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[โ€“] olutukko@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Here in finland you have to insert a coin in there. It gets released when you chain the shopping cart back to another shopping cart or the roof thingy where they go. Works like a charm. Very few loose carts

[โ€“] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

We have that in the US as well. Just not every store gets those. Guessing that enough people just consider it a payment for not putting the cart back.

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Where in the US? I've never seen anything like this.

[โ€“] faded_emulsion@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've seen this at the Aldi stores near me here in the Northeast US

[โ€“] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Aldi is actually a European store (specifically German if I'm not mistaken), so that makes sense.

[โ€“] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Same. I also never have coins.