Reusable Bags - FootPrint Bag Blog

PRESS RELEASE - FootprintBag Ltd., 28.10.2011 ffarwelio â bagiau plastig am byth! Good bye to plastic bags forever! Sainsbury’s have removed their bags from the packing areas at the checkouts, M&S are charging for their bags and now the Welsh government has taken the bull by the horns and implemented an across the board 5p charge on all single use carrier bags. All in an effort to encourage us to supply our own bags and cut the number that end up in landfill. FootprintBag has the answer … Shoppers (even those with the best intentions) are still struggling with the basic bit - remembering to actually take the bags out with them! (Depressingly, between May 2009- May 2010, carrier bag usage even increased in the UK) Two mums, Hanny Wadsworth and Claire Eastwell, think they have found the solution – a practical and convenient alternative to plastic bags – the FootprintBag Pack. An extremely clever ‘bag within a bag’ system, it has multiple reusable and stylish bags made from super tough parachute material within one compact pack. The bags last indefinitely and the pack easily fits in a glove compartment or handbag. There’s even a handy trolley coin attached too. Everything ready to go in one place. The pack is designed to hang on a trolley, drop down and each pouch holds a readily available fold up bag. Simple! The FootprintBag pack has created a buzz in their local town and beyond. ASDA sell them in selected stores and a loyal band of followers from internet sales as far removed as Perthshire to Sydney! The women put its growing success down to the fact that they recognized the need for something to replace plastic bags that people would actually use and designed a pack that they, as shoppers, needed. “The testimony to the success of our multi packs, is that we use and love them,” explains Claire Eastwell, “I have five young children and honestly can’t imagine not shopping with my FootprintBag 8-pack!” “I used to grab a carrier bag at the checkout, now I just grab however many of my reusable bags I need. It works because it’s simple – no changes in shopping habits are really needed.” agrees Hanny Wadsworth. From 8-packs for family shoppers to the latest 2-pack edition to the range, there is a FootprintBag pack to suit everybody. Let the revolution begin and with any luck, single use carriers can become a dim and distant memory. For further information or photography contact: Claire Eastwell Hanny Wadsworth or visit our website Footprint Bag .

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Reusable Bags just got more trendy.

Footprint Bag are a leader in providing reusable bags that are durable, practical and compact. Our traditional designs have been sold in 4, 6 and 8 bag packs in various outline colours. Due to customer demand we have now increased our product designs to give reusable bags a more stylish presence in the market, whilst retaining our product quality.

Take a look at our new product designs, and keep checking back regularly as we have many more new ideas coming soon.

For further details on all our reusable bag ranges please visit Footprint Bag.

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The growing problem of plastic bag usage is still very much in the news, as recently mentioned in the Daily Mail which stated over 300 millions bags were issued last year.  Our local newspaper, The Huddersfield Examiner, highlighted the attempt by Kirklees Council to ban plastic bag usage over a period of time.

Footprint Bag realised the problem why many reusable bags were not being adopted was down to practicality, compactness, style, convenience and durability. Obviously, cost is a factor in the current economic time, so Footprint Bag products are designed to address these issues and eradicate the use of plastic bags, at an affordable cost to the customer. Taking this approach means we can all work to make the world a better place.

For more information visit Footprint Bag and see how resuable bags have changed.

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Fed up of messing about with single reusable bags that are not convenient, practical and truely reusable?
Would you like to stop using plastic bags?

Look no further!

Hurry this discount ends soon.

For more details on our range of unique and stylish reusable bag products please visit our Footprint Bag website now.

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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 .

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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.

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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.

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You know you are onto a winner when bag buyers of major supermarket chains choose to use your product above all others to do their family shop!!

Which would you use?

• 8 x Bulky Hemp Bags = 1 x FootprintBag
• 5 x Cardboard Boxes = 1 x FootprintBag
• 2 x Bag for Life and a few checkout carriers = 1 x FootprintBag

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.

FootprintBags will change the way you shop forever. They are compact, stylish, contain all you need for a weekly family shop and they are tough!

They are made from parachute material and last indefinitely.
As one of the creators, Hanny says: “I have used our bags from the conception - already three years and they are still going strong!”

Footprint Bags can be found in retailers such as Lakeland and Footprint Bag have recently teamed up with a major supermarket, so look out for our bags. Join the revolution!

