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A year or two ago my grocery store got rid of hand baskets. Now you can only choose between a short cart, a full cart, or holding everything in your arms. I ha
by MBCook 3y ago
A year or two ago my grocery store got rid of hand baskets. Now you can only choose between a short cart, a full cart, or holding everything in your arms.
I hate it. They’re not bringing them back, I’ve asked.
- tzs 3y agoDid they get rid of free plastic bags at checkout earlier? I ask because some Walmarts got rid of hand baskets. When they stopped providing free plastic bags at checkout there was a big rise in people carrying their purchases out in the hand baskets and then not returning the baskets. Those stores often decided to stop replacing the baskets. I would not be surprised if the same thing happened at other stores.
- black3r 3y agoTesco stores in Slovakia have the anti-theft alarm thingies on hand baskets and you can't leave the store without tripping the alarm... There are multiple solutions to every problem.
- MBCook 3y agoNo nothing else changed. I suspect the idea is if you have a cart of some size they expect you’ll buy more because you can fit it or it looks emptier. Some kind of psychological thing.
- dtgriscom 3y agoThat's nasty. If I expect my goods to fit into a hand basket, I grab one. Better maneuverability in a crowd.
- Freedom2 3y agoI wonder if it's based on demographics? Here in Waxahachie, TX, there are no hand baskets at all, however speaking to people with a similar background to me in other states where they are a larger part of the population, and hand baskets can be easily found everywhere.