'Healthy Holidays' Home-Toters Encourage Seasonal Produce Gifts

Canby, Oregon USA – Grocers and growers can promote gift bags of fresh fruits and vegetables this holiday season using specially designed “Healthy Holidays” single handle paper Home-Toters® featuring an imprinted gift tag courtesy of Package Containers, Inc., according to Robert Degnan, President and CEO. Healthy Holidays Totes featuring Locally Grown, Apple Slices and Citrus Slices Standard Imprints from Package Containers, Inc.

The three designs include the PCI standard imprint 1-color “Locally Grown” Natural Kraft Home-Toter®, plus their 2-color “Apple Slices” and 3-color “Citrus Slices” White Kraft standard imprint Home-Toter®. All three Healthy Holidays designs are available in the Prep size (6.75” x 4.75” x 8.5”) holding 5-7 lbs of produce, and includes the PCI custom imprinted Quad-Fold™ handle for added strength. A Package Containers booking program offers the bags in two shipment windows; orders placed by October 5, 2012 deliver by Nov 2, and orders placed by Nov 2 deliver by Dec 3.

The bag designs feature an imprinted “gift tag” on the bag allowing a customer to fill in “To & From” information for gift giving. All bags are made in the USA from FDA compliant food safe Kraft paper and are certified compostable for industrial composting facilities; bag inks and glues are water soluble for maximum sustainability.

“PCI offers the new ‘Healthy Holidays’ line of colorful totes to help boost produce sales by encouraging shoppers to give gift bags of fruits and vegetables as a sustainable, healthy option to traditional gift baskets,” comments Degnan. “When filled, these totes offer a beautiful, creative way to give a healthy gift to friends and loved ones.” He adds that the gift totes make excellent hostess gifts for those visiting for Thanksgiving, or for Holiday parties, gift exchanges, or corporate appreciation gifts. The Locally Grown, Apple and Citrus Slices Home-Toters® are standard imprint designs available year round from Package Containers, Inc.

ABOUT PCI

Founded in 1947, Oregon-based Package Containers, Inc. manufactures compostable, recyclable Home-Toter® paper bags in natural and white Kraft and recycled papers along with rust-resistant galvanized wire cut ties for the agriculture, grocery, restaurant, bakery and wine industries. The company also is a value-added supplier of standard and custom high and low density reusable and recyclable polyethylene and polypropylene bags. PCI is a locally owned, privately held company with manufacturing headquarters in Canby, Oregon and regional offices in California, Ohio and Illinois. The company serves customers throughout the United States and Canada. PCI is committed to the sustainable reuse and recycling of all products it manufacturers.

Source: Package Containers, Inc.