Custom Printed Burger Wrap Paper

What Are Burger Wrap Paper?

Burger wrap paper is a square or near-square sheet of grease-resistant or dry wax paper that folds around a burger at the pass. The print sits on the outside face, so the bun only ever touches plain paper. It keeps the sandwich together in a bag or basket and keeps grease off the customer's hands.

Burger Wrap Paper Sizes

Standard sizes carry no cutting charge. Any other size is quoted on request; the deli paper size chart lists what each one wraps.

Burger wrap paper for counters that wrap to order

A burger leaves the flat top at full heat, gets dressed, and is wrapped within a minute. The paper has to take that heat, the cheese pull and the sauce without softening into a rag.

Printed burger wrap paper is what burger joints, drive-ins, sports bars and food trucks hand over the counter. It replaces a foil pouch or a plain sheet with something that carries the name of the place.

The first photo shows a yellow and red burger repeat on white stock, the second a red halftone pattern on kraft lining a takeout tray. Both are sample prints, not customer jobs, and both show how a repeat reads once the paper is folded or crumpled.

What size wrap closes a double burger?

A single on a four-inch bun closes in 10 x 10 with a diagonal fold and a tuck. Go up a size for anything stacked, because a short wrap pops open in the bag.

12 x 12 is the size most burger counters should run. It closes a double with cheese, bacon and a sauce layer, and it still has a tail to fold under.

12 x 15 handles a triple, a brisket burger on a brioche bun, or a burger plus a handful of fries wrapped together. Custom cuts are quoted if your bun is oversized.

Grease-resistant or dry wax under a hot patty?

Grease-resistant white is the right default for hot burgers. It has a firmer fold than dry wax, holds its crease, and hides grease spots so the outside looks clean on the tray.

Grease-resistant kraft does the same job in a tan, matte finish. Sauce and char show less on kraft than on white, which suits smash burgers and barbecue sandwiches.

Dry wax works for burgers that are built, then held cold or warm, like a kids' meal slider or a pre-made lunch. Dry wax suits cold and warm holds only; keep it out of the oven and microwave, and expect a fresh fried patty to mark it.

If you run white ink or a dark single color, kraft gives the strongest look. If your brand color needs a tight Pantone match or full color, print on white. More on each stock in the guide to deli paper stocks.

Where the logo lands after a diagonal fold

Watch someone wrap a burger. The sheet goes down at an angle, two corners meet over the top, the ends fold under. Whatever was in the center is now on the bottom.

That is why burger wrap paper should carry a repeat. A pattern tiled every few inches puts your mark on the top, the sides and the bottom whatever the fold.

A corner mark can work if your crew wraps the same way every time and leaves that corner on top. For most counters, a repeat is safer.

• Small repeat, every 2 to 3 inches: shows on every face, reads busy up close
• Large repeat, every 5 to 6 inches: bolder logo, a few faces may show only pattern edges
• Diagonal repeat: lines up with the way the sheet is folded, looks intentional on top

Ink colors that read on a wrapped burger

One dark color on white or kraft is the cleanest choice. Red, black, navy and forest green all hold a sharp edge on grease-resistant stock.

Yellows and light oranges work as a second color behind a dark outline, as in the first photo, but they wash out on their own on kraft.

White ink on kraft looks sharp and modern, but keep it to a simple wordmark; thin white script fills in on absorbent paper. The proof thickens fine lines so they survive the press.

All inks are food-safe soy and water-based, printed on the outside face only. Send a Pantone number or a printed sample and we match it on the stock you choose.

Why does a wrapped burger go soggy in the bag?

Steam. A hot burger wrapped tight and dropped in a closed bag releases water that has nowhere to go, so the bun softens from the bottom up.

The fix is in the wrap, not the paper. Leave the final tuck loose, or leave the top open in the bag, and the steam escapes while the paper still catches the grease.

Fries steam in a closed bag the same way. If they ride with the burger, wrap them in their own sheet so the burger paper does not soak from both sides.

In a basket, the same sheet opened flat works as a liner, and the grease-resistant face keeps the plastic basket clean for the next table.

Cases, counts and keeping the line stocked

Burger wrap ships flat in reams inside cartons. Flat sheets pull faster than a roll at the pass and do not curl once they are out of the box.

A print run is at least 1,000 sheets of one design. Busy counters go through that in days, so most order several thousand of one size and keep the design on file for the next run.

• Store cartons flat, dry and away from the fryer hood
• Put the reorder date on the last carton when you open it
• Keep the same stock on reorder so the color matches the last batch

Wrapping habits that waste burger paper

Paper gets wasted at the station more often than it gets wasted in ordering. A few habits fix most of it.

1. Using two sheets because the first was a size too small; move up to 12 x 12 instead.
2. Wrapping fries and burger in one sheet so both go limp; give fries their own paper.
3. Pulling sheets from a torn ream so half of them crease; keep reams in the carton until needed.
4. Running dry wax for hot patties and throwing out the grease-marked ones; switch to grease-resistant.
5. Ordering a centered logo and losing it under every burger; switch to a repeat.

From menu photo to approved burger wrap

Misprints or damage reported with photos within 10 days are reprinted or refunded. To see how a logo sits on a real sheet first, open the Design Your Deli Paper page and place your logo on the stock you are considering.

1. Tell us the stock, size, number of colors and sheet count. A photo of your current wrap or your menu board is enough to start.
2. The burger wrap quote comes back in writing by the next business day.
3. We send a free PDF proof showing your mark on the sheet. Ask for changes until it is right; they cost nothing.
4. Approve the proof in writing and production starts, taking 4 to 6 business days.
5. Free tracked delivery to your US address follows in 2 to 3 business days, with an invoice to pay after approval.