Tri-Star Packaging Launches PortaTray

The PortaTray grips cups and bottles to ensure stability even at a 45° tilt, reducing the risk of accidents and making it suitable for busy cafés and even drive-thrus.

3/23/2011 --- Tri-Star Packaging has launched the PortaTray, a revolutionary new flat-pack, pop-up drinks tray that takes up just half of the space of a traditional pulp tray.

Designed to take cups of most sizes and small bottles, the 4-cup sustainable kraftboard PortaTray splits easily into two 2-cup trays, making it the most versatile multi-drink tray available and eliminating the need for businesses to hold two different kinds of drinks tray in stock.

Safe and easy to use, the PortaTray can be ‘clicked up’ in seconds by staff and consumers, cutting service and queuing times by up to 25% and helping to guarantee a smooth flow of trade and satisfied customers.

The PortaTray grips cups and bottles to ensure stability even at a 45° tilt, reducing the risk of accidents and making it suitable for busy cafés and even drive-thrus. It can be branded on all four sides, which means it is ideal for communicating brand identities and sponsorships.

Kevin Curran, Managing Director of Tri-Star, said: “The PortaTray’s space-saving qualities mean logistics, handling and storage costs are reduced to the tune of 50%. By saving on inventory, space, waste and handling costs our customers are able, for the first time, to switch from pulp drinks trays without making a huge dent in their packaging spend.”

He added: “In addition, the PortaTray is manufactured in the UK, which translates to fewer transport miles, better service, greater flexibility and faster turn-around, which means it can be branded quickly and easily for any event.”

Besides offering excellent functional characteristics, the PortaTray also meets tough environmental standards. It is made from unbleached kraftboard sourced from sustainably managed forests and is re-usable, recyclable and biodegradable.

The PortaTray is arousing high levels of interest in the foodservice and event management sectors. Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium has already placed an order, and café and food-to-go chains including Greggs, AMT Coffee bars and Benugo are set to trial the concept in their outlets.