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- BUSINESS, Page 53Business NotesSUPERMARKETSA Cart of One's Own
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- Grocery shopping and tots usually don't mix. Putting the
- little ones in the shopping cart means less room for groceries,
- and letting them roam free in the aisles has its own hazards.
- But at least two food chains have come up with a savvy
- solution: pint-size shopping carts for children to push -- and
- fill -- right along with Mom or Dad. A&P has supplied eight of
- its stores in the Northeast with the little carts, while
- Florida-based Publix is using them in the Southeast. A&P
- imports the carts from West Germany at a cost of $70 each, about
- the same price as for the regular-size U.S.-made version.
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- So far, store managers think the carts are a valuable added
- attraction. Says Charles Roder, manager of an A&P store in Wall
- Township, N.J., which has ten of the carts: "Several customers
- have announced that they can't go to a competitor now. The kids
- want to go to the A&P because of the carriages." Now that's
- hooking them in.
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