A new Gallup poll finds more Americans are heading back to their local grocery stores and restaurants as the COVID-19 pandemic fades. Gallup reported Wednesday that 37% of U.S. adults say they are shopping in person for groceries at least once a week, up six percentage points from last year. The poll found that 83% […]

Stores face fines to reclaim abandoned carts – even if they were stolen

We live in a world shaped by shopping carts. The ubiquitous, unloved contraptions are a key feature of US economy. (Yes, really.) The birth of shopping carts in the early 20th century helped usher in an era of mass consumption and enabled grocery stores and brands to expand their products – without customers worrying about […]

Nutritionist Steph Grasso says most new deals start on Wednesdays, and old deals tend to stick around for the remainder of the day. The middle of the week also likely means the shelves are freshly stocked, so there are more options to choose from. Grasso also said that there tend to be fewer shoppers on […]

As gas prices continue to hike up, you may be feeling some pain at the pump. But those increases impact a lot more than just how much it costs to drive your automobile. The numbers seem to just keep going up. According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gas is now […]

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 […]

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 […]

GK Software CEO valuates flexible technologies that meet needs of existing retail format and shoppers, as well as adapt for tomorrow Michael Jaszczyk CEO, GK Software USA Waiting in a checkout line is one of the largest pain points within a physical store. As shoppers’ frozen goods begin to thaw and ice cream melts, seamless […]

A university study finds shopping carts with two parallel grips, instead of the standard single horizontal handlebar, could boost sales by 25 percent for grocers versus standard carts because they work the biceps instead of the triceps. “Psychology research has proven that triceps activation is associated with rejecting things we don’t like – for example […]