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Takeout containers were once an afterthought for restaurants. Now they’re essential — and expensive

To-go boxes were once just a minor line-item for restaurants. Now they’re a lifeline.

Shifting to takeout during the pandemic has forced food operators to do far more thinking about to-go packaging than many ever imagined.

Today chefs pore over catalogs for paper goods the same way they examine ingredients. Because when you deconstruct the dining experience, it’s things like packaging that can leave consumers with a bad taste in their mouths (literally, some fear). And with that comes a whole host of hospitality dilemmas: Will the integrity of the dish stay true? Will the food stay hot? Will the sauce seep out? And what impact will all of this packaging have on the planet?
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