As comfortable and durable as your favorite pair of jeans, our grocery bags are specially hand-crafted and good for the environment.
In response to plastic bag bans, we’ve developed an environmentally friendly alternative. Our bags are made from recycled jeans and are recyclable themselves. A portion of the sale of these bags directly benefits Bay Area Food Banks. Buy a useful product, practice sustainability and help hungry people when you buy a jean bag from us. Don’t get stuck holding the plastic bag!
Discover our bags across the Bay.
Marinwood Market
155 Marinwood Dr.
San Rafael
Mollie Stone’s
49 West 42nd Ave.
San Mateo
United Market
100 Red Hill Ave.
San Anselmo
Mollie Stone’s
100 Harbor Dr.
Sausalito
Nugget Market
470 Ignacio Blvd.
Novato
United Market
515 Third Street
San Rafael
Mollie Stone’s
2435 California St.
San Francisco
Piedmont Grocery
4038 Piedmont Ave.
Oakland
The Willows Market
60 Middlefield Rd.
Menlo Park
Mollie Stone’s
635 Portola Dr.
San Francisco
Scotty’s Market
620 Freitas Pkwy.
San Rafael
Jupiter Foods
100 Petaluma Blvd. N.
Petaluma
It’s a tale of three neighbors.
Linda Haumann and Martha Runco, friends and neighbors for over 15 years, teamed up in January of 2011. Inspired by the environmental consciousness of their children and their own concerns, they discovered a creative way to use their craft and design talents to create the jean bags. Not only did they want to create a full-cycle product, but they also had a vision of helping hungry people, so they decided to donate a portion of the proceeds to the food banks. Their commitment and love goes into making each bag!
Marja McCauley joined the Bag Ladies in December of 2013, and we’re thrilled to have her on board. She also lives in Marin. She’s a professional weaver and loves to sew.
A new sewist joins the team!
Craig Cohen joined the Bay Area Bag Ladies in February 2022. She has been a sewist for over fifty years. She started sewing her own clothes as a preteen, and her love of sewing led to a major in Clothing and Textiles. Over the years, she gradually moved from making clothing to making quilts. While living in Massachusetts, she became involved with a project called The Power of the Quilt. This project provides lap quilts for patients undergoing chemotherapy. Craig is thrilled to be able to use her sewing skills for a good cause.
