The souvenir
A Nigerian wedding gives every guest a souvenir, and the souvenir company that packs it buys by the carton: chocolate dragées in milk and dark, sugared almonds in the couple’s colours, mini bars and mini tablets, and Turkish delight in a small printed box for the guest who does not eat chocolate. The company packs under its own name, and the pouch, the box or the wrapper can be printed under its brand on selected lines. The dragée page lists the colours; the origin article tells the almond’s story. The souvenir company usually orders by the event calendar, the wedding season first and Christmas second, and keeps the two staple colours, white and gold, in stock between them.
The party pack
Children’s parties, church programmes and school events run on the party pack: wrapped sweets, jellies, chocolate pebbles and mushrooms, small dragées in bright shells, portioned by hand into bags by a packer who buys loose cartons from the wholesaler. The pieces must survive the scoop and the bag in a warm room; a polished shell does. The confectionery page lists the lines; wrapped or loose is stated per line in the offer.
What the packer asks first
Colour and finish, because the souvenir is seen before it is tasted. Wrapped or loose. Shelf life on the data sheet, because the wedding is booked months ahead and the room is warm. Halal, for the north, answered per line by our certificate. And the carton: one product, one colour, a case weight a packer can carry. Price per piece is the last question, because the souvenir is budgeted per guest. All of it is stated per line in the offer.
The route
Sugared almonds, wrapped sweets and jellies travel dry to Lagos; chocolate dragées, minis and boxes travel in a reefer year round, because the container crosses the tropics, and the importer stores them cold. Both share one container, dry pallets and cold pallets as the offer states, and a souvenir order is timed to the wedding season, so the reefer and the dry pallets are booked together.
What to send first
The colours and the finish, the quantity per colour, wrapped or loose, the port, and whether the pack carries your brand. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars, with the registration documents named per line. The Nigeria page lists what stays the same on every offer; the Nigerian private label page lists the formats.
Do you sell souvenirs to couples directly?
The unit of sale is one full container; couples buy from the souvenir companies and wholesalers we quote.
Can we order dragées in one colour?
Yes. Cartons are packed by colour; mixes are also available. The colours per line are in the offer.
Will chocolate dragées survive a Nigerian wedding hall?
Polished shells hold up best, and the importer stores the cartons cold until the day; the offer states which lines are compound-coated and tolerate heat better.
