Panaderia bags with your logo. For the tray that goes home every morning.

The morning ritual that ends in a bag

Walk into a panaderia anywhere from Barrio Logan to Chula Vista to Escondido and it works the same way. A metal tray and a pair of tongs by the door. Glass cases of conchas, cuernos, orejas, marranitos, bolillos and pink frosted polvorones. You pick what you want, you hand the tray over, and someone at the counter fills a bag.

That bag is the last thing your customer touches in your shop and the first thing their family sees at home. On Sunday mornings it sits on the kitchen table next to the coffee for an hour. It is the cheapest sign you will ever buy.

Why pan dulce needs a flat bottom

A thin bag with a narrow fold at the bottom squeezes everything into a pile. Conchas lose their sugar shell, cuernos break, and the bolillos crush the soft stuff below them.

Our bag opens to a square floor 12″ wide and 7″ deep, so the bread sits in a layer instead of a heap. Put the bolillos and teleras on the bottom, the conchas on top, and cookies in a small paper sleeve along the side. The bag is 14″ tall, so a dozen pieces fit without pressing on the top layer.

The paper is 110 GSM kraft. It lets a little steam out of warm bread instead of trapping it, so the crust stays closer to how it left your oven.

Big orders: parties, rosca and the office box

Some days the order is three dozen pieces for a baptism, a quinceañera brunch or a Friday at the office. In January, a rosca de reyes can be the biggest thing on the counter. Those orders are heavy and wide.

Our bag carries up to 22 lb, with flat paper handles taped inside. A flat pink box slides in on the square bottom and the bag stays standing on the car seat. Seal the top with one of the food tamper-evident stickers and the order stays closed until the party.

Making a bakery logo work on kraft

Panaderia logos are often bright: pink, yellow, sky blue, like the frosting in the case. Those colors look soft on brown kraft. They pop on the bright white bag. If you want brown kraft, add a dark outline or a dark version of your name so it reads from across the table.

• Name first: big and clear, so a party guest can read it from the other side of the room.
• One picture, bold lines: a concha, a wheat stalk or an oven, drawn simply.
• Hours or phone: people buy pan dulce on impulse, so make it easy to find you again.

The print area is 12 × 14 in on the front, full bleed. Setup is $0, while other printers ask $150+.

What it costs a small bakery

A panaderia lives on small tickets, so the bag has to be cheap. A full box on Subscribe and Save is $85 for 150 bags, 56.7¢ each. The two box bundle comes to 50.7¢ a bag. Shipping is free.

If you are not sure yet, start with the Kraft Discovery Box: 50 bags with your logo. See how the bread looks in them before you commit. Our low minimum page explains how to use it as a test, and the San Diego printed kraft bags home page has everything else.