Our Mission
The Sackaroos™ Company endeavors to be a custodian of our natural resources by offering high quality products, including reusable shopping bags, which are environmentally friendly while providing useful consumer benefits. The company practices high standards of integrity and levels of customer service.
The Sackaroos™ Company Vision
Our goal is to change the way you shop by consciously supplying your own bags during check-out. We understand the environmental dilemma that plastic bags present, but now Sackaroos™ offers a unique, practical, easy and fun alternative.
Americans use over 60,000 plastic bags every five seconds! An average family using just 30 plastic bags each week will consume over 1500 a year. The EPA has estimated that over 380 billion plastic bags are annually consumed in the U.S. It all adds up!
Our vision is to replace those plastic bags with Sackaroos™ reusable bags, reducing the impact on landfills and wildlife, while making the world a cleaner and safer place for all living creatures.
The co-founders of The Sackaroos™ Company began their close and lasting friendship as college roommates at the University of Kansas in the 70’s. During this tumultuous time at K.U. the union burned…the hippies marched…bare bums paraded on campus…and Earth Day was introduced. Back then, little was known about conserving the environment, let alone reusable shopping bags.
A serendipitous visit found the two best friends discussing their dreams and passions. One, now an attorney in Kansas, was planning to introduce an environmental web site featuring reusable shopping bags. She related her frustration about finding a unique product that people would actually want to use because of its convenience. Her friend, a former teacher living in Atlanta, slammed on the brakes and exclaimed, “I just created the exact bag you are describing!” A quick trip back to the house; a brainstorming session; a run to the fabric store; numerous tweaks; and, voila…Sackaroos™ was born.
Actually, as anyone involved in a business start-up will attest, the process was much more complicated. However, our primary goal to have our reusable bags "Made in America" was not an option to be compromised.
How can we improve?
Any company exists solely because of it customers and we feel passionately about ours. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any product improvement suggestions. Also, our Research and Development department is always searching for new ideas and we eagerly await your thoughts on how we might best continue our company's growth.
Paula Casey and Sue Burnett,
Co-Founders
The Sackaroos™ Company
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