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OrderingHow Many Donut Boxes Should You Order?
Ordering too few donut boxes means a mid-week scramble for plain stock-outs; ordering too many ties up cash in a back room. The good news is that donut box quantity math is simple once you know your weekly sell-through.
Start with your average daily dozen-equivalent sales, multiply by the weeks of buffer you want on hand, and round up to your style’s minimum order quantity.
The basic formula
Take your average number of boxed sales per day (Full-Dozen, Half-Dozen, and Mini combined, converted to a common unit), multiply by 30 for a month of coverage, and add 15–20% for a holiday or weekend spike. Most single-location shops land comfortably inside our 250-box minimum for a first order.
| Shop size | Typical monthly boxes | Suggested first order |
|---|---|---|
| New single location | 150–400 | 250 (minimum) |
| Established single location | 500–1,200 | 1,000–1,500 |
| 2–5 location group | 2,000–6,000 | 3,000–5,000 |
| Franchise / wholesale | 10,000+ | 10,000–25,000 |
Account for seasonality
Holiday weeks (back-to-school, winter holidays, Valentine’s Day) can double normal box volume for a week or two. Rather than over-ordering for the whole quarter, place a standing order sized for your normal weeks and a smaller top-up order two to three weeks ahead of a known spike — well within our standard lead time.
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