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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoYeah, I might specifically remember the US not usually having them, because they invented/popularized shopping carts, which always feels kind of backwards that they’re using a simpler version. Wikipedia has at least some info on the distribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_cart#Deposits (And I can confirm that here in Germany, you practically cannot find shopping carts without coin locks. I’m not sure, if I’ve ever seen one TBH.)
minus-squareboonhet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoI’ve never seen it except for in Lidl here in Estonia. Most people return their carts anyway.
Yeah, I might specifically remember the US not usually having them, because they invented/popularized shopping carts, which always feels kind of backwards that they’re using a simpler version.
Wikipedia has at least some info on the distribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_cart#Deposits
(And I can confirm that here in Germany, you practically cannot find shopping carts without coin locks. I’m not sure, if I’ve ever seen one TBH.)
I’ve never seen it except for in Lidl here in Estonia. Most people return their carts anyway.