The Chico Bag Company was founded in early 2004 by Andy Keller who took a trip to his local landfill after spending the day landscaping his backyard.  He was horrified by how many single-use bags filled the scene. 

Plastic bags blanketed the landscape in a thin mix of white and beige plastic.  On his way home, Andy continued to notice plastic bags everywhere; caught in trees and on fence posts, half drowned in gutter puddles and blowing in the streets like urban tumbleweeds. 

Andy vowed to stop using single-use bags for good.  Inspired, Andy dropped a few bucks on a secondhand sewing and began sewing what would ultimately become the first ChicoBag. 

After countless hours, fabrics and prototypes the Original ChicoBag™ brand reusable bag, complete with an integrated stuff pouch and attached carabiner, was born.  Andy’s ChicoBag™ brand reusable bags were first sold in 2005 on Earth Day at the Farmers Market in Chico, CA.  Initially only available in white, the Original has evolved to include eleven color choices. 

In 2008, ChicoBag™ introduced trademarked rePETe™ products as part of an evolving effort to reduce our environmental impact. rePETe™ is a term we use to help our customers identify which ChicoBag™ brand products are made using recycled content. Every product with the rePETe™ logo is manufactured using recycled materials. Our rePETe™ products bring us one step closer to providing consumers with a closed loop solution. 

The Bag Monster!!! The Average person uses 500 plastic bags a year!!

ChicoBag™ is now an industry leader in the compact reusable bag movement and a leading innovator of fashionable, lightweight, bags and packs that can be easily stuffed into an integrated pouch. ChicoBag™ delivers a wide array of reusable bags that are meant to deliver solutions to every lifestyle. Our committed to the environment drives us to provide a trusted brand and a portfolio of quality products aimed at helping humanity solve the environmental challenges ahead.

Now Chico Bag is an industry leader in the reusable bag movement and a leading innovator of compact reusable bags and packs that easily stuff into an integrated pouch.  Chico Bag offers an array of reusable bags designed with the user in mind.  Our commitment to the environment drives us to provide a trusted brand and a portfolio of quality products aimed at helping humanity kick the single-use bag habit.

Below are some of our most popular styles of Chico bags, made for every occasion and event, there is a Chico product here for everyone!