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Fantastic Pre-Christmas Offer until 5th December 2010
Christmas time fast approaching FootprintBag packs make the perfect Xmas gift. Not only will it be the most useful present you will give this Christmas, you will also be doing your bit for the environment.
Footprint Bag are offering you a massive 15% discount on your purchase. Not only this we are extending free P&P until Sunday December 5th!
There is a FootprintBag for everyone…so the only question is which will it be?
| Bags per Pack | Colours |
| Four Six Eight |
Blue Red Hot Pink Lilac Green |
Click on this link to order your ideal thoughtful Xmas Gift now Footprint Bag. Remember to use the Discount Code: xmasoffer at the checkout to receive your 15% discount.
New stock has arrived (finally!) and we are so excited to see the launch of the 6-pack at last. It was like Christmas come early for Hanny and I as we unpacked boxes to see the yummy colours. The 4-packs are ever so slightly more compact, which makes them even better for handbags. The hot pink version is really cute and the large footprint on the bags looks so stunning in teal.
There is even a cheeky “my 6-pack” version in ferrari red – maybe a great Christmas present for those guys out there?!!
Watch this space to witness the launch …
Our photo shoot for the new stock is planned for this weekend. We have sourced a fantastic local female photographer, Lisa Dalton – who like us, juggles young children and work. Her ideas were really creative and we can’t wait to see how the new products will look in action.
Check out her website Lisa Dalton .
Visit our website for further details Footprint Bag .
Footprint Bag: Stylish and practical Reusable Shopping Bags
Written by Jenni, MummyReviews on 24th September 2010
Mummy Reviews is a website dedicated to helping mums, and dads, find the best products by giving objective reviews. Have a look at what Jenni wrote about our Reusable Shopping Bags on Mummy Reviews Footprint Bags .
For more information on Footprint Bags, please visit our website Footprint Bag.
FASHION
It’s in the bag
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
3:58pm Friday 18th June 2010
By Sally Clifford »
When a West Yorkshire milltown launched a carrier bag boycott, it gave mums Hanny Wadsworth and Claire Eastwell an enterprising idea.
Being busy mums, the women were used to multi-tasking, so launching their environmentally-friendly shopping bag with a difference fitted in with the throng of their busy lives.
“Needs must and our office often resembles a nursery with discarded dolls and pieces of puzzles more than a business empire – but our motto, ‘keep calm and carry on’ hangs proudly on the wall to remind us that we wouldn’t want it any other way,” they say.
FootprintBags are packs of multiple shopping bags – the packs of eight are geared towards supermarket family shopping and the four-pack is a compact and stylish pack of four re-usable shopping bags. They are great for mums on the go who need to pick up some bits and pieces along the way. Both styles of bag can easily hook onto a pushchair or trolley and there is also a trolley coin attached.
Hanny and Claire have thought of everything and although they have had their products professionally tried and tested they use them extensively themselves with other mums in mind.
“We wanted something you can take shopping, a re-usable bag because we are both eco-minded but we wanted something we wouldn’t leave at home, something you could pop in your handbag so you’ve got everything in one compact pouch, something practical and convenient and a bit stylish,” says Hanny, who uses the eight-pack for her family shop. “I’ve been using mine for three years and it’s going really well.”
The bags are made from a non-woven biodegradable fabric incorporating parachute material making them strong and sturdy. “I’ve weighed mine down with lots of tins and they are independently tested as well but the proof is in the pudding – we use them ourselves,” says Claire.
Their idea to create a funky and eco-friendly bag followed a discussion the two friends had about the environmentally-conscious community of Hebden Bridge going plastic-bag-free.
“We talked about re-usable bags and what we were using,” says Claire.
Adds Hanny: “We were talking about how many you have to have in your car boot to cope with the weekly family shop.”
The pair, who met while taking their sons swimming, came to live in Holmfirth from other areas. Their eco-conscious attitude constituted the decision to launch their own enterprise and combine their talents.
Hanny, who worked in TV and radio production for a large advertising company, used her art background to design the product and the website.
Air stewardess Claire, who trained as a journalist and worked as a primary teacher, writes the promotional material. “It works well with Hanny because she is good at design and I write the copy for the website. We complement each other,” she says.
The women initially retailed through their Footprintbag website but have since secured a contract with Lakeland, the kitchen store, and they are also hoping to get their products on to supermarket shelves. They are also busy developing their range and are currently working on a nappy bag.
“I think people really want to do something. People are eco-minded and it’s just having something that is convenient and you don’t forget to take with you. I think people don’t want to take a carrier bag but they forget to take a bag,” says Claire.
“A lot of people want to do their bit for the environment but they add to their collection of re-usable bags which they keep at home.”
“But this isn’t just a UK problem, it’s a worldwide problem is the bag situation,” adds Hanny.
