How to Use Large Clear Plastic Containers in Your Convenience Store

How to Use Large Clear Plastic Containers in Your Convenience Store

One of the defining characteristics of a convenience store is that they have something for everyone—but usually only a little bit of it. You can get anything you need, often at any time you need it, but usually not at full size. Because convenience stores carry so many things in small sizes, they can profit from using large, clear plastic containers to display all those things people come in to buy.

Large clear plastic containers come in the form of canisters with lids, hexagon jars, plastic fish bowls, acrylic bins, and penny candy jars with stands and lids. Here's how to use large plastic containers in your convenience store.

Canisters with lids

These tall, lidded jars offer the look of an old style apothecary and are perfect for items that shouldn't have too much exposure to the air. Old fashioned candy sticks look great in these containers, as do meat sticks, jumbo candy bars, lollipops, and even straws.

Hexagon jars

Hexagon jars can be placed on your food counter, and hold plastic forks, spoons, and knives, as well as salt and pepper packets and napkins. They're also perfect for other non-perishable items such as matches, key rings, lip balms, nail clippers, or single-dose medications. These large, clear plastic containers are perfect because customers can easily see their choices and the containers don't have to be refilled often.

Fish bowls

Large fish bowls are perfect for the trial sized items that convenience stores often sell. These large clear plastic containers in your convenience store can be filled with combs and small brushes, trial size deodorant, shampoo, lotion, children's medicines, antacids, cough drops and losenges, or single-use boxes of laundry detergent. If you set these containers side by side along your shelves, customers can easily find what they need and buy it without any trouble.

Acrylic bins

These are great for really small items that could be a real mess if they weren't contained in a handy plastic container. Coffee creamer and coffee stirrers, ketchup and mustard packets, and toppings for ice cream are good choices for putting in a large acrylic bin. You can even add a scoop and stock bulk candy for any customer who has a sweet tooth.

Penny candy jars with lids

Speaking of candy, these penny candy jars with lids are the perfect type of large plastic container to appeal to your youngest customers. Jars filled with small pieces of candy that cost kids a nickel, dime or quarter can line your lowest shelves, and even little kids can come in and buy a handful from your extensive choices.

Large plastic containers are perfect display tools for your convenience store. Use these containers any time you have small merchandise that you need to display.