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Paper bags

1880s-2000s

Examples of paper bags given to customers hold products. See also Paper Carrier bags and other carriers and images of bags.

SA/PKC/PAC/6/1

Paper bags

Paper carrier bags

[1960s-c. 1980s]

SA/PKC/PAC/6/2

Paper carrier bags

Plastic carrier bags

[c. 1960s-2013]

By 1989 carrier bags started to be made from recycled material, in 1991 a "penny back" scheme was launched giving 1p to charity for every reused bag. It was originally trialled at Leeds and Mosborough...

SA/PKC/PAC/6/3

Plastic carrier bags

PVC shopping bags

[1982-1990s]

These durable bags used heritage images from the Sainsbury's archive.

SA/PKC/PAC/6/4

PVC shopping bags

Images of plastic and paper bags

[c. 1930s-c. 2005]

Colour and black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of paper and plastic carrier bags.

SA/PKC/PAC/6/5

Images of plastic and paper bags

Reusable tote bags

[c. 2009]-Jan 2017

Reusable tote bags, often called "bags for life". Shoppers bought these in-store and were encouraged to reuse them. Sainsbury's offered a Nectar points incentive for shoppers reusing their bags;...

SA/PKC/PAC/6/6

Reusable tote bags

Tote bags for charity partnerships

2012-2014

Tote bags produced to raise money for Sainsbury's charitable partnerships.

SA/PKC/PAC/6/7

Tote bags for charity partnerships