They seem pretty innocuous, those hefty baskets of metal or plastic that we confront routinely as we go about the time-consuming task of buying food for our families. Nested in neat, long rows ...

(CNN) — It's an almost inevitable part of any shopping trip. You enter a store to grab a few necessities and find yourself pushing, pulling, lifting, and/or dragging your cart up the baking aisle as ...

Whether it's for grocery runs, trips to the laundromat, or simply lugging your belongings from Point A to Point B, a folding shopping cart is one of every city dweller's greatest joys. Affectionately ...

SHOPPING CART FACTS• Sylvan Goldman, owner of the Piggly Wiggly supermarket chain in Oklahoma City, Okla., is credited with inventing the shopping cart in 1937.• There’s an average of 200 to 250 ...