Secret function on the shopping cart: This is how customers are subconsciously influenced. The shape, design and handling of the carts alone are intended to encourage customers to reach for the shelf more often.
echo24.de summarizes which nasty secret functions make the shopping carts a top seller. Many discount stores do not offer portable baskets - using empty boxes as a shopping aid is not welcome in every supermarket. But it is precisely this monopoly position of classic shopping carts that supermarkets and discounters such as Kaufland and Lidl take advantage of.