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Hand-picked from our custom paper bags range — 14 styles, each built for a different job.
Zip Lock Paper Bags
Paper's shelf presence with the reseal customers now assume — an honest hybrid.
Twisted Handle Paper Bags
Retail's default carrier — handles made on the bag machine, which is why they cost least.
Recycled Paper Bags
The claim is the product — so the specification is built to carry it honestly.
Pinch Bottom Paper Bags
A pinched and glued base seals tighter than a folded one — which is why coffee uses it.
Food Paper Bags
The SOS bag stands open for two-handed filling — the takeout counter's quiet masterpiece.
Paper Bags For Bakery
A bag per case product — glassine for cookies, lined kraft for anything buttery.
Non Woven Bags
Reusable rather than recyclable — the environmental case rests entirely on the reuse count.
The box is the building.
Inserts are everything else.
Furniture. Bodyguards. Stage crew. The unseen architecture that makes your product feel like it lives somewhere — not like it was just dropped in a box.
Paperboard Inserts
“Engineered paper architecture — folds, locks, and reveals.”
Foam Inserts
“Soft armor that fits like a glove — protection without weight.”
Molded Pulp Inserts
“Custom-shaped cradles for products of any silhouette.”
Velvet & Luxury Inserts
“Touch is the unsung sense. Make every reach into the box feel chosen.”
Bottle & Jar Inserts
“Hold the unholdable. Round things, fragile things, things that mustn't spill.”
Eco Inserts
“Plant-based, plastic-free, planet-positive. Compost-ready protection.”
Flexible Protection Inserts
“The unsung heroes of shipping. Soft cushioning that travels well.”
Marketing & Welcome Inserts
“The story slid in beside the product — printed conversation starters.”
Every brand that sells at retail needs a bag.
Retail & Fashion Packaging
Laminated boutique carriers with cotton rope handles and full interior colour. The bag that signals brand investment at the moment of purchase — and keeps advertising on the street.
The bag that carries the brand.
Custom paper bags — every handle style, board weight, and finish that turns a carry bag into a walking advertisement.
Why paper bags still dominate retail.
68% of US shoppers reuse branded paper bags. That's free advertising.
The walking billboard
A custom paper bag exits the store and walks the street, the subway, the office. Every person who sees it reads the brand name. No media buy replicates this — a single bag impression reaches an average of 976 people over its lifespan, according to PPAI industry data.
Reuse is the ROI
Unlike plastic, paper bags get kept. A study by Two Sides found that 68% of US consumers reuse branded paper bags at least once — as lunch bags, book covers, gift wrap, or storage. The impression window is weeks, not seconds.
Sustainability credentials
100% recyclable, FSC-certified stock, soy-based inks. The paper bag is the packaging format that answers the sustainability question without greenwashing — the material itself makes the argument.
Kraft, coated, or laminated?
The material choice defines the brand signal.
Natural kraft
Brown kraft gives an organic, artisan, eco-forward signal. Available in 100–200gsm weights. Unbleached for the rawest sustainability statement; bleached white kraft for a cleaner premium feel. The surface prints beautifully in one to four colours.
Coated white board
Art paper coated stock at 120–170gsm. Full-colour lithographic print with high-gloss or matt lamination. The finish that luxury retail, cosmetic brands, and fashion boutiques default to — a bag that looks expensive because it is.
Cotton rope & ribbon handles
The handle is a tactile brand touchpoint. Cotton rope gives a luxury retail feel. Paper twist handles are cost-efficient for high volume. Flat ribbon is elegant for gifting. Die-cut handles are budget-smart for grocery and food service. Each signals a different price point.
Every bag format, any volume.
Square bottom, flat bottom, die-cut — custom to your product.
Bag styles
SOS (square open-top) · flat-bottom gusset · die-cut handle · patch handle · European carrier · wine bag with divider · boutique bag with ribbon tie. Each structure serves a different retail or food-service need.
Print coverage
Full-bleed four-colour CMYK on all exterior panels. Inside print available for premium retail — the interior colour reveal when a customer opens the bag top is an underused brand moment. Spot UV logo, hot foil handle accent, and embossed typography are all achievable.
