Paper Shopping Bags and How to Determine Quality
There are a few questions to ask before purchasing Paper Shopping Bags for your business. You certainly dont want inferior bags that rip apart when your customer leaves your place of business as that is not only an inconvenience for your customer but an embarrassment to your company. When a bag rips, the customers first thought is the word cheap. Their second thought is usually, if the bag is cheap then the company is cheap. Leading to the conclusion that your products or services you sell are questionable. All due to an inferior shopping bag. All logical deductions by your customer.
Before purchasing your supply of Kraft Paper Shopping Bags, know the basis weight. Basis weight is the amount of weight of 500 sheets laid flat on a particular type of bag. The dimensions of those 500 sheets varies according to the type of paper. Yes it gets complicated. Just know that with Kraft Paper Bags, the higher the basis weight number the heavier the bag. So larger paper bags need a higher number than smaller bags. On a Paper Shopping Bag, if the basis weight is under 60 lbs you are running the risk of the bag easily tearing. On Small Grocery Bags, the basis weight should not be under 30 lbs, even for a small size.
Another important fact to know is where the paper shopping bags were manufactured. Buy only Made in USA bags. First because the imported bags tend to be inferior, despite what they claim the basis weight is. The handles are often poorly made and the material composition also tends to be inferior.