// About us
The Bag Broker is a B2B flexible packaging supplier that sells stock and custom-printed coffee bags, pouches and takeaway packaging to specialty coffee roasters, cafes and food brands, from local teams and warehouses in the UK, the EU, Australia and the UAE.
// What we do
We help brands pack coffee and food in bags that keep it fresh and sell it on the shelf. Everything we do falls into four services.
Over 500,000 stock bags are held in our Dubai warehouse and ship on the next working day, for pickup or express delivery across the Middle East. You can order from a single carton. Ready-to-fill box bottom bags, pouches and more are priced online in AED, so you can buy without waiting for a quote. Start with our box bottom bags.
Full-colour printed bags from 2,000 units, in 11 to 12 weeks. We supply the dieline, set your artwork on it, work with your designers and send a digital proof before anything is printed. See custom printed packaging.
In stock: recyclable mono-PE, Paper Stream recyclable paper, kraft and high-barrier foil; compostable and PCR films are available as custom print. We introduced compostable coffee bags in 2014 and a mono-material recyclable bag in 2019. Compare them on our materials guide.
Not sure which bag or size fits? Request free samples and test them with your own product before you commit. Our team can advise on formats, sizes, valves and zips for your product.
// Why us
You deal with people in your own time zone, in the UK, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Taiwan. The team that quotes your job is the team that follows it through to delivery.
Start with stock bags from a single carton, then move to custom print from 2,000 units without changing supplier. Most packaging suppliers do one or the other, which means a new supplier just as your brand starts to grow.
We hold stock in the UK, the Netherlands, Melbourne and Dubai. In the Middle East your order ships from our Dubai warehouse, priced in AED.
We specify the films ourselves, work directly with the production line and ship into our own regional warehouses, with no importer or distributor in between. Because best-sellers are held in each regional hub, your reorder is on a shelf near you, not on a ship.
Stock prices are on the website and you can check out online, any time. Many packaging suppliers only give prices after a sales call.
We started in specialty coffee in 2004 and it is still the heart of the business. That is why our range is built around degassing valves, barrier films and shelf life, and why we can advise on all three.
// Who we work with
// Our people
Holger Nygaard founded The Bag Broker in 2004. As specialty coffee grew, roasters wanted bags that kept coffee fresh and told the story of where it came from, and most packaging suppliers were not set up to sell small runs to them. We were built to close that gap.
Today the group is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with more than 30 people across offices and warehouses in the UK, the Netherlands, Australia, the UAE and Taiwan.
Founder and CEO
Before founding The Bag Broker in 2004, Holger analysed the Taiwan stock market and then led a Taiwanese espresso machine maker into Australia. He has run the company as CEO ever since and is a TRIUM Global Executive MBA graduate.
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Chief Operating Officer
Iulian joined in 2018 as an account manager, ran Salesforce and IT, and became COO in 2023. He makes the group’s five companies run as one and owns the e-commerce, CRM and ERP systems behind them.
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Regional Manager, UK and EU
Mihai joined in 2019 as an account manager and worked his way up through UK Sales Manager and UK and EU Sales Manager to Regional Manager. He leads the team that looks after roasters and food brands from first quote to repeat order.
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Head of Artwork
Hanna has been with The Bag Broker since 2016 and leads our artwork department in Taipei. She sets customer designs on our dielines and prepares the digital and pre-print proofs every custom job is signed off on.
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Marketing and Admin Specialist
Lizette joined in 2022 and looks after our digital marketing and SEO from Taipei. She also handles the admin that keeps orders, documents and customer communication moving.
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Reach the Middle East team by email, phone and the contact form. We reply within 24 hours, and within 48 hours at most. Contact us.
Over 500,000 stock bags are held in our Dubai warehouse and ship on the next working day, for pickup or express delivery across the Middle East. You can order from a single carton.
Send a quote request with your format, size, material and quantity (from 2,000 units). We supply the dieline, set your artwork, proof it digitally, then produce and ship: 11 to 12 weeks from artwork sign-off.
One account manager in your region handles your quote, artwork proofing and delivery updates, so you are not passed between departments.
// At a glance
// FAQ
We specify the films and constructions ourselves and work directly with the production line, then ship into our own regional warehouses. There is no importer or distributor between us and the factory, which keeps quality and lead times under our control.
Stock bags are sold by the carton, so you can order from a single carton. Custom-printed bags start at 2,000 units per design.
Plan for 11 to 12 weeks from artwork sign-off. That covers dieline and artwork setup, a digital proof, production and freight. Stock bags are much faster: next-working-day dispatch from our Dubai warehouse.
Yes. We stock recyclable packaging, and compostable and PCR films are available as custom print. We introduced compostable coffee bags in 2014 and a mono-material recyclable bag in 2019.
Yes, request free samples and test them with your own product.
Order from the store for your region: thebagbroker.co.uk for the UK, thebagbroker.eu for the EU, thebagbroker.com.au for Australia and thebagbroker.ae for the Middle East. Everywhere else, request a quote on thebagbroker.com.
// Next step
Order stock bags online today, or tell us about your custom project and we will come back with a quote.
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