Personalized Paper or Foam Cups
We are researching vendors and pricing to create our own personalized cups using custom art. Are any of you bX'ers particularly pleased with your vendor? Have someone to recommend -- or avoid? Please let us know.
Thanks, in advance, for any assistance!
Lisa and Richard Spicko
Owners, Zuma Coffee House
Birmingham, MI
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Kettyle on
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I'd be interested in this also. I've been picking up the catering gigs and have been thinking about using rubber stamps, ala EP.
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Permalink Reply by ryan mcdougall on
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I'm talking to dade paper right now. I'll let you know if they get me a good quote.
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Spicko on
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Thank you! I'll be interested in your findings!
ryan mcdougall said:I'm talking to dade paper right now. I'll let you know if they get me a good quote.
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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on
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Stamping your own cups is amazingly fast if you just develop a system. It takes about 1 minute to stamp a sleeve of cups, in my experience. If you have someone stamp cups for an hour or so, once a week, you should be all set for that week. No minimums, no set up fees. Just a rubber stamp. Hooray.
-bry
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Bryan, thanks for the tip. That may be the way to go!
Bryan Wray said:Stamping your own cups is amazingly fast if you just develop a system. It takes about 1 minute to stamp a sleeve of cups, in my experience. If you have someone stamp cups for an hour or so, once a week, you should be all set for that week. No minimums, no set up fees. Just a rubber stamp. Hooray.
-bry
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Oh... and if you're into it, buying four or five different stamps (quirky, weird, slightly off-color stamps usually go over best) can be a lot of fun.
I like Coava's to-go cups. Vertically stamping your company name on the seam? Whew... whew... I'd do it, but we'd just be copying them. And pretty obviously too, haha.
-bry
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Permalink Reply by Matt Swenson on
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I would recommend the stamp in a small operation. Its quick and very cost effective, adding nearly nothing to your COGS.
When ordering custom cups, you typically have to order 50-100 cases of each size if you want a hit a halfway reasonable price point. This sort of investment is usually too costly for most new single unit operators, for good reason. Obviously branding is very important, but not to the tune of $15-30k for cups if you are not fully established yet. If you are against the stamping and don't want to drop 5 digits, the more sound investment would be in custom sleeves. Most companies have 40 case minimums and run around 4-6 cents per sleeve. Going through 40 cases of one size fit all sleeves is much more reasonable than 150 cases of different sized cups. Storage is a pallet vs. full container load and the investment is also only $3k vs $15-30k.
I have used Lollicup and Solo in the past for cups and Java Jacket for sleeves. Britevision is also good with sleeves. All good companies.
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Thank you for the great, detailed information! We are going to look into the stamps as they could also give us not only the opportunity to create more visibility for our logo but also integrate some seasonal themes! Thanks again!
Matt Swenson said:I would recommend the stamp in a small operation. Its quick and very cost effective, adding nearly nothing to your COGS.
When ordering custom cups, you typically have to order 50-100 cases of each size if you want a hit a halfway reasonable price point. This sort of investment is usually too costly for most new single unit operators, for good reason. Obviously branding is very important, but not to the tune of $15-30k for cups if you are not fully established yet. If you are against the stamping and don't want to drop 5 digits, the more sound investment would be in custom sleeves. Most companies have 40 case minimums and run around 4-6 cents per sleeve. Going through 40 cases of one size fit all sleeves is much more reasonable than 150 cases of different sized cups. Storage is a pallet vs. full container load and the investment is also only $3k vs $15-30k.
I have used Lollicup and Solo in the past for cups and Java Jacket for sleeves. Britevision is also good with sleeves. All good companies.
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