The bags are $2.99 but ... How one Trader Joe's bag turned into a 'status symbol' These ... The no-frills Trader Joe's mini tote bags are $2.99 and smaller than most traditional canvas shopping bags.

The no-frills Trader Joe's mini tote bags are $2.99 and smaller than most traditional canvas shopping bags. Still, whenever they hit stores, they cause a buying frenzy. This week was no exception ...

The bags’ combination of matter-of-fact tag lines and mundane material poked at the idea of the shopping bag as a status symbol, said Emily Orr, an associate curator at the Cooper Hewitt ...

Trader Joe's started selling canvas reusable shopping bags in 1977, ... it's all about the prized Trader Joe's tote bag, a symbol of effortless style among the upper echelons of Japanese fashionistas.