Food Storage Container: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.43 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.30 at volume, on a typical 25-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 | $1.43 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $1.00 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.80 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.60 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.45 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.30 |
What moves the price
For food storage container, the drivers are material, capacity, lid style, airtight seal, microwave/freezer safety, stackability, custom print, compartments — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published wholesale listings show low-cost plastic and meal-prep containers around $0.50-$1.50/unit at MOQ-level volumes, while branded retail-like wholesale listings for airtight containers are closer to $3-$7/unit; a mid-range custom-printed OEM spec typically prices between those extremes depending on material, lid/seal quality, and packaging. The biggest price movers are material (PP/PET vs. stainless or glass), airtight gasket/latch complexity, compartment count, and whether printing is one-color pad print or full custom decoration. Realistic supplier routes are US-facing wholesale/distributor channels for smaller orders and China/OEM marketplaces for the 5,000+ tier, with landed-equivalent pricing usually improving materially at higher volumes
Paying more than the median?
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