The first shopping cart was patented in 1940 and was reinvented in 1946. The first shopping cart in the United States was patented in 1940 by Sylvan Goldman. The cart had two baskets that sat on a folding frame, one on the top and one on the bottom. Grocery stores were much smaller than they […]
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One Vermont town considers fining stores for abandoned shopping carts
RUTLAND CITY, Vt. (WCAX) – Rutland City is cracking down on abandoned shopping carts. Mayor David Allaire says this is a longstanding issue in the area that comes and goes. Many people who walk to Walmart and Price Chopper use carts to bring groceries home. But those carts end up along sidewalks and in the […]
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