I am a huge advocate for carrying reusable bags. I carry them everywhere — the grocery store, Target, the mall, the outlets – any time I shop I have a shopping bag with me. It is such an easy thing to do, I talk about it all the time in hope that others will adopt the idea too. Trust me, when I first started, it was hard to remember, but now we have tons of bags and it is just habit to grab a few and go. Plus I have others that I keep in the car for shopping “emergencies.”
The one area I still use plastic bags is the produce section. Until now I had not found an adequate solution to replace produce bags. Apparently ChicoBags felt the same way because they have just introduced into the market a line of reusable bags for produces.
The produce bag collection includes three different reusable produce bags. Each produce bag is constructed from a different fabric designed to optimize freshness when paired with the right produce. The Hemp-Cotton blend bag is designed for leafy greens and green beans. The rePETe™ bag is great for squash, broccoli, carrots and celery because it restricts airflow and locks in moisture. The Mesh rePETe™ is ideal for apples, oranges, potatoes, onions and allows ethylene gas, nature’s ripening agent, to escape. Plus the mesh bags are made of 99 percent recycled content, and all three bags are machine washable.
You can buy each of the bags separately or you can get the started kit that includes one of each and a cute little apple bag holder for all of your produce bags, complete with a carabineer to clip to your other bags so you don’t forget it.
I am so excited to try these bags out. I can clip the little apple bag to one of my grocery bags and I’ll be ready to go. We don’t normally store our produce in bags one we get them home, so I am interested to see if the bags also help keep the fruit fresh and healthy. Unfortunately, I haven’t been to the grocery store since the arrival of the bags to try that out. But I am so excited to have reusable bags for my produce, the other would just be an added bonus.
Buy it – You can buy your own produce bags by ChicoBag online.
Win it – One lucky TheSuburbanMom reader will win their own Produce Bag Starter Kit – like the one pictured above.
Mandatory Entry – Head over to ChicoBag and tell me what other ChicoBag you would love to have. (There are some cute bags!)
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Contest ends June 11, 2010 at 5 pm. Open to U.S. residents in the continental U.S. only. Winning comment will be chosen at random by Random.org and contacted for shipping information. Winner will have 72 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
Discloser – I was provided the ChicoBag Produce Bag Starter Kit mentioned for this post and another one has been provided to giveaway to TheSuburbanMom readers, however, all thoughts and opinions are my own. No other compensation was received.
emi says
I love the produce stand mesh bag!
CHRISTINA KARNES says
I really like the sling
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Susan says
I like the Chico Bottle Sling rePETe. Great to have when going for walks or when we go to activities on the weekends.
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Laura says
I would love the mesh produce bag! So nice!
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Donna says
I like the Sling rePEte bags.
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Janelle says
I also like the sling bag. Cool giveaway, I can see myself using this and loving it!
Heather says
I love the Maroon Polkadot Vintage bag!
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I’m a FB fan already 🙂
Heather says
I entered the Food Should Taste Good chips giveaway!
Sara says
I like the Vintage tote.
Heather M says
i like the karma totes!
JeanineE says
I really like the ChicoBag sling bag. Looks very functional and cute. Thanks!
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I tweeted your giveaway and am a Twitter follower (rosiegirldreams). Thanks!
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Judith says
I would like CHICOBAG BOTTLE SLING rePETe
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anne says
I like the Karma print bag!
Hanna says
what a great giveaway, they have some really great bags, I love the vintage style ones.
laura says
love the glacier sling
Christie says
I love the karma bag in serenity
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Pat says
All the bags look great. I’d like to try the Vintage Bag first.
Colleen says
I like the VITA bags.
Aisling says
I’d love to have a Messenger10 rePETe bag in Sapphire.
Allison says
CHICOBAG NATURE COLLECTION in Pom Flower “color”
Tari L. says
I would also like the CHICOBAG MESSENGER10 rePETe.
Linda says
I really like the ChicoBag Daypack 15 RePEte!
Deci Worland says
I’d like the karma bag.
Joshua M. says
The CHICOBAG MESSENGER12 rePETe looks just my style!
Peggy Gorman says
Love the CHICOBAG VITA rePETe in gogi_berry!!
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Meg S says
I love the Vita bag!
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nicole gladit says
Love the chico bag karma collection, super cool
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the Vita
Kimberly M says
I really like the ChicoBag Nature collection. I have a plain green one I use all the time. The produce bags are a GREAT idea! I still end up using plastic in the produce section because I don’t have a good reusable bag for produce.
Angela Winesburg says
I would love to get the vita bag, thanks!
Holly G. says
I like the Sling in merlot!
Erica C. says
Cute! I like the Chicobag Vintage Collection too.
Sarah C says
The Daypack 20 looks awesome too! We have reusable shopping bags, but no produce bags so I either try and cram a bunch of produce into one plastic bag, or leave it loose. Neither way works very well! These would be awesome.
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I also entered the Personalized Grill set review and giveaway!
Sarah D. says
I want the CHICOBAG DAYPACK15 rePETe
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I love these! The Grateful Thread rugs are also really cute
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Geena F says
I like the sling bag.
Cindy Merrill says
I thought the Daypack 15 was very nice- functional.
Lucy Schwartz says
The produce bags sound perfect for friable produce. I like the Sling rePETe bag. It makes shouldering the load easier.
Carrie says
CHICOBAG SLING rePETe
CRP3 says
I like the messenger bag style.
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i love the chicobag sling repete
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Sarah Z says
Would love the Bottle Sling for when I am out walking!
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Chrysa says
I like the vita bag!
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Kyle Banderman says
I would love the CHICOBAG BOTTLE SLING rePETe……….this would work great on walks and even at work!
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Julie Jones says
CHICOBAG MESSENGER12 rePETe is my favorite
Ambre W. says
I like the Karma bag
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Melissa B. says
I like the CHICOBAG SLING rePETe.
susitravl says
Love the CHICOBAG SLING rePETe in Cinnabar.
Sand says
I would love to have the DayPack15 rePETe™.
dddiva says
I like the Karma bag in serenity
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I would love to have the DayPack 15 rePETe amethyst.
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I would love the Karma Prints bag!
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I love the Karma harmony bag!
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I really like the CHICOBAG MESSENGER12 rePETe thanks for the chance to win eaglesforjack@gmail.com
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I would love to have the CHICOBAG SLING rePETe
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Jane Hoh says
The Daypack looks really useful. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Karenp says
Love the karma bag. Thanks for the chance to win.
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Jessica says
I like the Daypack 20 set. They come in lots of fun colors.
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Gianna says
The DayPack 🙂
Viva says
There are some nice bags. I love the CHICOBAG MESSENGER10 rePETe. Thanks!
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