United Container Company

United Container Company is a trucking company in St. Joseph, MI, located at 233 Hawthorne Ave. The business operates as a wholesale distributor of corrugated boxes and packaging supplies, serving businesses that require cost-effective shipping materials. It handles both the purchase and sale of used, new surplus, misprinted, and over-run cardboard boxes. The company’s inventory includes corrugated shipping boxes, industrial bulk bins, floral trays, cardboard produce bins, wholesale gaylord liner bags, small cardboard mailers, and made-to-order boxes. United Container also buys used corrugated boxes, gaylords, food totes, and baled corrugated from contract packagers, product manufacturers, and other entities.

Since 1935, United Container Company has focused on providing savings and efficiencies for suppliers and customers. The business originally started by recycling feed and grain bags from local Southwest Michigan farmers, cleaning, repairing, and reselling them to area mills. Three decades later, the company applied the same model to corrugated boxes, beginning to buy and sell them for reuse. The company maintains its own fleet of trucks and trailers to deliver orders directly to customers, saving them the floor space required to store large inventories on-site. United Container buys used corrugated boxes that may have contained fiberboard boxes, ingredients, or components like caps, closures, and bottles. The company offers online ordering for new plain shipping boxes that are in stock and ready for immediate shipment, with pricing that scales with order volume.

United Container Company holds a rating of 4.00 based on customer reviews. The business operates from St. Joseph, Michigan, and maintains additional locations in Chicago, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee. Hours are 8 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

By combining a long history of packaging reuse with a dedicated delivery fleet, United Container Company provides a practical solution for businesses in St. Joseph seeking to reduce shipping costs without compromising on material availability.