“BYOB” doesn’t always stand for “Bring Your Own Bottle.” “BYOB Bring Your Own Bag” has been printed on many images. Stores request customers to bring their own bags to be environmentally friendly.
 
“Bring Your Own Bag” was printed in the Jackson Hole Guide (Jackson, WY) on December 3, 1964. “Seattle (AP)—Safeway grocery stores here are asking customers to BYOB—Bring Your Own Bags” was printed in the Omaha (NE) World-Herald on December 28, 1973.
   
 
3 December 1964, Jackson Hole Guide (Jackson, WY), “Ski Club Solves Sack Crisis,” pg. 9, cols. 1-2:
BYOB might have other meanings, depending on your “tastes,” but Friday and Saturday at the shelter it means “Bring Your Own Bag.”
     
28 December 1973, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, “Bring Your Own Bag,” pg. 12, col. 1:
Seattle (AP)—Safeway grocery stores here are asking customers to BYOB—Bring Your Own Bags—when shopping, Dale Lynch, Safeway manager for Western Washington and Alaska, said customers were asked to bring bags back to the store “because we foresee a tough time in getting an adequate supply beginning in about March.”
 
2 January 1974, The Sun (Baltimore, MD), “Grocery Prices Up Again” By The Associated Press, pg. A8, col. 6:
The paper shortage has hit some supermarkets and Grand Union stores in Dade COunty, Fla., are trying to counter it with a BYOB progam.
 
The initials stand for bring your own bag and customers who do get extra trading stamps for each returned bag that is refilled and sent out again with the same customer.
   
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LIME.com BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag): My collection of plastic supermarket bags used to burst fr.. http://tinyurl.com/yrhxbf
12:05 AM - 28 Feb 2008
   
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The Give Bag Donates A $1: For every Give bag that is sold Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) will donate $1 to Covenant House, which is non profi..
9:15 AM - 12 Dec 2008
   
Google Books
The Everything Green Baby Book:
From pregnancy to baby’s first year - an easy and affordable guide to help you care for your baby—and the earth!
By Jenn Savedge
Avon, MA: Adams Media
2010
Pg. ?:
Remember to B.Y.O.B. (bring your own bag and bottle), and you can completely eliminate your contribution to this growing environmental problem.
   
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47 Things You Can Do for the Environment
By Lexi Petronis and Jill Buck
San Francisco, CA: Zest Books
2012
Pg. 58:
BYOB. (Bring. Your. Own. Bag).
 
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Replying to @BillKindle @JohnStossel
BYOB == Bring your own bag
BYOS == Bring your own straw
BYON == Bring your own napkins
Pay extra for the privilege == FU
12:36 AM - 1 Feb 2018
 
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Soon, it will be BYOB at Kroger – bring your own bag! The grocery chain plans to phase out single-use plastic bags and transition to reusable bags by 2025.
10:30 PM - 3 Apr 2019
 
(Trademark)
Word Mark B.Y.O.B. BRING YOUR OWN BAG
Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 022. US 002. G & S: reusable cloth bags and sacks. FIRST USE: 19900502. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19900520
Mark Drawing Code (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code 26.11.21 - Rectangles that are completely or partially shaded
Serial Number 74065322
Filing Date June 4, 1990
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Owner (APPLICANT) Roy D. Mathews and Associates, Inc. CORPORATION FLORIDA 13353 Sorrento Dr. Largo FLORIDA 346444614
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD
Abandonment Date May 7, 1991
 
(Trademark)
Word Mark BYOB BRING YOUR OWN BAG
Goods and Services (CANCELLED) IC 018. US 003. G & S: tote bags made of ripstop nylon and precut kits therefor. FIRST USE: 19911224. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19911224
Mark Drawing Code (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code 24.15.02 - Arrows forming any other geometric figure
26.01.02 - Circles, plain single line; Plain single line circles
26.05.13 - Triangles, exactly two triangles; Two triangles
26.05.21 - Triangles that are completely or partially shaded
Serial Number 74235227
Filing Date January 6, 1992
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Published for Opposition July 20, 1993
Registration Number 1797835
Registration Date October 12, 1993
Owner (REGISTRANT) Walker, Mary F. INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 3611 85th Street NW, #165 Oronoco MINNESOTA 55960
(REGISTRANT) Walker, E. Dayne INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 3611 85th Street NW, #165 Oronoco MINNESOTA 55960
Attorney of Record William J. Ryan
Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE “BRING YOUR OWN BAG BYOB” APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD
Cancellation Date December 29, 2000