Reusable Produce Packaging for a Smarter Supply Chain
Unlike flimsy cardboard that contributes to waste, our RPCs are built to withstand vibration and load shifting. This durability reduces damage, ensuring your produce arrives in optimal condition. See how much you can save by switching to Tosca reusables now.
Strengthening the fresh produce supply chain, farm to shelf
Fresh produce goes through repeated handling from harvest to cooling, transportation, distribution, and the retail shelf. At every handoff, packaging has to withstand stacking, movement, and temperature changes while protecting products that tend to bruise, or spoil easily.
Corrugated packaging can lose its strength when exposed to moisture or heavy loads; increasing the risk of damage and unstable stacks. Tosca reusable plastic crates are designed to maintain their shape and strength throughout the journey. They are 4x stronger than corrugated, with smooth interior walls that help protect delicate fruits and vegetables from scuffs, cuts, and bruising.
Additionally, Tosca’s ventilated produce crates can cool products up to 6x faster than corrugated. Its standardized dimensions, interlocking designs and stable loads make products easier to stack, transport, store, and handle in automated environments.
Durable, efficient, and cleaner reusable bulk bins
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Space-saving stack-ability
More than doubles storage capacity.
Lower transport costs
182 foldable bins per truck vs. 26 rigid bins.
Integrated pallet solution
No wood pallets or extra packing is needed.
Boosts labor efficiency
No assembly or breakdown required.
FDA-approved materials and nonporous surfaces
Won’t absorb water or dehydrate your product like corrugated or wood bins.
Cutting waste and improving quality with Tosca's reusable packaging
When Federico Boscolo, the president of Cultiva Farms USA, expanded his family’s farming operations from Italy to Jennings, Florida in 2015, he faced both opportunity and adversity.
What are the best plastic crates for shipping fresh produce?
The best produce crates are ventilated, stackable, and built to standard dimensions so they nest efficiently on the return trip and stack securely when full. Tosca’s reusable produce crates are 4x stronger than corrugated, ventilated to manage heat and airflow, and designed with smooth interior walls to reduce bruising and scuffing during transit.
How do reusable produce crates reduce food waste and shrink versus corrugated?
Reusable produce crates resist crushing and bruising far better than corrugated, which is prone to failure under moisture and stacked weight. Less physical damage in transit means less product pulled from sale at the store level – Tosca’s produce customers see measurable reductions in shrink as a direct result of switching from single-use boxes to RPCs.
What size produce shipping boxes are standard for US grocery distribution?
Tosca’s produce crates and bulk bins are manufactured to standard, interlocking dimensions designed to match common US pallet footprints and retail backroom storage, so cases stack securely and consistently regardless of which grower or distributor in the supply chain packed them. Exact sizing varies by crate/bin line – our team can confirm the right footprint for your specific SKU and pallet configuration.
