Custom Packaging
in Austin
Austin is a launchpad for consumer brands. Its mix of tech companies, music and festival culture, a big food truck scene and a steady stream of DTC startups means a lot of packaging is for launches, festival merch and subscription boxes.
Delivery to Austin
Packaging for Austin businesses
Many Austin food brands start as cottage food operations at home and grow into grocery, so labels that meet Texas cottage food rules, and later retail-ready cartons, are common requests.
Austin's grocery scene, led by a Texas chain famous for stocking local brands, gives many food startups their first retail shelf. Moving from farmers' market labels to a printed carton that meets retailer specifications is one of the most common steps we help Austin brands with.
DTC and tech brands
Startups need printed mailers, subscription boxes and launch kits, often in short runs.
Food trucks and food brands
Food trucks, coffee shops and snack brands need takeout boxes, coffee boxes and retail cartons.
Music, festivals and merch
Artists, venues and festivals need apparel boxes, merch mailers and stickers.
Packaging rules to know in Austin
Texas cottage food labelling
Home-based food businesses in Texas must label products with the operation's name, product name, major allergens and a statement that the food was made in a home kitchen not inspected by a health department (or a DSHS registration number in place of a home address). Check the current wording before printing.
Source: Texas A&M AgriLife: Selling food at home (Texas Cottage Food Law)No local bag bans in Texas
In 2018 the Texas Supreme Court held that Laredo's bag ban was preempted by the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act, so Texas cities cannot ban checkout bags. Bag choice is a branding and cost decision rather than a legal one.
Source: Route Fifty: Texas Supreme Court strikes down Laredo bag banRules change: confirm current requirements before you print.
Tips for Austin orders
- Plan festival merch packaging months ahead; festival weeks are the busiest shipping periods.
- Start with a cottage food label, then move to a printed retail carton when you enter grocery.
- Short launch runs are cheaper with a plain box and a printed sleeve or sticker.
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