Bowl: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.056 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.03 at volume, on a typical 30-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point, not a binding quote. Your spec and quantity set the final price.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.056 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.045 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.039 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.036 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.034 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.03 |
What moves the price
For bowl, the drivers are capacity, material, lid compatibility, temperature rating, clarity — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published wholesale quotes for 16 oz bowls cluster around $0.042/unit FOB Xiamen for a 500 ml kraft paper bowl and around $0.03–$0.07/unit for 16 oz kraft paper bowl runs at 500-piece batches, with made-in-China listings dropping to about $0.029 at 30,000-piece MOQs. Price is mainly driven by material stack (kraft paper with PE/PLA versus molded fiber versus PP plastic), lid compatibility, and whether the quote includes printing, coating, or full-carton mix assumptions. Realistic supplier routes are Chinese packaging factories/marketplaces for custom-printed import pricing, or US foodservice distributors for much higher stocked-case pricing rather than true custom-manufactured unit economics
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder bowl regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.
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