San Diego Mothers: Native Firm Takes the Stress Out of Grocery Buying

Any outing together with your children can balloon right into a irritating scenario — even an outing as mundane as grocery purchasing. Fortunately for fogeys, San Diego-based Lotus Sustainables is taking the stress out of grocery purchasing whereas additionally being acutely aware of the surroundings.

Lotus Sustainables gives the Lotus Trolley Bag, an all-in-one system to make grocery purchasing quicker and simpler. Consumers can set up their groceries whereas throwing them within the cart then they’ll simply put groceries away at dwelling.

The corporate additionally gives Lotus Produce Bags, that are washable and reusable and very best for snacks, toys and different kid-friendly objects. Lastly, the corporate gives the Lotus Cart Clip the place mother and father can merely clip their telephones proper onto the handlebar of a grocery cart. 

Jennifer Dehmoubed, who co-founded the corporate together with her husband, Farzan, mentioned Lotus Sustainables was initially fashioned with the Earth in thoughts. 

“The common American household makes use of over 1,500 plastic luggage per yr, and understanding that solely underneath 3% of plastics are literally recycled and reused, it’s staggering to assume how a lot plastic we’re utilizing unnecessarily,” she mentioned. “Practically 8 million tons of plastic find yourself in our oceans every year. Nevertheless, remembering to deliver a bunch of low cost reusable grocery luggage to the shop, then coping with the litter of all of that within the cart, plus how soiled and moldy they get, simply wasn’t reducing it.”

Dehmoubed mentioned they found a chance to create a “sensible answer” to boost the purchasing expertise. And, the response from households has been overwhelmingly optimistic. Mother and father have described the Lotus Sustainable merchandise as recreation changers and handy whereas eliminating waste. 

“Lotus is right here to make your purchasing expertise simpler, environment friendly and arranged — all whereas serving to maintain the world extra sustainable,” Dehmoubed mentioned. “We assist folks get rid of single-use plastics from their lives with high-quality sustainable options which are higher for them and our planet.”

What’s even higher? Lotus Sustainables has pledged to donate 10% of earnings to nonprofits working towards ending plastic air pollution, combating local weather change and advocating for social and environmental justice.   

Lotus Sustainables merchandise can be found in retail shops throughout the nation. For extra info, go to lotus-sustainables.com. 

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