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How to Fold a Grocery Bag and Store them Neatly

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi August 1, 2013

How to fold a grocery bag and store those neatly?This is how I do.At first this folding sounds like difficult,but when you use to it,folding a grocery bag takes just a few seconds only.

Anyway this is not a recipe post. But I believe an organized pantry/kitchen is one of the secrets for a delicious dish. I usually reuse plastic grocery bags. Most of the time I use those as garbage bags or liners for the dustbins.  But how to store them nicely in less space? Until recent, I folded them into four and stored in another larger size bag. That plastic bag was always bulky and took much space inside my kitchen cabinet which I didn’t like.
 

How to fold a grocery bag and store them neatly
Space difference of both folding methods
But I didn’t know a better method.
Later I found this folding method and it is really useful in space saving. Now I have lots of bags folded and stored inside a small basket.It is not bulky as earlier. I keep this basket inside the cupboard below the sink and it is aesthetically pleasing.
How to fold a grocery bag and store them neatly
Folded bags can be stored in any type of container, plastic box or even inside a jar which is not in use.
You may feel that this folding process takes too much time. No! It can be done under 1 minute.On the other way, we don’t receive 100 grocery bags to our home in a day. It can be less than 10 bags per day. So, spending few seconds for folding a bag is worth than having a cluttered space, isn’t it?
This is easy to do while watching tv. Oh but don’t disturb other family members, as they won’t like the crinkly sound of folding the grocery bag. 🙂
 
Here are the steps on how to fold a plastic grocery bag using an origami fold and store them nicely.
Place the plastic bag on a flat surface. Firmly press it and make it smooth. Avoid any wrinkles.
Then fold the plastic bag into half-length as shown in picture. Press it and make it Smooth.
Then fold it again as shown in below photograph.
Always make sure the bag is empty of air and without any wrinkles.
Fold a triangle at the bottom of the plastic bag strip by folding one corner up.
Continue folding the bag in triangle shape all the way to the top of the strip.
Now you reach to the top.
You can find the small pocket shape in folded bag.
Tuck the handles of the bag into this opening at the top of the fold.
Yay! It is done. Now there is a triangle shaped folded bag which is easily fit into any container.
I store all my bags like this. I have two small baskets for larger bags and smaller bags. So, it is easy to find a bag according to the size.
How to fold a grocery bag and store them neatly

How to fold a grocery bag

When you want to use the bag, remove the tucked ends and just shake it.
For easy instructions, please watch the below video.(Please ignore the quality of the video as I did it only to share the instructions 🙂 )

Hope you enjoyed this post.How do you store bags in the pantry? Any other easy method? I would like to know.
 Also check : how to store onion and garlic?

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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi

Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She is a Sri Lankan living in Singapore and shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes, you will also find travel, health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She is the founder of Sihela Consultants. (www.sihelaconsultants.com) She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.

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25 comments

Priya R August 1, 2013 - 5:22 am

New post dear, very useful and they seem so organized and no one can guess that they are grocery bags 🙂 thanks for sharing

Jeya Jemini August 1, 2013 - 5:38 am

me too fold in the same way….easy to store…

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Sona - quick picks/pick quicks August 1, 2013 - 9:10 am

thats a very handy post, Amy !!! thanks a bunch for sharing.

cquek August 1, 2013 - 10:01 am

jolly good idea.

Chitz August 1, 2013 - 11:26 am

That’s such a great way to store.. Neat it looks & obviously less space 🙂

Beena.stephy August 1, 2013 - 11:40 am

Good post . me to use in the same way

Priya Anandakumar August 1, 2013 - 12:17 pm

very useful and nice post dear…

Veena Theagarajan August 1, 2013 - 2:20 pm

very useful post..

Shirley Tay August 1, 2013 - 3:23 pm

Oh, u’re storing your bags the same way too? Cool! I did a post on this too some time ago & this method saves us lots of space. Glad we’re on the same page 🙂

Man Ridwan August 1, 2013 - 10:22 am

Great idea thanks for sharing 🙂

Jenny August 2, 2013 - 1:18 am

This is an awesome post! I always have such a mess under my kitchen cabinet! Thank you so much for linking this up for favorite thing friday.

Angel Allen August 2, 2013 - 3:11 am

Great post. I reuse them too but you’re right about them taking up space. I love this and will definitely use your method from now on.
Thanks for sharing at our Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop.
Angel @ sewcraftyangel.blogspot

Navaneetham Krishnan August 2, 2013 - 7:29 am

I keep dumping the bags into the drawer until its stuck and the rest of the drawers are jammed. Nice sharing on the step by step process but I sincerely wish I have to time to fold.

Julie Huston August 2, 2013 - 6:01 pm

I did do this and it did save space, I hope I have the time to keep this up.

Clairejustine oxox August 2, 2013 - 7:51 pm

This is a great idea 🙂

Thanks for sharing at welcome to the weekend blog hop …

Alaia Williams August 3, 2013 - 12:25 am

Who knew?!? Thanks!

Michelle August 3, 2013 - 12:52 am

Very neat!

Hanna August 3, 2013 - 1:23 am

Hi there, I’m Hanna! I’m co-hosting the Aloha Friday hop this week and just wanted to stop by, say hi and follow your blog 🙂

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Anna A August 4, 2013 - 4:12 am

My sister’s roommate from Indonesia would fold her bags like this. It’s a great way to save space!! 🙂
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Betty Taylor August 8, 2013 - 2:26 am

You are not supposed to just wad them up? lol! I will have to try this.

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feipeng wu August 8, 2013 - 8:01 am

Thanks for sharing..
It is a good idea…

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Alison August 11, 2013 - 3:17 am

This is a new take on bag folding that is very interesting. I’ll have to try it out! Thanks for sharing this tip

Engineers Love Cooking August 19, 2013 - 1:13 am

Thanks for the idea. I will do it to save space.

niki ad August 20, 2013 - 4:05 am

An excellent idea !!!!!Your folding method is really space saving !!!!
Niki

aravind joshi January 25, 2014 - 11:45 am

Great post on grocery bags as a shopping bags manufacturer i really happy to read this one

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