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Foam Cup: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.37 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.09 at volume, on a typical 21-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.37 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.34 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.30 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.24 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.16 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.09 |
What moves the price
For foam cup, the drivers are capacity, paper weight, PE or PLA lining, print colors, lid compatibility, freezer resistance, paperboard grade, coating — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing custom foam-cup pricing starts around $0.32–$0.40 each at low promotional MOQs, with larger runs commonly dropping into the teens of cents, and generic wholesale foam cups on office-supply and foodservice sites showing roughly $0.03–$0.18 per cup depending on size and pack format. The biggest price drivers are cup size/weight, print coverage and number of colors, whether the cup is stock or custom-molded, and add-ons like lid fit or reinforced rims; higher MOQs and import/landed-equivalent sourcing usually move the unit cost down the fastest. Realistic routes are US promo suppliers for 500–10k units, foodservice wholesalers for plain or lightly branded stock cups, and Alibaba/import channels for 10k+ where custom decoration and freight determine the landed price.
Paying more than the median?
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