Start with 50 bags. Not 500.

Why big minimums hurt small restaurants

Here's how custom bags usually work. You find a printer, you send your logo, and they tell you the smallest run is 250 bags. Or 500. Or a few thousand. Then they add a setup fee on top.

For a restaurant doing 40 takeout orders a day, 500 bags is two weeks of stock you have to pay for up front, store somewhere, and hope you like. If the logo prints too small, or the color looks muddy on brown paper, you're stuck with all of them.

That's why most small spots never print their bags at all. Not because they don't want to. Because the first order is too big a bet.

What you get for $28

The Kraft Discovery Box is our answer to that. It's the smallest order we offer, and it's built to be a test, not a commitment.

• 50 heavy duty kraft bags with your logo printed on the front.
• 50 food tamper-evident stickers to seal delivery orders.
• $0 setup fee. Printers we've seen charge $150+ just to get a logo ready.
• Free shipping, arriving 3 to 4 days after it ships.

The price is $28, down from $42. That works out to the cost of a couple of lunch specials to find out how your brand looks walking out the door.

How to use 50 bags as a real test

Fifty bags goes fast, so make every one count. Here's a simple way to run it:

• Pick your busiest night. Friday dinner or Sunday brunch. You want the bags in as many hands as possible.
• Use them for pickup orders first. Pickup customers carry the bag out your door and down the street, where people see it.
• Seal delivery bags with the stickers. Drivers and customers both notice a sealed bag.
• Watch what people do. Do they take photos? Does anyone ask where the food came from? Do your regulars say something?

By the end of the night you'll know if your logo reads well on kraft, and if the bag holds your heaviest orders. Each one carries 22 lb by the handles.

What happens after the test

If you like what you see, the full box is where the price drops. With Subscribe & Save you get 150 bags for $85, which is 56.7¢ a bag, plus 100 stickers. That's 100 bags you pay for and 50 on us.

You pick how often a box shows up, and you can skip or cancel anytime. No contract, no pallet of bags taking over your storage room.

Test with 50. Switch to a box when you're sure. Never buy more bags than you need.

Why we keep the minimum this low

I've worked in restaurant supplies for almost 10 years. Over and over I watched independent owners get told no, because their order was too small for the big suppliers to care about.

Supply Access exists for those owners. A low minimum is how we prove the bag is worth it before you hand us a bigger order. If it isn't, you're out $28, not hundreds.