What a bag has to survive changes with what goes in it. Pick the trade closest to yours and see the stock, the handle and the shape we build for it.

Retail paper bags leave the shop with the customer and keep working: down the street, on a bus, in a kitchen cupboard at home.
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Boutique paper bags for clothing shops are judged on the counter, in a photograph and on the walk home.
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Takeaway paper bags deal with hot food, grease and a customer walking fifteen minutes.
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Bakery paper bags get filled hundreds of times a day, with one hand, while the counter talks to a queue.
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Coffee shop paper bags carry things that are small, warm and eaten within the hour.
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Restaurant paper bags carry more than counter takeaway does: several containers, a drink, sometimes cutlery.
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Pharmacy paper bags are a working document as much as packaging: a dispensing label, a patient name, and a bag you cannot see through.
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Cosmetic paper bags for salons are small, heavy and expensive to fill: skincare weighs more than it looks.
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Personalised gift bags with your logo get opened twice: once at the counter and once at home.
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Jewellery paper bags are small, hold something valuable, and go to a customer already looking at detail.
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Grocery paper bags take the hardest test on this site: heavy, awkward loads, often damp, and carried the furthest.
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Promotional paper bags are carried round a hall all day by someone who did not choose them.
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Ecommerce paper bags do two jobs: inside the parcel so the unboxing looks like a shop, and over the counter when a customer collects.
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Wholesale paper bags for a retail chain are a consistency problem more than a bag problem.
See bagsNot listed? The trade only tells us what the bag has to carry. Send what you are packing, how heavy it is and whether it has to stand open, and we will specify it.
Tell us the size and quantity of paper bags for your trade you need. We price the job in front of us, and artwork can follow later; the quote does not wait for it.
Not sure which bag? Send a photograph of what you are packing and we will come back with the stock, the handle and a size that fits it.