Editor Notes:

FootprintBags are packs of multiple shopping bags - the 8-pack geared towards supermarket family shopping and the 4-pack - great for mums on the go - a compact stylish pack of 4 reusable shopping bags, perfect for general shopping.

Both can easily hook onto a pushchair or trolley. (There is even a trolley coin attached!) Just think, you never need to pick up another plastic carrier bag and you are guaranteed to look a whole lot more stylish on your shop!

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

Please feel free to browse our website Footprint Bag
or

watch the video and see why we are different, Bag Video

For further information/hi res images contact:

Hanny Wadsworth

Hanny.wadsworth@footprintbag.com,

or

Claire Eastwell

Claire.eastwell@footprintbag.com

Tel: 01484 664563

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Shopper’s Dilemma
On average each shopper uses 300 plastic bags per year.
There is nothing stylish about a plastic carrier bag and bulky jute bags are
so last year! Can you imagine taking eight jute bags to the supermarket for
your family shop? Go hassle-free with Footprint Bags. They are compact,
robust and above all, convenient - and you are guaranteed to look a whole lot more stylish on your shop!

Two mothers find a solution
FootprintBag was borne out of our frustrations at the lack of a practical
alternative to plastic bags for our weekly shops! Being environmentally
aware, we had already adopted reusable bags - but were tired of car boots
full of bulky bags, which invariably got forgotten in the car or buried
under tins and nappies in our trolleys! We were inspired by the example
of Hebden Bridge - being plastic bag free - and were excited by the idea
of creating a product which could potentially eliminate plastic bags altogether.
The spec was that the Footprint Bag should be compact, contain all you need for
a weekly shop, the pack should be easy to access, practical and not least,
be rather good looking!
After many cups of tea and design sessions, the Footprint Bag started to take shape.

We are two mothers who have been friends for five years and both live in
Yorkshire. We met at local swimming classes for our eldest boys when they
were a year old. Hanny is originally from Germany and settled in Yorkshire
with her husband Ian, born in Huddersfield, a former Town footballer. I moved to West Yorkshire with my husband at about the same time, after living
in London and Manchester. We now have five children between us and the combination of this and a busy company, takes up most of our time!

Footprint Bag - The Company
We formed our Footprint Bag Ltd in November 2007. Hanny has a background
in advertising, having worked at the world renown Gray Worldwide GMBH and
I work at British Airways as long haul cabin crew. Developing a new product
is exciting and a great learning process but with the recent credit crunch,
is something that requires a great deal of persistence. Hanny and I have
worked through three pregnancies (!) and I even had a photograph with a
Footprintbag on my wedding day!! It has been a learning process but we
have had lots of interest from the start, from Rachel Elnaugh, former
Dragon’s Den star, to local entrepreneur, Carl Hopkins (Secret Millionaire) who enthused after taking his Footprintbag to the local supermarket!!
Footprint Bag - Reusable Bags with a difference
Footprint bags are designed to make re-using easy - with eight strong bags
made from rip-stop material (also used in parachutes) within one
compact pack. The pack hooks neatly onto the front of a trolley and
can be dropped open at the check-out and the bags pulled out as needed.
There is even a handy trolley coin attached, so no more scrabbling through
your purse for a pound coin!!

Not only does the pack slot neatly into a car glove compartment, it can be
carried in your handbag for general shopping. There is no need to accept
a plastic bag again -(the average person uses 300 bags per year.) This is
the last stand of the plastic bag before Footprint bags wipe them out for good!

We have just completed market research with a local company, Susan Kenyon
Associates, and were heartened by the fantastic results.

This is what market research found…
• 86% like the concept of our multipack.*
• 65% would definitely consider purchasing the FootprintBag.*
* August 2009 official market research on Footprint Bag

This proves what we already suspected, that there is a real consumer need
to find an alternative to plastic bags.

We sell on-line at our own website and through a few chosen on-line retailers,
including Eco-Handy and Essentials catalogue. As far as the ‘big boys’ go,
we have had meetings with some fo the big supermarket retailers who have expressed serious interest.
Despite the credit crunch, we have also landed a deals with other prestigious retailers.

Problem Solved with Footprint Bags!

Check out our website Footprint Bag
Watch the video Footprint Bag Video

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Reusable shopping bags are a good idea, but when you see what is available out there, do consumers have a viable alternative to the plastic bag for the weekly shop?

For further information please visit Footprint Bag and take advantage of their Christmas discounts. A christmas gift that is practical, compact and stylish, which helps reduces the number of plastic bags out there.

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