The Center for Prevention of Shopping Cart Abuse

Just One Last Thing

Ever been in the checkout line and decided to throw one last thing into your shopping cart? The people at Alfa Romeo are hoping to capitalize on that impulse by offering their cars at select European supermarkets beginning this summer. It sure beats candy!

Up, Up and Away with Shopping Cart Repairman

The Asheville Citizen Times reports on a true hero – a traveling shopping cart repairman who does not let sub-zero temperatures freeze him out of his mission. Some say repairing shopping carts is a spiritual calling, akin to becoming a monk or bartender. Whatever brought Lorenzo Braxton to pursue his calling we salute his dedication!

winter blues

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This Cart is Ready for its Closeup

Cormac McCarthy’s novel “The Road” is a story of love, hope and armageddon. The film adaptation of the book arrives shortly, bringing audiences the chance to see the biggest surprise of the season – the lead role is played by a shopping cart. Viggo Mortensen plays a father trying to protect his son in a post-apocalyptic world. Kodi Smit-McPhee is the son choosing between the love of his father and the opportunity to be raised by bears. But it is the shopping cart, played by a shopping cart, that is the focus of the story. Using an artful mix of understatement and wheel squeaking we sense the emotions of the cart as it must lead the two humans down a bear highway, through a bear hamlet and over a bear pass. In one heart-wrenching scene the cart befriends a narcoleptic cub abandoned by its bear tribe. When the cart must choose between cub love and taking the father and son to safety the cart reluctantly continues the journey with its human charges, brushing the fur of the sleeping cub as it moves on.

For anyone looking for a holiday film with shopping carts, stark landscapes, facial hair and bears “The Road” delivers.

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A Bin Filled with Dreams

Lewis and Cart

Have you ever been in a grocery store aisle and thought this would be a great place to make camp? Or you’ve been in the great outdoors and thought how much simpler life would be with a shopping cart around. It looks like artist Kevin Cyr has your number.

Inspired by the bucolic Brooklyn countryside Mr. Cyr has created a proof of concept that combines America’s two greatest treasures – the natural landscape and shopping. The Center for Prevention of Shopping Cart Abuse is impressed with the innovation of this project, we look forward to s’more.

Working at the Cart Wash

A new system helps your shopping cart feel like four-wheeled princess by giving it a shower before letting it stroll down the aisle.

CartTunes

Sing the song of cart love!