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Carry handle box sizes
A carry handle box is a takeaway box cut from one piece of board that folds shut without glue. The two halves of the roof each end in a half-round handle, and two long straps from the side walls fold over the roof and slip onto the handles to lock it. Bakeries and takeaways use it for a meal, pastries or a small cake. You may also see it called a lunch box with a handle or a barn box.
Typical sizes
| Box | Length × width × height | Dieline |
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| Small lunch | 225 × 127 × 89 mm 8.9 × 5.0 × 3.5 |
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| Long meal box | 241 × 127 × 127 mm 9.5 × 5.0 × 5.0 |
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| Meal box | 225 × 127 × 171 mm 8.9 × 5.0 × 6.7 |
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| Large carry box | 229 × 178 × 127 mm 9.0 × 7.0 × 5.0 |
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| Lunch box | 250 × 150 × 100 mm 9.8 × 5.9 × 3.9 |
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Sizes that takeaway boxes with a handle are sold in, not a standard. Length and width are the bottom of the box.
Picking a size
This box is made to order, so the table is only a place to start. Fit it to your product:
- Length and width: the bottom of the box. Set your food or its tray down, measure it, and add 10–15 mm each way so it goes in easily.
- Height: the tallest thing inside plus about 10 mm. The handle stands above that.
The side walls lean in, so the top is a fifth shorter than the bottom: a 250 mm box is 200 mm long at the roof. If your product is as long at the top as at the bottom (a loaf, a boxed cake), size the box by its top.
A good place to start is 250 × 150 × 100 mm, enough for a meal for one or four pastries.
How to measure
- Length: the long side of the bottom, the way the handle runs.
- Width: the short side of the bottom, front to back. It can't be more than the length.
- Height: from the bottom to the roof, straight up, without the handle.
Which board?
Food boxes of this kind are cut from paperboard of 250–350 g/m² (about 0.35–0.5 mm). The whole weight hangs on the two handles and the straps, so use the heavier board for anything over a few hundred grams, and fold a paper mockup at full size before you order.