grocery cart
noun
US
: a shopping cart used at a grocery store
His idea of a good time is to stalk the cereal aisle or the produce section and count the number of men (not very many) who check the price of an item before tossing it into the grocery cart.—
Patricia T. O'Conner
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Keep raw oysters away from ready-to-eat food in the grocery cart, refrigerator, and on cutting boards.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
The first post featured her son Beau pushing a grocery cart filled with two Thanksgiving pies and a bottle of wine.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
First, gas stations could open on Sundays — and then restaurants and grocery stores followed, which left retailers like Walmart to wall off the clothing and general merchandise sections with grocery carts.
—Jeffrey Collins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
Adjusting to higher prices Lauren Throop remembers filling up her grocery cart for $75 before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
But economic pain — inflation, a lack of affordable housing, sticker shock when filling gas tanks and grocery carts, fears about steady employment and sustainable wages that can support their families — is acute in conversations with voters in Nevada.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Neighbors were pitching in too, while volunteers arrived carrying water proof boots, buckets and a grocery cart filled with food and water.
—Atika Shubert, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Don’t forget your quarter: Aldi’s grocery carts are locked together at the storefront.
—Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 21 Oct. 2024
Ignoring the Rules of the Road Treat the grocery cart like your car and pretend that every aisle has a stop sign on either end, says frequent shopper and Senior Lifestyle Editor Ivy Odom.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
The first post featured her son Beau pushing a grocery cart filled with two Thanksgiving pies and a bottle of wine.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
First, gas stations could open on Sundays — and then restaurants and grocery stores followed, which left retailers like Walmart to wall off the clothing and general merchandise sections with grocery carts.
—Jeffrey Collins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
Adjusting to higher prices Lauren Throop remembers filling up her grocery cart for $75 before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
But economic pain — inflation, a lack of affordable housing, sticker shock when filling gas tanks and grocery carts, fears about steady employment and sustainable wages that can support their families — is acute in conversations with voters in Nevada.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Neighbors were pitching in too, while volunteers arrived carrying water proof boots, buckets and a grocery cart filled with food and water.
—Atika Shubert, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Don’t forget your quarter: Aldi’s grocery carts are locked together at the storefront.
—Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 21 Oct. 2024
Ignoring the Rules of the Road Treat the grocery cart like your car and pretend that every aisle has a stop sign on either end, says frequent shopper and Senior Lifestyle Editor Ivy Odom.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Grocery cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20cart. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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