How Much Custom Deli Paper Should You Order?

Custom deli paper is cheap per sheet but ordered in the thousands, so the real question is how many sheets your kitchen actually burns in a week. Here is the counting method and the order sizes that keep your cost per sheet at the bottom of the price curve.

Count sheets per service, not per day

Walk one lunch rush and count every use: basket liners, sandwich wraps, tray liners, scale sheets, and the ones torn off and thrown away. Multiply by your services per week. Most single-location delis land between 1,500 and 4,000 sheets a week; food trucks usually run 800–2,000.

Order tiers that make sense

Printed deli paper prices fall steeply with volume because plate setup is a fixed cost — the same artwork on a 50,000-sheet run can cost half as much per sheet as a 10,000-sheet run.

Storage is the easy part

A case of 5,000 flat sheets is about the size of a copy-paper box and stores dry at room temperature indefinitely, so ordering deep carries little risk. Just keep cases off the floor and away from the fryer line’s grease mist.

Time the reorder to the lead time

Custom runs take about two weeks to produce and ship. Reorder when you open your last month of stock and you will never have to serve on plain white paper while the branded run is on a truck.

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Greaseproof vs. Kraft Deli Paper: Picking the Right Sheet

The sheet under the sandwich does more work than most owners realize: it controls grease, keeps baskets clean, and carries your logo onto every table and Instagram photo. Here is how greaseproof and natural kraft compare, and which menu items call for which.

What each paper is

Greaseproof paper is treated so oil cannot soak through — the sheet stays crisp and the print stays sharp under fried food. Natural kraft is untreated brown paper: rustic, compostable-looking, and cheaper, but it absorbs grease and darkens where hot food sits.

Match the paper to the menu

Print and food-safety notes

Both papers take custom printing with food-safe inks. On white greaseproof, colors reproduce brightest; on kraft, dark single-color prints (black, deep red, forest green) look best and hide grease shadows. Every sheet we print is FDA-compliant for direct food contact.

The practical answer for most kitchens

If your menu leans fried or hot, run greaseproof as your main sheet and keep kraft for bakery and cold items. If you are cost-driven and mostly cold, flip it. Many shops split an order across both papers with the same artwork — the brand stays consistent and each item gets the right sheet.

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