What a french fries box is for
The fries box is the scoop a portion comes in: walls that flare outward so the fries fan open at the top and a customer can pull one out without reaching in. That flare is the design, not decoration — a straight-sided box the same volume is harder to eat from and looks half empty.
Because it stands upright on a tray and is seen from above and from the front, the top third of each wall carries the brand. Anything printed low is hidden by the fries themselves within seconds. The flare also means your artwork is drawn on a shape wider at the top than the bottom, so a straight horizontal band will read as a curve once the box is up.
Grease is the whole engineering problem. A greaseproof or coated board keeps the print from going translucent and stops the box softening under hot fries. Burger counters, fish and chip shops, fried chicken outlets and stadium kiosks are the buyers, usually in two or three portion sizes on the same artwork.
The ink decision matters more here than the shape. A single colour on unbleached kraft costs a fraction of full colour on white-lined board and reads as deliberate rather than cheap, which suits fries better than most products; full colour earns its money only if the design is doing something a flat mark cannot. Decide that before drawing, because the two briefs are not the same drawing.
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