Hanny moved to Holmfirth from her native Germany. Her husband, former professional footballer Ian Wadsworth, is from Huddersfield. They met while he was playing in Germany.
“People from Spain tell us we should go over there. We’ve had a woman from Australia asking if we can get in touch with their companies. Our supporters are very supportive,” she says.
“We get lots of e-mails from people saying they love the product. It’s nice when people bother to e-mail you.”
And, like the product they are busy promoting, the pair are still going strong. “It would probably be hard to say they last a lifetime but we’d say they can,” says Hanny.
For more information visit Footprint Bag
Here at FootprintBag we are always on the lookout for more ways of getting the word out about our brilliant bag packs and we were really impressed on recently coming across the excellent BizzieBaby website.
In their own words, it covers anything and everything from home safety, cosmetics and toddler necessities; to those extra special gifts for the new born.
The reviews are in depth and by mums and dads who really spend time using the products. So within a short time, three footprintbag packs were hot-footing it to three expectant reviewers.
Follow the link below to find out the results!
Bizzie Baby - Footprint Bag review
Footprint Bag - Practical Reusable Shopping Bags with a difference.
Mums The Blog is holding it’s annual charity raffle, which ends 31st July 2010.
Mums The Blog supports Mums in business by providing a valuable resource covering a multitude of topics, such as business, competitions, reviews etc.
The raffle is being held in aid of their Charity Challenge for this year – to train 52 Business Women as part of the Oxfam Unwrapped scheme.
For details on how to enter and a list of the prizes, visit Mums The Blog
Footprint Bag have donated a Bag for the prize draw. Good luck!
SPECIAL OFFER - 10% DISCOUNT AND FREE P&P!!!
The 4-pack is an ideal gift for dads everywhere.
Small, convenient and stylish - it contains four shopping bags and a trolley coin and fits easily into a glove compartment.
Dad’s can use the bags to carry other things, not just shopping.
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Need more convincing? Which would you use?
Our FootprintBag pack is so good because it was created by exactly the people who use it - eco-minded mums and dads who regularly do family shops - not designers sitting in an office in front of a computer.
Footprint Bags can be found in retailers such as Lakeland and have recently teamed up with a major supermarket, so look out for our bags. Join the revolution!
Our convenient multi-pack meets the real consumer need to find an alternative to plastic bags. FootprintBag packs make re-using stylish and easy.
Independent market research on FootprintBag shows overwhelming results:
- 86% like the concept of our multipack.
- 65% would consider purchasing the FootprintBag
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Product Review: Footprint Bags
Posted By MUM’S THE BOSS on 4th MAY 2010
“Footprint Bags are an ingenious product range created by two environmentally-aware young mums, Hanny and Claire. When Hepden Bridge in Yorkshire, near where they lived, decided to become a plastic bag free town this sparked an idea, and 3 years later a fabulous and practical product – the reusable shopping bag pack. I still get excited at the anticipation that comes with expecting a parcel – especially a product for review. However, this time when the postman knocked with my parcel – a sleek and shiny black jiffy envelope – even my husband was intrigued. Inside the lovely packaging continued – wrapped in black tissue was my new 4 bag footprint bag pack. Smaller than I had anticipated, the pouch is secured with Velcro and contains 4 reusable bags – and the really clever part – a trolley coin attached to the handle so when you are shopping it hangs discreetly off the back of the trolley.
The reason for getting the smaller of the 2 was I was thinking about ‘going in to town’ trip, or to keep in the glove box of the car so when I stop to pick up some essentials on the way home I always have bags. Normally dreading the supermarket I had a lighter than usual step as I set out to road test the bags. Firstly – massively less bulky to carry than the hessian/cotton/plastic bag for life ensemble I usually cart in with me – and just hang neatly off trolley or sit discreetly in corner.
Then came the real test – would they hold enough? In fact they are a great size – larger than a carrier bag – but not so large you can’t then lift them up! The shape is great and very flexible, and the handles are wide and strong. Even the checkout commented on what a great idea and how neat they were. Carrying the bags from the car up the garden path revealed another advantage –the material the bags are made of means that the handles don’t cut into your flesh – even when heavily laden – result! One of the best and most practical products I have used this year – real thumbs up. I just need an 8 pack one now for the weekly shop – 4 just aren’t enough.”
To read more about Footprint Bag please visit the Footprint Bag website.
Despite the recent travel disruption, Footprint Bag managed to find it’s way to Egypt. What a great travel companion for holidays!
Footprint Bag - Reusable Bags in Eygpt
People are queueing up to to get their hands on Footprint Bags!
Footprint Bag - Reusable Bags in Eygpt
Footprint Bags aren’t just for shopping trolleys you know ….
Footprint Bag - Reusable Bags in Eygpt