ChicoBag Produce Stand Complete Starter Kit Review + Giveaway- CLOSED

Whenever you go to the grocery store to buy produce, what options do they give you to store said produce?

Image borrowed from The WEBstaurant store.

That’s right- a plastic produce bag. I try not to use them or I try to put as many of my produce in the same bag so I don’t use one bag for every type of produce I use… this is usually counter-productive as the cashiers at WalMart always tear the bag open to take each piece of produce out (as they need to be weighed separately).

Thousands of single-use produce bags are used daily, and the majority end up in landfills. ChicoBag has created an eco-friendly, unforgettable alternative to the plastic produce bag- their Produce Stand Collection! I was blessed with the opportunity to review the Produce Stand Starter Kit from ChicoBag.

“The Produce Stand collection by ChicoBag™ is the first reusable line of produce bags specifically designed to maintain optimal humidity and air flow keeping fruits and vegetables fresh and healthy. The Produce Stand Collection consists of three different reusable produce bags. Each produce bag is constructed from a different fabric designed to optimize freshness when paired with the right produce. All three bags are machine washable and stuff into an adorable apple pouch with an attached carabiner, making it easy to carry and store your bags when not in use. The Produce Stand Collection Complete Starter Kit is the key to reducing your environmental impact and completely eliminating single-use plastic bags from your shopping trips.“

The three bags included are:

• The Hemp-Cotton blend bag
  
  “Each bag is made of a 70 percent hemp, 30 percent cotton blend – the ideal produce bag for leafy greens and green beans. The fabric is designed to absorb excess moisture and restrict airflow and is most effective when dampened before use.“
• The rePETe™ bag
  “Each bag is made of 99 percent recycled PET. The fabric is designed to restrict airflow and lock in moisture making it perfect for squash, broccoli, carrots and celery.“
• The Mesh rePETe™
  “The Mesh rePETe™ is ideal for apples, oranges, potatoes, onions and allows ethylene gas, nature’s ripening agent, to escape. It is made of 99 percent recycled content.“

I love that all of ChicoBag’s produce roll up into compact bags that you can keep in your car, purse or diaper bag- making them “unforgettable” because they are always with you. I also love that they have made their produce bags with materials that can help your produce last longer.

The thing that I love most about ChicoBag products is how reasonably priced they are. I was pleasantly surprised! There are only two products on their website that are priced over $20, so you can stock up fairly well on reusable bags.

ChicoBag makes a wide variety of reusable bags to help kick your plastic bag habit including:

• Bottle Sling bags
• Messenger bags
• DayPacks
• my favorite, collegiate bags! (Goo Gators!)
• and more…

Buy It!

Visit the ChicoBag website to purchase your own Produce Stand Starter Kit, retail value $14.49.

The Bag Monster®:

“Single-use bags are easy to spoof since they’re such a bad idea, so ChicoBag™ company invented Bag Monsters®. ChicoBag™ inventor, Andy Keller, had been using a huge ball of 500 plastic bags to show people at farmer’s market how many plastic bags an average American uses yearly – and one day he decided to wear it. Thus was the spawning of the first Bag Monster® (costume that is).

The Bag Monster® is a costume worn by your volunteer to visually show the impact single-use plastic bags have on our environment. These flighty bags end up in trees, along roadsides and washed up on sea shores. Each costume is decked out with 500 plastic bags, the average amount an American uses in one year.”

Read the Bag Monster® Blog to keep up to date on the reusable bag movement.

About ChicoBag:

“ChicoBag™ Company is equipping humanity with tools that will help eliminate the environmental damage caused by single-use paper and plastic bags. We have done this by designing reusable bags that are durable, tasteful and most importantly unforgettable.

We believe addressing even the largest of problems starts with small solutions.

ChicoBag™ is now an industry leader in the compact reusable bag movement and a leading innovator of fashionable, lightweight, bags and packs that can be easily stuffed into an integrated pouch. ChicoBag™ delivers a wide array of reusable bags that are meant to deliver solutions to every lifestyle. Our commitment to the environment drives us to provide a trusted brand and a portfolio of quality products aimed at helping humanity solve the environmental challenges ahead.”

Win It!

ChicoBag is offering one of our readers the chance to win a Produce Stand Starter Kit of their own!

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Good Luck!

This contest is open to residents of the USA only (Sorry, No P.O. Boxes) . Contest ends on August 21st at 5:00 pm PST. The winner will be chosen using either random.org or randomizer.org and will be notified via email. The winner will also be announced on our website in a new post. The winner will have 48 hours to contact us. If you fail to contact us within the 48 hour period, a new winner will be chosen using either random.org or randomizer.org.

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