Bag Boxes
Box-bottom paper bags that stand up like a box.
A box-bottom bag combines a bag's low cost with a box's stability: the flat base lets it stand open for easy filling and display. It's the classic grocery and bakery bag.
Print it full-color or keep it kraft.
- Flat box bottom, stands up
- Holds shape when filled
- Kraft or full-color
- Food and retail grades
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The bag that behaves like a box
A box-bottom bag, the trade calls it an SOS bag, self-opening square, has a folded flat base that snaps open and lets the bag stand on its own. That one feature is why it owns bakery counters, grocery aisles and takeout lines: the bag stands open for two-handed filling, stands upright on a counter without spilling, and sits flat in a delivery car. A pinch-bottom bag does none of that.
Weights and builds
Light kraft (around 70 gsm) suits pastries, sandwiches and pharmacy counters. Heavier stock with reinforced flat handles steps up to grocery and retail loads, several kilos carried comfortably. Greaseproof-lined versions handle fried food and buttery bakes; windowed faces show bread and cookies. Natural kraft, white and full-color printed faces all run on the same structures, and the flat front and back panels print far better than a gusseted bag's creased face.
Handles split the range: no handles for counter service, flat paper handles for retail, twisted handles for the gift-adjacent end, which crosses into our brown paper gift bags.
Buying by the case
These are consumables, so unit economics rule. Plain kraft by the case costs least; one or two-color printing adds the brand for a small premium and runs economically at bakery volumes. Full-color makes sense for chains and franchise programs. A practical middle path: plain bags plus a bold sticker, which lets a small shop brand the bag and change the message seasonally without reprinting stock.
What sizes are standard?
From single-pastry bags up to double-bottle grocery sizes. Tell us what goes in the bag and how it is carried, and we will match the weight and handle spec to the load.
