How to Use Square Plastic Containers in Your Business

Similar to other kinds of plastic containers, square plastic containers are common tools for storage, display, and collection purposes.

However, just because they're common doesn't mean every business owner necessarily knows how to best use them. Below are five ideas to help you gets started using square plastic containers in your business.

1. Use Square Plastic Containers to Give Back to Your Customers

These containers are excellent display tools for complimentary items such as breath mints, toothpicks, and hand wipes, as well as meal extras like packets of condiments and sugar and sweeteners.

Of course, depending on your establishment, there are plenty of other complimentary items you can display in these containers. For example, if you manage a hotel or motel, you might want to use these containers in your individual rooms to hold travel-sized hygiene products and single-serve packets of coffee, stir sticks, and packets of cream and sugar.

2. Use Square Plastic Containers to Store and Display Food

You don’t have to manage a restaurant to need these acrylic food-grade containers to store and display food. Many kinds of businesses – from convenience stores and gas stations to candy stores and hotel dining areas – use these containers to store and display food items.

NOTE: If you plan to display unwrapped food items – whether they’re unwrapped gumballs or candies or freshly baked brownies or cupcakes – make sure you choose containers with appropriate tools and accessories. For example, you can find square plastic containers with lids to help keep your food fresh, as well as with handles or handgrips to help your customers pour the amount of product they want. You can also add additional accessories like plastic or aluminum tongs or scoops to further help your customers conveniently access the food while still keeping it safe from contamination.

3. Use Square Plastic Containers to Let Your Customers Show Appreciation

Not every customer says, “Keep the change,” and these containers are excellent tools for collecting tips from your customers. You can situate them on the individual tables within your restaurant or situate them within certain area’s of your bar’s countertop. If you manage an establishment similar to a “fast food” restaurant, or the bulk of the employee and customer interaction takes place near the establishment’s checkout counter, consider placing the tip container near the checkout register.

4. Use Square Plastic Containers to Show Your Customers Your Appreciation

Many businesses hold drawings or raffles for prizes or free merchandise, as well as collect customers’ business cards or contact information to notify them about any specials or discounts currently going on.

If your business regularly does things like this – or, you’re interested in starting – consider using square plastic containers to collect the tickets, cards, or information from your customers. As with containers you use to collect tips, you can place these containers anywhere from your checkout countertop to individual tables and on your bar’s counter.

5. Use Square Plastic Containers for Behind-the-Scenes Storage

You might want to purchase new containers or you might want to retire old containers and move them from the front of your business to the back. Whatever you choose to do, know that these containers are good for more than just offering food or complimentary items to your customers or collecting tips, business cards, or raffle tickets!

These containers have plenty of storage perks, whether you choose to use them under your counter, in your stockroom, in your kitchen, or in your office. For example, if you manage a restaurant, you might use these containers to store extra packets of condiments or baggies of plastic utensils. If you operate a retail store, you might use these containers to organize sales tickets, price tags, or small display-related tools like hooks and tacks for signs. You can even use these containers to hold damaged items that need to be returned to your corporate office or the manufacturer. The possibilities seem endless!