Custom Grocery Bags

Custom grocery bags are heavy kraft paper bags printed with your store name and logo that carry a full shop from the checkout to your customer’s car. We make them in brown and white kraft with a self-opening square bottom, with or without handles. Supermarkets, farmers markets, specialty food stores and delis use them, and they sit in our wider range of custom food bags.

Why Paper Grocery Bags Carry More Than Thin Plastic

Paper grocery bags carry heavy, bulky items because the square bottom spreads the weight across the full base of the bag. A thin plastic bag stretches and twists under weight, while a stiff kraft bag keeps its shape and stands upright in a car trunk. Paper strength comes from the basis weight of the kraft, so heavier paper holds more cans, jars and bottles. Customers also reuse sturdy paper bags at home for storage and recycling.

Square Bottom Bags That Stand Open At The Checkout

SOS grocery bags, short for self-opening square bottom, pop open with one shake and stand on the counter while your staff pack them. This saves time at a busy checkout and keeps fragile items like eggs and bread on top of heavier goods. Side gussets fold flat for storage and open wide to hold a full load.

Custom Grocery Bags With Or Without Handles

Wax Paper Store prints custom grocery bags in three handle styles, and one order can mix styles with the same design.

Twisted Handle Bags

Twisted paper handles feel soft in the hand and suit specialty food stores, wine shops and gift purchases that customers carry on foot.

Flat Handle Bags

Flat paper handles are glued inside the top of the bag and suit everyday grocery runs and farmers markets.

Handleless SOS Bags

Classic handleless bags hold the most per bag and suit supermarkets and co-ops where customers carry bags to a car or cart. Smaller retail and coffee shops that need lighter carry bags use our custom kraft bags with the same print style.

Your Store Name In Every Parking Lot

Printed grocery bags carry your logo through the parking lot, the street and your customer’s kitchen long after the sale. We print 1-color, 2-color or full-color designs in CMYK or exact PMS colors with flexo or digital printing and water-based or soy-based food-safe inks, on both sides and the gussets. Stores add their logo, a slogan, their website, social handles or a weekly deal message. Our design team prepares your artwork for free, and you approve a free digital proof before we print your custom grocery bags with logo.

Grocery Bags For Markets, Delis, Bakeries And Specialty Stores

Custom paper grocery bags suit any shop that sends customers home with more than a few items. Independent supermarkets, organic co-ops, butchers, cheese shops and farmers market stands use them for full shops. Bakeries pack loaves in our custom bread bags first and then place them in a branded grocery bag.

Packing Tips That Keep Paper Grocery Bags Strong

Paper grocery bags last longest when heavy items go at the bottom and lighter items go on top. Place cans, jars and bottles flat on the square base first, then add boxes, then bread, eggs and soft produce. Keep wet and frozen items in a separate bag, because water softens paper over time. Meat and cheese from a deli counter travel better wrapped in custom deli paper before they go into the bag.

Paper Bags And Plastic Bag Rules

Many US cities and states now limit single-use plastic bags at checkouts, so stores move to paper bags to stay within local rules. Some cities also set rules for paper bags, such as a fee per bag or recycled content, so check the law in your city or state before you order. A printed paper bag turns that change into a branding chance, because customers keep and reuse a sturdy bag with a logo they like. Restaurants under the same rules switch their delivery and pickup orders to our custom takeaway bags.

Food-Safe Paper Around Packed Food

Every custom grocery bag is made with FDA-compliant kraft paper and food-safe inks, so bread, fruit and other unwrapped food can sit inside safely. The print sits on the outer face of the bag. Plain kraft grocery bags are accepted in many curbside paper recycling programs, though local rules vary. Send us your logo today, and we will share a free digital proof of your custom grocery bags.