Sizes and weights
From 4"×2"×6" gift bag inserts to 16"×6"×12" large retail carriers. Weight capacity engineered to the product — a wine bag needs a 10kg floor; a boutique jewellery bag needs a 500g floor with tissue. Custom gussets for fat or slim products.
Every retail sector, one supplier.
From boutique fashion to food service.
Retail & fashion boutiques
The carrier bag is the last piece of packaging the customer sees — the final brand impression as they leave. Laminated boutique bags with cotton rope handles, tissue inside, full-colour print. The bag that gets reused and displayed.
Food service & bakery
Food-safe kraft with grease-resistant coating. SOS flat-bottom for pastry boxes and deli orders. Printed with branding that works at counter and on the street. Functional, compostable, and brand-forward at once.
Events & gifting
Wedding favour bags, corporate event gift carriers, conference swag bags. Custom size, custom print, ribbon handles. Short-run minimums for events where every detail matters.
Pharmacy & health
Child-safe gusset bags, prescription carriers, supplement and wellness retail bags. Clean print, professional finish, functional closure. The packaging format that communicates trust.
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Questions, answered.
A well-made twisted-handle kraft bag carries 10 pounds or more; grocery sacks in 57–70lb kraft carry considerably more.
The limit is almost never the paper — it is the handle anchor. Twisted handles are glued to a patch inside the bag mouth, and that patch is where failure happens. Quality bags reinforce the patch and fold the top edge over it. A badly patched bag fails at the first bottle of wine regardless of how heavy the paper is.
Twisted handles are made inline on the bag machine, making them the cheapest. Flat-folded handles read slightly more premium. Rope and ribbon handles are furnished separately and sit at the top of the range.
The manufacturing difference drives the cost difference. Twisted paper cord is formed and attached as part of the bag's production; rope handles are real cord knotted through punched holes or seated in eyelets, which is more labour. Retail reads that difference immediately, which is why boutiques use rope and takeout uses twisted.
For end-of-life, yes — paper is widely recycled and compostable. For production, paper uses more energy and water per bag.
The honest picture depends on what you measure. Paper bags win decisively on litter persistence, recyclability and marine impact, which is what most bag legislation targets. Plastic wins on manufacturing footprint per unit. Reuse changes everything: a bag used many times beats a single-use bag of any material, which is the real argument for durable carriers.
SOS stands for self-opening square — a gusseted bag with a rectangular base that pops open and stands unassisted for filling.
That mechanism is why it sits under every takeout counter: staff can snap it open and fill it two-handed, and it folds flat for storage. It is the format's genuine engineering achievement, and it is the reason the humble paper food bag has barely changed in a century.
Fried and buttered foods do; dry goods do not.
The tiers are straightforward: light foods ride bare kraft, fried and buttered contents need greaseproof or glassine lining, and sauced or steaming items move to coated grades. Since PFAS restrictions now apply across a growing list of states, ask which barrier chemistry a supplier uses — compliant alternatives include mechanically refined dense papers, silicone coatings and clay coatings.
80–120gsm kraft for most retail carriers; 157–210gsm laminated art paper for boutique and gift bags.
The heavier weights are effectively light card rather than bag paper, which is why gift bags feel structural where shopping bags feel like paper. Grocery sacks work in basis pounds instead — 57lb to 70lb kraft — and that heavier grade plus a pasted square base is what lets them carry cans and glass.
Yes, though brown kraft shifts every colour printed on it and cannot reproduce whites without an underprint.
Flexographic printing handles volume work up to full coverage. For accurate brand colours and photography, white or white-top kraft is the substrate that works, and offset-laminated bags serve the fashion tier. On brown board, one or two colours with bold marks is what reproduces well — and that limitation is exactly what made the kraft aesthetic read as deliberate.
500 units for printed bags, with 15–20 business days production.
Bag machines are set up for continuous runs, so the changeover cost is significant and the price per bag falls sharply with volume. Stock bags with printed stickers or stamps are the lower-commitment route for small retailers, and many run that way for years before moving to printed stock.
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