Custom PDQ Trays
Custom PDQ trays (Pretty Darn Quick trays) are lightweight, ready-to-display packaging solutions designed for easy product presentation in retail spaces. Ideal for countertop or shelf displays, they combine product containment with built-in branding, making restocking and merchandising fast and efficient. Perfect for small, fast-moving items like snacks, cosmetics, or accessories.
Light weight
Easy to assemble
Recyclable material
Flat packed for shipping
Free diecut template to creat artwork
Custom PDQ Trays | Ready-to-Display Packaging for Retail Shelf & Counter
Product Overview
Our custom PDQ trays (Pretty Darn Quick trays) are compact, lightweight, and retail-ready display packaging solutions designed to streamline product presentation and boost on-shelf visibility. These trays are ideal for small, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), offering both containment and promotion in one simple, easy-to-stock unit.
Manufactured from high-strength corrugated cardboard or rigid paperboard, custom PDQ display trays come pre-packed or flat-shipped, making them perfect for fast setup in retail stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, and trade promotions. With eye-catching branding and custom dimensions, these trays help products stand out, increase impulse buys, and improve retail efficiency.
Core Features & Selling Points
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✅ Retail-Ready Efficiency: Designed for direct shelf placement—no unpacking or extra handling needed.
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✅ Custom Branding: Add your logo, product info, and graphics for strong shelf impact and brand recall.
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✅ Lightweight & Durable: Constructed from eco-friendly yet sturdy cardboard to support product weight.
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✅ Space-Saving Format: Optimized for countertop and shelf display without taking up excess space.
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✅ Cost-Effective Promotion: Ideal for seasonal sales, product launches, or in-store promotions.
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✅ Eco-Conscious Materials: Recyclable and biodegradable materials to support your sustainability goals.
Application Scenarios
Custom PDQ trays are perfect for a wide range of industries and retail formats, including:
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Supermarkets & Grocery Chains: Display snacks, candy, chewing gum, sachets, or health supplements.
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Pharmacies & Beauty Stores: Showcase cosmetics, small bottles, samples, and hygiene products.
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Convenience Stores & Gas Stations: Position impulse buys near checkout counters for increased sales.
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Trade Shows & Sampling Events: Ideal for handing out small packaged products in a branded format.
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Gift Shops & Specialty Retailers: Highlight seasonal goods, gift items, or promotional packs.
Customization Options
Create a unique, branded PDQ tray tailored to your product and retail needs:
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Tray Styles: Open-top tray, tray with removable cover, front cut-out tray, divided tray with compartments
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Material Choices: Corrugated cardboard (B-flute, E-flute), kraft paperboard, SBS (solid bleached sulfate)
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Printing Options: Full-color CMYK, Pantone spot colors, UV printing, water-based inks
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Finishes: Gloss, matte, soft-touch lamination, anti-scratch coating
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Additional Features: Perforated tear-away covers, custom inserts, die-cut windows, QR codes, display headers
Technical Specifications
| Feature | Specification |
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| Material | Corrugated cardboard, paperboard, kraft or white linerboard |
| Dimensions | Fully customizable to fit your product SKU |
| Load Capacity | 3–10 kg depending on size and material |
| Printing Options | CMYK offset, digital, UV, or Pantone matching |
| Finishing | Gloss/matte lamination, UV spot coating, soft-touch options |
| Packaging Style | Flat-packed or pre-filled with product |
| MOQ | 300 units per design |
| Lead Time | 7–12 business days depending on order volume |
CCNB
One side coated and grey colour on another side, eco-friendly, fully recycled.
Corrugated
Normally glue with CCNB to make custom folding carton or cardboard display stand to make custom packaging stronger.
Super corrugated
Specially for heavy loading cardboard display stand, such as beverage, drink ect.
Metal Bar
Sometimes steel pipes is needed under each layer of the cardboard display rack so that they can bear a heavy loading weight, such as beverages.
Get your artwork files ready for submission by following our Artwork Guidelines and the details provided below. Need assistance with your artwork? We’re here to help! Take advantage of our free design support and mockups to ensure your final product matches your vision perfectly. Just reach out to our packaging experts!
Cut Lines
Indicate the exact path where the packaging will be cut to its final size. These lines are usually solid and are used to trim the material.
Fold Lines (Crease Lines)
Mark where the material will be folded. These lines are often dashed or dotted, guiding where the cardboard or paper will be bent to form the box.
Perforation Lines
These are dotted lines that define where small holes are punched into the material. Perforation lines allow for easy tearing, which is often used for coupons, product access points, or removable parts.
Bleed Area
This is the area extending beyond the cut lines where the artwork or design elements are placed to ensure that there are no white edges when the packaging is cut. Artwork is extended into the bleed area to avoid unwanted gaps in the final product.
Safety Margin
A buffer zone inside the cut lines where no critical text or artwork should be placed. This ensures that important elements aren't cut off during the trimming process.
Registration Marks
Small marks outside the cut lines used to help align the printing plates and ensure colors are printed accurately and consistently.
Get Your Custom Packaging Box Style
Check out our selection of curated retail packaging boxes to find the perfect solution for your business. no matter you need folding carton, rigid box or corrugated box style,you can get all different custom packaging boxes style from Colorfulpack. If you have any questions while browsing our custom box options, our team is ready to assist you.
Get a Quote
Show us the packaging box style you like and tell us the specifications of the custom packaging box you need, such as dimensions, quantity, color printing, surface finishing ect. it would be great if we can have your artwork to check and quote.
Dieline and Artwork
When quotation accepted, we will send you diecut line to prepare your artwork for your custom packaging,make sure the artwork is correct before printing. you can check our artwork guideline before creating your artwork.
Sample Production
After we get your sample payment and artwork, we will start to make your custom packaging box, normally it will take around 7business days to finish it, and we will send it you by express such as Fedex, UPS, DHL ect.
Bulk Order Production
When you get your custom packaging sample, you check the sample by yourself. we will proceed with bulk production when we have your confirmation. any modifications can be made before bulk production, you can tell us if any modifications at this stage.
Shipping
We will deliver your custom packaging boxes to the designated location, you can also ask your freight forwarder to pick up the goods from us.
Need A Retail-Ready Display That Moves Products Fast?
Our custom PDQ trays are the ideal solution for eye-catching, efficient, and cost-effective shelf displays. Let’s bring your product to life at retail—beautifully and strategically.
