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
Patricia T. O'ConnerExamples of grocery cart in a Sentence
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In 2022, researchers from the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Co. modeled a single 36-item grocery cart to compare greenhouse emissions from an e-commerce grocery delivery and a traditional trip to the store to get the same items.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
On Supermarket Sweep — which ran from 1990 to 1995 — contestants answered trivia questions and then earned time to race around the grocery store set to stockpile items in their grocery carts.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
But cantaloupe and honeydew clock in at second and third, respectively, and are also grocery cart staples for a fair share of us.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2024
Now the only thing left to do is fill your grocery cart with seasonal essentials, but where to look?
—Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 13 June 2024
Two suspects entered a business together and loaded up a grocery cart of merchandise.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
The sky-high early 2023 prices of the grocery cart staple — which had more than doubled from a year prior — were due in large part to a massive outbreak of the bird flu.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
The next day, Dec. 28, 1991, La Carreta de Lily's makeshift grocery cart began operating.
—Nadia Cantú, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2024
Theft Purses, wallets and portable electronic were stolen from a grocery cart at a Jewel Food Store in the 1600 block of Chicago Avenue on March 2. Home Invasion There was a home invasion in the 600 block of Brummel Street on March 4 in which money was taken.
—Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
Scott Neuman, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
On Supermarket Sweep — which ran from 1990 to 1995 — contestants answered trivia questions and then earned time to race around the grocery store set to stockpile items in their grocery carts.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
But cantaloupe and honeydew clock in at second and third, respectively, and are also grocery cart staples for a fair share of us.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2024
Now the only thing left to do is fill your grocery cart with seasonal essentials, but where to look?
—Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 13 June 2024
Two suspects entered a business together and loaded up a grocery cart of merchandise.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
The sky-high early 2023 prices of the grocery cart staple — which had more than doubled from a year prior — were due in large part to a massive outbreak of the bird flu.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
The next day, Dec. 28, 1991, La Carreta de Lily's makeshift grocery cart began operating.
—Nadia Cantú, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2024
Theft Purses, wallets and portable electronic were stolen from a grocery cart at a Jewel Food Store in the 1600 block of Chicago Avenue on March 2. Home Invasion There was a home invasion in the 600 block of Brummel Street on March 4 in which money was taken.
—Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
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“Grocery cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20cart. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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