Bagasse Plates & Bowls Ireland: 7″–9″ Sizes & Wholesale Buying Guide

Caterers in Dublin, café kitchens in Cork and festival crews in Galway need plates that hold a hot main without feeling like a disposable afterthought. Bagasse — moulded sugarcane fibre — is the plain wholesale answer for open tableware: round plates for everyday mains, oval plates for longer dishes, and bowls when the menu is soup, salad or porridge rather than a flat plate.

This guide covers bagasse plates and bowls in Ireland as plain catering stock — 7″ and 9″ round plates, the 10.5 × 8″ oval plate, 9oz–32oz bagasse bowls, case packs, and how PrintNPack's Plates & Bowls range works with tiered pricing and delivery from Ashbourne. Hinged takeaway trays are a different category — see the bagasse meal boxes Ireland guide.

Why Irish kitchens buy plain bagasse plates by the case

Plain bagasse plates are warehouse stock: order by the case, no print proof, no brand MOQ. That suits Cork event caterers plating buffet mains and Ashbourne cafés that need a 7″ side plate beside a 9″ lunch plate before a Saturday rush. Branding can sit on napkins or carriers — the plate only has to hold food, travel from pass to table, and look tidy.

PrintNPack holds bagasse plates and bowls beside Greenspirit paper plates and pulp bowls in the same Plates & Bowls category. Orders ship nationwide; local buyers can collect from Ashbourne, Co. Meath. For a broader view of bulk catering lines, see our plain packaging wholesale Ireland guide. Compostable cups and cutlery context sits in the Greenspirit eco packaging Ireland overview.

Bagasse plate and bowl sizes at a glance

Start with the plate your menu uses most — often the 9″ round for mains — then add a 7″ for sides or desserts and the oval when dishes run long. Bowls cover wet and piled portions the flat plate cannot. Confirm the case count on each product page.

7″ and 9″ round bagasse plates

Everyday plated service often starts on the 9″ Bagasse Round Plate — 10 × 50 per case — for lunch mains, hot dinners and event catering across Dublin and nationwide. When the portion is smaller, the 7″ Bagasse Round Plate packs 20 × 50 per case, so you get more units on one Ashbourne order for sides, desserts and kids plates.

Cork delis and Galway cafés often run 9″ as the default main plate and keep 7″ for accompaniments so the pass stays consistent. Confirm the live case pack before you quote a multi-site restock — volume tiers reward more cases on the same SKU.

10.5 × 8″ oval bagasse plates

Longer plated dishes need a different footprint. The 10.5 × 8″ Bagasse Oval Plate ships 10 × 50 per case and suits fish, sharing starters and layouts that look cramped on a round 9″. Festival vans and hotel banqueting teams in Ireland often keep oval beside round so one delivery covers both shapes.

Oval is not a substitute for a meal box with a lid — if food must travel closed, use bagasse meal boxes or a bowl with a matching lid from another line. This oval plate is open tableware for plated service.

Bagasse bowls — 9oz, 12oz and 32oz

Bowls handle wet and piled food better than a flat plate. The 9oz Bagasse Bowl and 12oz White Bagasse Bowls both pack 20 × 50 per case for sides, soups and café bowl meals. Step up to the 32oz Bagasse Bowl (10 × 50 per case) for large salads and sharing portions.

Round kraft bowls with PET lids are a different PE kraft format for poke and noodle takeaway — covered in the round kraft bowls Ireland guide. Keep bagasse bowls when you want fibre tableware in the same compostable family as your plates.

Case packs and wholesale pricing

Round 7″ plates pack denser (20 × 50) than 9″ and oval (10 × 50). Bowl packs follow the same pattern — smaller 9oz/12oz at 20 × 50, 32oz at 10 × 50. All use four-tier volume pricing — more cases lower the price per case. There is no custom-print MOQ on these plain lines.

Always check the live tier table on each product in Plates & Bowls. We do not reprint one-off unit rates here because case tiering is how wholesale pricing works. A single-site café often starts on 1–3 cases of 9″ plates; multi-site caterers consolidate 7″, 9″ and oval into higher tiers on one Ashbourne order.

Bagasse plates vs paper plates vs meal boxes

Bagasse plates suit hot plated and buffet service where you want a stiffer fibre feel. Greenspirit paper plates in the same category — 6″, 7″ and 9″ White Greenspirit Paper Plates — pack in 100s and suit lighter cold or dry serves. Hinged bagasse meal boxes close for delivery; open plates do not.

Kraft food trays are another open format for chips and street food — see the kraft food trays Ireland guide. This article stays on bagasse plates and bowls only.

What to order alongside bagasse plates and bowls

• Bagasse meal boxes when takeaway needs a hinged lid
• Wooden cutlery — forks and knives beside plated fibreware
• Premium linen-feel napkins for hospitality tables
• Round kraft bowls when you need PE kraft bowls with PET lids for sealed takeaway

Pairing plates, bowls, cutlery and napkins on one dispatch keeps Dublin and nationwide kitchens stocked before weekend peaks and event weekends.

Delivery across Ireland from Ashbourne

PrintNPack is based in Ashbourne, Co. Meath — convenient for Dublin and Meath collections, with nationwide dispatch for Cork, Galway, Limerick and every other county. Plain bagasse plate and bowl orders move quickly because they are warehouse stock, not made-to-print jobs.

UK or Europe shipping is only confirmed case-by-case on request; this guide focuses on Irish wholesale delivery, which is the core service for these Plates & Bowls lines.

How to order bagasse plates and bowls in Ireland

1. List your busiest sizes — 9″ mains, 7″ sides, oval for longer dishes, or bowls for wet food
2. Decide plate vs bowl vs hinged meal box for each menu item
3. Note the case pack — 20 × 50 vs 10 × 50 — before estimating weekly burn
4. Add wooden cutlery, napkins or meal boxes if one delivery can cover the line
5. Order by the case on Plates & Bowls — watch the volume tiers
6. Take nationwide delivery or collect from Ashbourne, Co. Meath

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