Packaging Bags in Paper and Mylar, Printed to Your Brief

Packaging bags are the flexible alternative to a carton, used where a product needs to be carried, sealed or handed over rather than stacked on a shelf. Half Price Packaging makes two families of them: printed paper bags for counters, retail and takeaway, and mylar bags for sealed flexible packs. Both are made to order in your own sizes and artwork, printed in full colour. Options include handles, gussets, windows, ziplock closures and stand up bases, depending on the format. Free design support is available if the artwork is not ready, and a digital proof is approved before production starts.

Paper bags for counters and retail

Paper bags cover the hand over moment: a purchase leaving a shop, a takeaway order leaving a kitchen, a gift leaving a studio. The range includes kraft and white paper bags, paper bags with handles, grocery and food bags, ziplock paper bags and take out and togo formats. Handle type matters more than people expect, because a twisted paper handle, a flat handle and a die cut hole all behave differently under weight. See custom bags for the formats currently listed.

Mylar bags for sealed flexible packs

Mylar is a polyester film, and mylar bags are the format for products that are closed after filling rather than folded shut. The range covers stand up pouches, flat and heat seal bags, ziplock mylar bags, clear and window bags, holographic and metallic finishes and die cut shapes. They are widely used by CBD and tobacco brands, coffee roasters, supplement labels and snack producers. Tell us the fill weight and whether you need a resealable closure, because both change the structure.

Printing and finishing on a bag

Printing is full colour and can run across the front, back and gussets. Finishes quoted per job include matt or gloss lamination, foiling, metallic and holographic effects. On paper bags an uncoated kraft surface reads very differently from a laminated white bag, so describe the effect you want rather than naming a finish and hoping. Recyclable and eco material options are available where that is part of the brief.

Paper or film: how to choose

Paper suits anything handed over, displayed or gift wrapped, and it is the route for brands moving away from film. Mylar suits anything that has to stay sealed, hold its shape as a self supporting pouch or sit on a shelf with a window. Plenty of brands run both: a sealed film pack for the product itself and a printed paper carrier for the shop.

Briefing a bag run

Send the finished bag dimensions or the product you need to fit, the closure you want, the print coverage, the quantity you are planning and any handle preference. A digital proof is approved before the run. Costs, delivery and turnaround are confirmed on your quote. Bags of this kind suit food, retail, coffee, CBD and ecommerce brands across the UK.