Who makes Kirkland Signature Flex-Tech Kitchen Trash Bags, 13 Gallon, 200 ct?

Costco's trash-bags category exposes a manufacturer filter that includes 'REYNOLDS CONSUMER PROD CO' (live URL: costco.com/trash-bags.html?manufacturername=reynolds-consumer-prod-co). But that facet spans Costco's whole trash-bag assortment - which also includes branded Hefty bags (a Reynolds brand) - and could NOT be tied to the specific Kirkland Signature Flex-Tech line: costco.com blocks bots and no Wayback snapshot of the Kirkland Flex-Tech product page (item 100342484 / 100488871) exists to read its per-item mfName. Route inconclusive for this SKU.

'Flex-Tech,' the sub-brand printed on the Kirkland bags, is a registered U.S. trademark for 'trash bags' (serial 87146443, reg. 5188538) reported to be owned by Poly-America, L.P. of Grand Prairie, TX - a large domestic bag manufacturer whose products feature the same 'patented flex technology' and gripping drawstrings as the Kirkland line. This points to Poly-America, NOT Reynolds, and directly conflicts with the Costco mfName facet. Could not archive-verify the USPTO/Trademarkia record (TSDR is JS-only; trademarkia.com and uspto.report return 403 to automation), so the ownership is a secondary-index assertion, not a verified primary record - upgrade path: confirm the TSDR owner block from Ian's browser.

Zero recalls for 'trash bag' or 'garbage bag'; the 2 'Kirkland' recalls on file (Valdobbiadene Prosecco bottles; six-quart saute pans) are unrelated to bags. No co-packer surfaced via the recall route.

Route is structurally inapplicable here: both candidate makers (Reynolds and Poly-America) are domestic U.S. manufacturers, and U.S.-sold Kirkland trash bags are produced domestically, so import bills of lading would not capture the maker - absence of records proves nothing (tier-5 caveat, same as the paper-goods records).

No executive statement or investigative report names the maker of Kirkland trash bags. Reporting repeats 'Reynolds/Hefty' without evidence; the closest documented analog is Hunker's finding that Reynolds Presto Products makes Walmart's Great Value bags (tied by Reynolds-owned trademarks such as 'Stand 'N Store' and co-defendant lawsuits) - but that is Walmart, not Costco, and no equivalent Kirkland-specific documentation exists.

No Costco page names the trash-bag supplier. Costco's chemical-disclosure/SDS route (which names manufacturers for Kirkland detergents and dish soap) does not exist for plastic/paper goods, so that avenue is unavailable for trash bags, mirroring the paper-towels finding.

Claims are contradictory and evidence-free: Reynolds/Hefty is the most repeated name, while the 'Flex-Tech' trademark implicates Poly-America. No consistent, verifiable single maker emerges.