Shopping cart catering for elderly and disabled
Source: SHANI WILLIAMS at Stuff
An east Auckland supermarket has been praised for supporting customers with special needs by adopting a unique shopping trolley.
New World at Eastridge Shopping Centre in Orakei is the first of New Zealand’s major supermarket chains to offer the Caroline’s Cart.
The Caroline’s Cart is a specialised shopping trolley that features a large, front-facing seat with a built-in harness, designed to accommodate a person up to 115 kilograms.
This means parents and caretakers can transfer a wheelchair-user into the cart, regardless of their age, so that the parent or caretaker does not have to manoeuvre both a shopping trolley and a wheelchair while shopping. Read more.