Rolling Shopping Carts - Not Just for Seniors

I bought a shopping cart because I don't drive and I want to be able to top up my shopping with fresh fruit and veg in between getting a grocery delivery. I often have a child or two with me and don't want to be weighed down with bags. 

Reasons for getting a shopping trolley include:

• Saving on gas by doing smaller shops without a car. Or maybe avoiding a car altogether?
• Finding it difficult to carry shopping home as you get older, a shopping cart can help seniors stay independent for longer.
• Your kids are out of strollers but still seem to have lots of stuff! A shopping trolley is handy for picnics, spare clothes, toys and all that gear you seem to take on a day out. (A pull wagon is an alternative here too.)
• You live in a city where driving a car to shop is inconvenient and stores are within walking distance. 

Here's my Gimi shopping trolley. I'm rather fond of it. It's as close as you get to a designer shopping trolley! It's made my an Italian firm and it's very well designed and rather good looking in an understated way. 

As I write this I've just returned from a trip to the store to buy fresh fruit and salad vegetables and a few other bits for my sons' lunchboxes this week. 

My five year old came with me and loves to take a turn pulling the shopping cart. He has no idea anyone thinks they're just for older people!

My shopping trolley is practical and well designed and make it much easier for me to shop. 

I didn't fill the trolley right up today, but I have done on previous occasions. I've filled it right up with quite a few cans and heavy items and I can still pull it home - and it's up hill all the way. It is good exercise when it's very full and up hill though! On the flat with a normal load it's very easy to pull. 

I like that it has a handle on top that I can use to carry the cart to take a shortcut down some deep steps. The trolley does manage shallower steps pretty well though. 

It's also got a deep hook and eye strip down the front that means you can still secure the lid when the trolley is very full. 

A stylish option is the The Manhattan Grocery Caddy which is a lighweight shopping caddy with a telescopic handle which folds flat for storage. 

The Manhattan grocery caddy is designed for city dwellers who need to get their shopping home without a car, but need something that doesn't take up much space when not in use.