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Lagniappe Gift Wrap Report Card
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Description:
Lagniappe exists because we believe that our natural resources need to be respected and used to the fullest, not simply used once and tossed out. Our collection of natural fiber gift bags are an easy, reusable gift wrap solution that does just that. All of our reusable gift bags are handmade in Lowell, Massachusetts. | | Certifications & Associations:
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Manufacturing:
All manufacturing of our gift bags is done in Lowell, Massachusetts, a historic textile town only an hour north of our offices. Our bags are made by the dedicated, hard-working employees of Unwrapped, Inc., an industrial stitching factory founded in 1994 to manufacture reusable shopping and produce bags. Today, they manufacture everything from bandages to scout bandanas to ballet shoes, including Lagniappe's gift bags.
Unwrapped employs 75 people in Lowell's Acre neighborhood, making it an anchor in a town that's had to reinvent itself since it's heyday in the nineteenth century. After World War I, most textile manufacturers went south for cheaper labor, just as much manufacturing today is done overseas for the same reason. But Lowell today is much like Lowell of the mid-1800s - home to a vast immigrant community seeking positions to help them establish themselves as Americans. While the Irish and Eastern Europeans made up the mill and manufacturing staffs of Lowell's past, most of Unwrapped's employees today are from Cambodia, a country still reeling from the Khmer Rouge regime and subsequent political turmoil. Many other employees hail from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and the United States.
Unwrapped pays for ESL courses for more than a dozen students at the St. Julie Asian Center in Lowell and three of those students have continued on to learn computers. Unwrapped practices a promote from within philosophy and four different area supervisor started out as entry level stitchers or packers.
As much as possible, Lagniappe endeavors to source materials from within the United States and will continue to manufacture domestically to reduce the environmental impact of shipping materials around the globe when there are able suppliers and manufacturers close to home.
All marketing materials are printed using paper with the highest level of recycled content available and vegetable based inks whenever possible.
We practice cradle to cradle responsibility for our products. When customers decide they no longer want a certain bag (even if another company made it) all they need to do is send it back to us. We'll send them a coupon for future purchases and we'll remanufacture or recycle the bags, depending on it's condition. Remanufactured bags go up for sale in the Redux section of our website, along with bags from remnant fabric. |
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