A tray, not a retail box
The Moroccan wedding and naming-day trade dresses trays. The sugared almond and the chocolate dragée arrive at the shop in bulk and are arranged, boxed and ribboned locally, which is why the format that moves is the kilo carton rather than the printed retail box.
That single fact changes what a sensible quotation looks like: the numbers that matter are the case weight, the pieces per kilo and the minimum per colour, not the design of a sleeve that will be thrown away.
Colour is a production run
This is the question that separates a smooth order from a stalled one: each colour is a run. A mixed carton comes off a different process from five single-colour cartons, and the minimum counts per colour and per line, not against the order total.
The Moroccan trade asks above all for whites, ivories, golds and pastels, with the occasional deep colour for a themed table. Deciding the palette before asking for a price is worth doing, because the answer moves with it.
What sits beside the almond
The classic sugared almond is the centre of the tray, but it rarely travels alone. Chocolate-coated almonds and hazelnuts, pistachio centres, fruit and cereal centres and small wrapped chocolates fill the rest, and the pastry trade takes bulk chocolate and coated nuts for its own trays.
The dragée page lists the groups; the offer adds the case weight and the pieces per carton for each line.
Sugar shell or chocolate inside
It matters for the shipment, not just the taste. The classic sugar-shelled almond travels dry. A dragée with a chocolate coating travels with the chocolate lines and is quoted in a reefer for the warm months.
A mixed container carries both, so the proportion between them is worth setting deliberately: it decides how much of the shipment pays reefer freight.
Who is on the other end
Three buyers, and they do not order alike. The pastry shop and the chocolatier that dress trays themselves buy bulk cartons by colour. The wholesaler that supplies shops and gift stores buys by the pallet and wants the case weight in front of him. The gift house that assembles boxes for weddings and corporate orders buys smaller quantities of many colours at once.
The unit of sale from our side stays one full container, mixed across as many lines as you like. The shop that fills a container is quoted as an importer; the smaller shop takes its cartons from the importer who brings it in.
Seasons and lead time
The wedding season and the religious calendar concentrate demand, and production time counts from the deposit and the approved artwork. A carton that has to be on the shelf for a season leaves Gaziantep well before it, and the lead time per line is stated in the offer.
What to send
The colours, the format, the quantity you have in mind and the port. The offer states the minimum per colour and the case weight per line.
The references from the chocolate page, the dragée page and the Turkish delight page, the quantity per line, the port, Casablanca or Tanger Med, and whether any line carries your own brand. The written offer follows within two working days and the label content prepared in Arabic or French; the samples page explains how to taste the lines first.
Is the minimum per order or per colour?
Per colour and per line, because each colour is a production run. The figure is stated in the offer.
Do you supply printed retail boxes?
On selected lines, yes. But the Moroccan trade mostly boxes locally, so the format that usually ships is the bulk kilo carton.
Do dragées need a reefer?
The classic sugar-shelled almond travels dry. Chocolate-coated dragées travel with the chocolate lines and are quoted in a reefer for the warm months.
