Primark Christmas product that could help shoppers save on wrapping paper returns

High-street shoppers could save money on Christmas wrapping paper this year due to the return of a popular product from clothing retailer Primark.

The Irish fashion chain, which has branches in Newcastle city centre, the Bridges and Metrocentre, has brought back its brown and red striped bags, which shoppers have said are thick enough to safely wrap packages and send them in the post, Hull Live reports. On Facebook's Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group, shopper Fiona Spriggs posted to say that she was already making use of the bags: "Free wrapping paper and gift tags made out of Primark bags."

Others added that they have already started using the bags to wrap gifts and parcels, with Christmas less than two months away.

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One user wrote: "What a brilliant idea! Two uses out of one item and can be recycled after that’s a win win!"

Another said: "Well done Primark for an ingenious idea!!"

Primark bags can be reused as Christmas wrapping paper (Primark)

However, some people were worried how their gifts would be received in such wrapping paper, with one shopper saying: "Primark really pushing their paper shopping bags as wrapping paper! That really gives off vibes as ‘cheap b****rd’."

Another wasn't impressed, saying: "Primark wrapping paper is like cheap embossed wallpaper… it’d be better used lining the inside of a rabbit hutch or as a handy firestarter #xmaswrappingfail."

And one tweeter highlighted a problem that anyone with a cat will be familiar with, saying: "Maybe I will actually try and use the Primark bag as wrapping paper. My cats: or we can rip it up and use it as a bed."

Last Christmas, Primark shared a two-minute video on YouTube demonstrating how the bags can be used as wrapping paper. The bags also come with instructions showing how they can be reused.

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