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December 26, 2007
ChicoBag Spotlight
Local company ChicoBag keeps generating a lot of media attention.
The San Francisco Chronicle featured ChicoBag in its recent article on the reusable bag trend.
And Hollywood has been taking notice with ChicoBag becoming a popular event goodie bag.
This promotional quote is golden:
"ChicoBags have already been seen in the hands of celebs from eco-kingpins Ed Begley Jr. and Leonardo DiCaprio, to kings of comedy like Steve Carell, and Oscar winning actresses including Susan Sarandon and Juliet Binoche."
I love that ChicoBag has the "Chico" in its name - promoting the community's values and name in various corners of the world.
When will Chico and other Butte County communities step up with its over version of a plastic bag ban applied to major grocery and drugstore chains?
Today's Scrabble word is rani, the wife of a raja.
Posted by dan_nt at December 26, 2007 12:50 PM
Comments
Too cool. I also recently saw this product featured in Sunset Magazine, as a gift for the "treehugger" in your family.
Posted by: Grant Sautner at December 27, 2007 09:42 AM
A great bag! It would be even better were it made in Chioc--instead of China. As I cannot support slave labor, I cannot buy one.
Posted by: Quentin at December 27, 2007 10:47 AM
We got ChicoBags for relatives in the midwest. We didn't find out until Christmas that the same relatives had gotten us ChicoBags.
Merry ChicoBagmas!
Posted by: Chuckles at December 27, 2007 10:56 AM
This is Andy from ChicoBag. I felt a strong need to respond to the comment about our factory. All factory employees are paid, have a standard work week and receive overtime pay. I inspect the factory because social equity and fairness is very important to me, my company and the overall health of our society and Earth as a whole. We welcome questions and can be reached at 888-496-6166.
Posted by: Andy Keller at December 27, 2007 02:52 PM
Chicobag is already in a lot of major grocery chains, I've seen them in the bay area a lot. Part of the problem is that stores like Safeway and Raleys have their own bags they are trying to sell. They're cheaper, but they're basically branded tote-bags, as oppose to something collapsible between uses.
Also, thanks for contributing, Andy!
Posted by: Roy at February 28, 2008 08:52 PM