A new shopping invention at Woolworths solves the annoying issue of shopping bags slumping at the supermarket’s self-checkouts.
The Aussie supermarket has just launched its innovative Click N Stay™ bag, a $4 reusable shopping bag that’s specifically ‘designed to stay open, so you can scan and pack with both hands’.
This innovation was developed to make it easier for customers who are scanning and packing their own shopping at self-service checkouts, or when they’re using the new Scan&Go trolley devices.
The bags are conveniently designed to stay upright and open in the bagging area thanks to a unique locking mechanism at the top.
On either side of the top of the bag is the word “Push”, which indicates the way it should be manoeuvred to lock the bag open. On the opposite internal side of the bag is the word “Pull”, which indicates where the bag can be released to close.
This bag cleverly solves the common self-checkout issue of fumbling to hold a floppy shopping bag open with one hand, while simultaneously scanning and packing items with the other hand.
For added convenience, the size of these bags has also been designed to perfectly fit inside Woolworths’ green trolleys.
The new shopping bag was revealed on Woolworths’ social media channels in an 11-second video accompanied by a caption heralding it as: ‘the upgrade you’ve been waiting for’.
Woolworths have launched their new innovative Click N Stay™ bags range
Woolworths shared a short social media video to their TikTok and Instagram accounts, demonstrating their Click N Stay™ bags in-action at a self-checkout
The explanatory video shows the new Click N Stay reusable bags in action as they’re locked in place and positioned standing upright and open in the self-checkout bagging area.
The video voice-over explains that the bags are designed to ‘stay open while you scan and pack’.
On both Instagram and TikTok, delighted shoppers praised the invention for resolving a long-standing self-checkout issue.
‘Aaaamazing!!’ read one reply.
‘Love these!’ added another.
The $4 bags are made from at least 90 per cent recycled plastic, and come in three vibrant Australian icon-themed designs.
There’s a ‘Cockatoo & Wattle’ pale pink bag and a light blue ‘Coffee & Finger Bun’ bag.
There’s the ‘Famous Aussie Things’ green bag, which features cute illustrations of things like a ‘barbie’, ‘seagulls’ and ‘hills hoist’.
The new Woolworths shopping bags come in three Australian icon-themed designs, ‘Cockatoo & Wattle’ (left), ‘Famous Aussie Things’ (centre) and ‘Coffee & Finger Bun’ (right)
‘Love the designs,’ commented one shopper in reply to Woolworths’ social media video.
The new reusable bag range comes following the rollout of Scan&Go trolleys in new Woolworths stores.
However, not everyone was convinced by the new supermarket bag.
Several shoppers noted in the comments that there was a time not so long ago when shopping ‘bags used to be free’.
Another person remarked that the $4 price tag was a significant increase on the current 25-cent brown paper bags.
However other social media commenters saw the merit in upgrading.
‘[T]hey’ve gotta be better than the paper bags,’ read one reply.
‘The brown paper bags rip every time,’ added another.
In response to this, Woolworths’ own social media team responded: ‘Funny you say that… our Click N Stay™ bags were literally made for this moment.’
The new range of Click & Stay bags joins Woolworths’ existing reusable bag range, which includes their signature Green Totes, Chiller Bags, Art Bags, and foldable fruit-shaped Fabric Bags.
