There are a few questions to ask before purchasing Paper Shopping Bags for your business.  You certainly don’t want inferior bags that rip apart when your customer leaves your place of business as that is not only an inconvenience for your customer but an embarrassment to your company.  When a bag rips, the customers first thought is the word ‘cheap’.  Their second thought is usually, ‘if the bag is cheap then the company is cheap’.  Leading to the conclusion that your products or services you sell are questionable.  All due to an inferior shopping bag.  All logical deductions by your customer.

Fetpak’s Vogue Shopping Bag- 66 lb Basis weight, 100% Recycled Materials and Made in USA

Before purchasing your supply of Kraft Paper Shopping Bags, know the basis weight.  Basis weight is the amount of weight of 500 sheets laid flat on a particular type of bag.  The dimensions of those 500 sheets varies according to the type of paper.  Yes it gets complicated.  Just know that with Kraft Paper Bags, the higher the basis weight number the heavier the bag.  So larger paper bags need a higher number than smaller bags.  On a Paper Shopping Bag, if the basis weight is under 60 lbs you are running the risk of the bag easily tearing.  On Small Grocery Bags, the basis weight should not be under 30 lbs, even for a small size.

Another important fact to know is where the paper shopping bags were manufactured.  Buy only Made in USA bags.  First because the imported bags tend to be inferior, despite what they claim the basis weight is.  The handles are often poorly made and the material composition also tends to be inferior.

Fetpak’s Kraft Paper Shopping Bags are 100% Recycled Materials with 95% Post Consumer Content

Shopping Bags made of recycled material is another thing to look for.  One, because it’s the right thing to do.  And two, because you can advertise that fact to your customer with a “we are green…our shopping bags are made from recycled materials” sign on top of the stack of shopping bags or elsewhere in your place of business.  Find out and note the composition of the post-consumer waste material in the bags.  This legitimizes your statement to the customer.

So when purchasing Paper Shopping Bags for your business:  Make sure the basis weight is at least 60 lbs (at least 30 lbs for small Grocery Bags), that the bags are made in USA, and that they are made with recycled materials and know the breakdown of post-consumer waste.  Then you will have no more worries on bags breaking and customers having negative thoughts.  Your bag packaging problems are now solved.