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Fun thread: what do you call the thing with wheel in Supermarkets?

mormel20 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:03:52 GMT

I live in the deep South and we call it a "BUGGY". But in other parts of the USA it is called by different names. I read that in the UK it is called a "TROLLEY". Just for fun, tell what you call the thing with wheels you put your groceries in at the Supermarket. And put where you are, such as: Midwest, New England or where ever. Thanks.

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SueyMsB — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:07:40 GMT

In NewJersey we call them shopping carts.

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ValuSkr — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:43:21 GMT

@SueyMsB wrote:
In NewJersey we call them shopping carts.

Same here in PA.

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KKJ — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:10:06 GMT

I'm in Midwest and we too call them carts. Never heard shopping cart called a trolley or buggy.

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faeriemoon — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:10:17 GMT

Carriage or cart. More often the former.

CT here.

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mac116 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:11:40 GMT

Midwest: mostly just called a cart, although I do hear grocery cart or shopping cart occasionally

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shoechic — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:19:29 GMT

Half my life in MD & half in VA & I call it a buggy.

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threecees — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:23:00 GMT

In PA here and yes some do call it a buggy. I call it a shopping cart.

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Jo1313 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:24:15 GMT

We always called it a shopping wagon or shopping carriage..I was a NYC girl..till we moved to the "sticks".

Here it's a shopping cart.

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SilleeMee — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:29:54 GMT

Cart. Never heard it called anything else.

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:35:06 GMT

Northeast here, we call them carts.

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Sooner — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:35:18 GMT

The shopping cart was invented in Oklahoma City in 1939 by Sylvan N. Goldman, the owner of the Humpty Dumpty grocery store chain in Oklahoma City. On one afternoon, the grocery executive spotted two folding chairs in his office, and he suddenly had a Eureka! moment.

We call it a "basket." Honey, go get a basket and I'll be in the produce section.

A buggy is something that requires a fancy horse. It's what my grandma liked to ride in on Sunday afternoons.

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pupwhipped — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:42:51 GMT

Sometimes buggy, sometimes shopping cart. I can go both ways.

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Love my grandkids — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:46:15 GMT

@mormel20 On the West Coast I've never heard them called anything except shopping carts. At least in California and Washington.

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Caaareful Shopper — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:46:20 GMT

Born & raised in NYC, now live in VA, 7 minutes from DC -- always call them "cart."

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RNbynite — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:48:02 GMT

I'm from PA and we always referred to them as buggys. The supermarkets, though, refer to them as shopping carts.

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4kitties — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:49:33 GMT

Downstate Illinois here, never used any term but cart. Maybe sometimes shopping cart.

Stores here do have those larger plastic baskets too if one is only buying a few items. I call those shopping baskets.

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icezeus — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:50:30 GMT

In California we call them Shopping Carts.

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On It — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:03:55 GMT

We call them a basket. We both grew up in West Texas and lived in many areas until we retired and came back home. We never changed from basket. The sign says "Return Carts Here," but they are baskets to us.

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gidgetgh — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:08:23 GMT

Shopping cart for me. I lived up north till I was 14.

I have lived in Atlanta since 1970. Here I hear people say buggy and I also hear shopping carts. Lots of Yankees living here now.