When visiting the grocery store or local market, there are a couple of questions that probably come to mind: "What do I want to buy?" and "How am I going to get this all home?" Keeping reusable grocery bags in your purse, backpack or stashed in your car can help you with the latter (and prevent waste). The material of the bag itself plays a big role in the one you'll want to use. For heavy-duty lifts, like your big weekly shop, you'll want an option that has enough space and can preserve your food on your journey back home. For a quick trip—say you need fresh flowers or a quart of milk—there are smaller reusable bags that you can keep on hand. Read on for our top picks for the best reusable totes for every kind of trip to the grocery store.

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Canvas is durable and easy to clean. This heavy-duty canvas bag is perfect for grocery shopping because of its reinforced handles and double-stitched seams, which work together to ensure the bag stays intact. Store it in your car for weekly grocery trips.

Those who like to shop in bulk will appreciate these bags which are sold in a set of 10. They have strong, firm handles and each tote can hold over 40 pounds of groceries. After you transfer food to your refrigerator and pantry, these bags fold up easily into your handbag.

A mesh market bag is a great option to keep on hand for those times when you only need a few fresh foods from the store. This cotton bag is sold as a set of two and is ideal for carrying fruits, vegetables and flowers.  

This freezable bag will help prevent your frozen food from defrosting before you get home. Just be sure to freeze it for at least 12 hours before doing your food shopping (It can be folded flat for freezing). Once chilled, the bag will lock in cool, dry air for hours.

Stash this handy handmade bag in your car for your routine shopping trips. It's a sturdy organic, cotton canvas option and features bottle sleeves to keep glass products from colliding (and breaking!) en route from the store to your house.

Thanks to the seven compartments in this tote, you'll be able to divvy up fragile items, like eggs and fresh berries, into separate areas to make sure they don't get smushed. Plus, the bag features a loop on the outside that's designed for cinching the fresh flowers you pick up along with your groceries.