If you’re like us you’ve been wandering around the Atlantic Superstore on Quinpool looking for those handy shopping baskets to carry around while you do your European market-style shopping, going regularly and buying only a little, to get the freshest stuff. Where are those baskets? “They were all stolen,” says a kind employee. Will they be getting more? “No, but there are a selection of new carts,” he gestures, pointing to these upright baskets with wheels that look a little like walkers for senior citizens. “Or you can use those green baskets (for sale at $4.99) to carry around your groceries and just not buy the basket when you get to the cashier.” Good idea.
This article appears in Feb 12-18, 2009.