People used to fill their bags with produce, bundles or bags of fish and meat, and here and there a couple bags or boxes of dry goods. Carts were a necessity t

People used to fill their bags with produce, bundles or bags of fish and meat, and here and there a couple bags or boxes of dry goods. Carts were a necessity to get people to interact with the new "center aisles" of the grocery store which is mostly full of boxed and canned garbage.