I lived in Venice, CA in the mid 00's, about 2 blocks from the Ralph's on Lincoln. They used to let us leave with the shopping carts. Then they'd send a picku

I lived in Venice, CA in the mid 00's, about 2 blocks from the Ralph's on Lincoln. They used to let us leave with the shopping carts. Then they'd send a pickup full of guys to pick up shopping carts every evening. So we would just unload the cart and leave it in our front-yard for pickup. I absolutely loved it. In contrast, in Brooklyn, they won't even let you bring the shopping cart into the parking lot. But then again, just about everyone I knew in Brooklyn had one of those pull carts and just used that to shop / carry their groceries home. That said, I generally chose FreshDirect over dragging my own groceries around once FD finally came to Bushwick.