Grocery shopping revival of the shopping carts  

Our store gives free delivery to senior citizens but the others have to pay for it. We also have the Dairy van and I know there were some who ordered their dairy products delivered. I am not interested in saving the earth, but I am sort of a cheapskate and the only thing I use the plastic bags are for the garbage. When I was young my mother took along the shopping trolley or shopping cart, but my father did not drive and it was quite common then. I also got one when I was delivering fliers, but it was the cheapest kind and it only lasted as long as I was doing it.
But when the shopping trolleys are name branded like the ones at Superstore, it sort of limits you to just shop there.

My mother would love if they delivered. Bu where we live so far from town I doubt they would. be nice if they could though.

It would cost a lot of gas. Too bad there is not a store closer to you.

I need the plastic bags for garbage, but only need one a week. And I think the shopping carts or trolleys now can be put into the back of the car, but I was thinking of the ones that one took from their house and walked to the grocers or the shopping center. There is no need for a shopping trolley to be put into the car as when you go into Safeway or Superstore, there are the shopping carts in the parking lot.

At Superstore, we have to put in a loonie ($1.00) but usually what happens is that when someone puts their groceries in the trunk, then you give them a loonie or you may get a freebie. At Safeway, they only charge a quarter but it does not have a good as a selection except they have dark fruit cakes but Superstore only has the light fruit cake.

We just have a mile to go, but I can see your point. The trouble is with the gas prices going up (now that Obama is president elect, he will stop the drilling in the
States) people will have to walk a whole four miles to get their groceries unless they decide to rebuild those general and corner stores again.

OUr gas has been going down just hope it stays there.
WE cant drill now for oil the put caps on the along time ago thats why we have to buy from other countrys.
ANd I sure hope he opens them up!

Forget it. He won't. He is into alternative energy even though it is not available at the prices for the ordinary person. And the environmentalists want to make sure that the animals are protected so they will not allow to build windmills, or drill for thermo energy, or whatever because it might disturb the animal's habitat.
But when the oil is uncapped, all those cut animals will be congregating around looking for handouts.

Thats what they said about the high lines my hubby helped build. and they stiull built them with no harm to any animals! or people .
I have seen the land where they can find oil and there isnt a blessed thing out there to hurt and hundred miles from people. TO uncap the ones already there and start pupming again wont hurt anything for the cattle and all have bben eatting around them all the time the noise might scare them for awhile but they come back.
And I have seen the windmills in Cal.
They were put out where nothing else is but maybe snakes and ground critters and it hasnt hurt them abit.
SO I think he better left the cap and also start drilling Saudi dont have all the oil they claim they have not found a new oil feild in years!

That is what I heard on Tv not that long ago and on that ezine I receive from this climate group. So it is best to find the oil in America. As for the windmills, some of them are built on places where they could build houses and it all depends on where they put them. If they put them in places where there is a lot of wind that would help, but sometimes they do not and they have to use motors to make them work.

WEll I think they ought to start back up the wells that have been shut down wouold probably get plenty still in the ground there no one in Government using their darn brains!

The trouble is that they, that is the present government, wants Americans to use alternative fuels, and instead of introducing them gradually like they did in Canada when they went from oil to gas, they had stoves that they converted so they ran part on oil and part on gas, then they were able to convert them fully to gas. Then when electricity came in, they made enough stoves so that it was affordable to all.
The only thing i see making sense is those hybrid cars that run part on gas and part on electricity. But now that Obama is in, he wants to make the gas so expensive that only the rich can afford it and the only way to do that is to put caps on the oil wells.
But there is no cheap alternative fuel to use yet and not every alternative can work for all.

yup and tax us todeath .
tax on gas for cars here is 44 cents a gal they sure could cut that down to were it was and gas would be cheaper.

That is the trouble. It is about a mile to the stores where I live, fine when there is no snow on the ground, but come November it gets to be cold and by December it is almost impossible. And the Seven Eleven is just as far away on the other side. So unless they build a shopping center within real walking distance for a city where it snows five months out of the year, we are stuck.

Actually I was talking about taking the groceries home from the store if you do not live a great distance, not the shopping carts you get when in the store.

It is about three quarters of a mile to my grocers and I would not use the shopping trolley or cart in the winter. It would be when it is warmer, but I would not want people to think that I am an old lady. So if there are women who are between 20 and 60 using them, I would feel more confident. Then again I do not want to be known as a environmental nut and of course, I could not cart the ice cream home.

This store is only about half a mile, but too far for my sore feet to walk, even if I would shop at that store. Its just not a safe store to shop at!

If the gas prices go up to $10.00 a gal. it will be those like you who cannot get around who will suffer.

especially since I don't quilify for Special Transit

We get handitransit because my husband has als and has a disability and I have to with him. We seniors do get discounts on bus fares as well, but it is not that much of a discount. It is easier to walk. Luckily we got with a friend of ours so that makes it much easier, but I dreaded when my husband has gone and everyone was on holidays, of me taking that granny shopping cart to the Superstore.

my roomie is blind, she qualifies, but who wants to go to the store when they might give you 30 minutes or 4 hours and then be early or late!

Not me. Luckily we have friends who will drive us to the store in our van. So we do not have to worry, but I do wonder if someone has to be with a disabled person or someone 24/7 and then they have to go to a store, pick out the food, go home and have it delivered. It does not make a lot of sense does it?
So does your friend who is blind have someone go with her when shopping?

me... does that work?

Yes that would work if they do not change the set up in the stores that often. For instance, when we shop at Superstore, they decide to change the set up every six months or so and they do not allow you to take pictures to know where you are. They used to give a chart to tell where to go, but with other stores, they change the set up every month or so. So if the store does not change their set up for a while, you and your friend can figure out where they keep certain products and go from there.

I don't think Walmart has changed its layout since it opened! I like it that way!!!

Neither has our Walmart. Unfortunately the ones in Canada do not sell fresh fruits and vegetables and salads. Also they do not have that many checkers and they have this line up where if you only have a few items there is an automatic voice that says "go to checkout number 4" etc. and the lines get very confusing.

Ours is a Super Walmart - groceries and all - happily they have avoided that "Fry's" thing so far - I know the roomie would be PISSED if they went to that!

It drives me crazy. It also takes more time, and does not slow down things one bit. So I try to avoid Walmart for that one reason, beside the not having enough cashiers. We do have Superstore which is sort of like your Walmart and they have their own brands, but they have the same problem of not enough cashiers and the line ps are long. And you have to pack your own bags.

That does make it hard. I do not have to cross any main streets, but we have to watch for those bad drivers leaving the park lot or those who think that they get a point for every pedestrian they hit.

I have to get an insulted shopping cart when I cannot get a ride. It is almost a mile away So far I am able to get a ride, and I have not gone for a long walk since my husband got als. Usually someone looks after him and I go shopping with a friend. It was easier when I used to live in Vancouver and near the shops. Then most everyone had a folding shopping cart and they took them on the buses, but that was back in the 1950s.

I got a whole stack of those PC bags. I should have gotten the large size instead of the 99 cent ones. I do have an insulated bag that I got from shoppers drug mart and that comes in handy when taking the frozen stuff home. The carts would come in handy when everyone is on holidays though since I do not drive and my husband can no longer do that.