300 bags for $152 on a subscription, about 50.7¢ per bag. Every option has the same $0 setup fee and free shipping.

Start with one box. Order the next one when the first is almost empty. That is the whole plan.

Making 50 bags count

• Use them on your busiest day. A packed market morning or a Friday at the brewery puts the most bags in front of the most people.
• Give them to the people walking away. Customers who eat on the spot do not need a bag. The ones carrying food to the beach, the car or the next stall are your ads.
• Seal every bag with a sticker. It looks finished and keeps the top closed in the wind.
• Count what happens. Are people asking about you? Are regulars posting the bag? Did you sell out faster?

Then you know, for less than the price of a tent weight, whether your name on the bag is worth it. See the full printed kraft bags in San Diego overview, or check exact bag sizes and specs.