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Tucker Carlson mocked for bewilderment over Russian shopping carts that include common feature
Mirror UK ^ | 2/16/2024 | Yelena Mandenberg

Posted on 02/17/2024 3:28:04 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Tucker Carlson aired a video of him at a Russian grocery store, appearing to fawn over everything from the shopping cart mechanism to the price of groceries - skipping over the part where US dollars stretch a lot farther than the ruble.

In the video, Carlson was amazed to see that the shopping carts in front of the supermarket required people to put in a ruble coin, which they'd then get back when the cart was returned.

Carlson acted like he'd never seen this feature before - despite it being pretty common across the US and most of Europe.

He then explained to his audience how it works, quipping, "There's an incentive to return it... and not just take it to your homeless encampment."

He was quickly criticized for the comment about the shopping carts, and users on X made fun of him for looking like he'd never been in a store before.

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To: Sirius Lee
Granted, I've never been to SD, ND, ID, NE, WA or IA.

OH has 160, IL has over 200, MI has 100, PA has 150. Your state may have a few too.
41 posted on 02/17/2024 4:48:45 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: Enlightened1

What does having groceries delivered have to do economics?


42 posted on 02/17/2024 4:49:40 AM PST by Jonty30 (What company makes rubber airplanes? Boeing, Boeing, Boeing.)
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To: Chickensoup

In my country, both Walmart and Superstore does this.


43 posted on 02/17/2024 4:50:23 AM PST by Jonty30 (What company makes rubber airplanes? Boeing, Boeing, Boeing.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Airport luggage carts? I’ve seen that system several times so the concept isn’t that strange.


44 posted on 02/17/2024 4:52:29 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Yep, Aldis is the only one know of. So why was he mocked? A lot of people don’t go in the grocery anymore.
Many wealthy have groceries delivered.


45 posted on 02/17/2024 4:53:25 AM PST by dforest
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To: Ex-Con777

We don’t have Aldis and I haven’t encountered it, but I have read about it here previously. I guess Tucker’s behind on both his grocery shopping and FR reading.


46 posted on 02/17/2024 4:54:11 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: mmichaels1970

Never been to an Aldis. Maine has Hanniford which is great! But I see that there’s one in CT about twenty miles from here and I’m going that direction this morning anyway so I’ll check it out.


47 posted on 02/17/2024 4:55:14 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Next week on The Bickersons... )
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To: Ex-Con777

You are right it’s not common. Everyone on this thread, saying, Aldi, Aldi, Aldi‘s. I’ve never shopped Aldi’s, I think you also have to bring your own bags. in any event, it is not common outside of shopping at Aldi’s. I am fortunate to be able to shop at Publix. If I need to, I can shop at Walmart and even they don’t do this.


48 posted on 02/17/2024 4:56:15 AM PST by snippy_about_it
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To: marcusmaximus

Tucker is not widely traveled. If he was he would know that grocery stores in Canada charge for shopping carts


49 posted on 02/17/2024 4:57:28 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: mmichaels1970


Sure it is. Bet I have at least 10 Aldi locations within an hour of me in Ohio. There are 2362 locations nationwide so about 45/state. I’d call that “pretty common”.”

Questions Clients Ask About This Industry There are 63,385 Supermarkets & Grocery Stores businesses in the US as of 2023, a decline of -0.6% from 2022.

I’d say 3 percent is not “common”


50 posted on 02/17/2024 4:57:44 AM PST by brookwood (If we pay $400 billion for Green New BS, do we get a guarantee that the weather will improve? )
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To: snippy_about_it
I am fortunate to be able to shop at Publix

I’ve never shopped there. So those must be rare.
51 posted on 02/17/2024 5:00:10 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: brookwood
I’d say 3 percent is not “common”

Id bet I have 500 locations within a 300 mile radius. To me, that’s common. Just because there’s 10 times as many Wal Marts doesn’t make it somehow “rare”.
52 posted on 02/17/2024 5:03:10 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: marcusmaximus

He’s never been to an Aldi’s.


53 posted on 02/17/2024 5:03:18 AM PST by Fido969
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To: marcusmaximus

I feel privileged to have never seen this before either. Our shopping is limited to five states where we have yet to see this. I suspect this sort of thing is where theft of carts is common. We live in a low crime red state.


54 posted on 02/17/2024 5:04:40 AM PST by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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To: dforest

“Many wealthy have groceries delivered.”

You don’t have to be wealthy to use a spreadsheet to figure out if delivery is cheaper than going to the store. It often is. Wear, tear and gasoline for your vehicle alone can cost more than the delivery charge.


55 posted on 02/17/2024 5:04:55 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: marcusmaximus

Re: the coin for the shopping cart

Never have seen one anywhere I have traveled in the U.S.


56 posted on 02/17/2024 5:05:30 AM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: marcusmaximus

Been buying groceries for some 50 years now....never, not once, have I had to pay a quarter for a cart in the US.


57 posted on 02/17/2024 5:06:15 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Fresh Wind

She looks a lot like her Mother!


58 posted on 02/17/2024 5:06:43 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: marcusmaximus

I’ve never seen carts requiring a coin in a supermarket before, either, and I’ve lived in a lot of states.

They’ve been at airports forever, though.


59 posted on 02/17/2024 5:07:21 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Aldi’s, anyone?”

Believe it or not, some have never seen or been to an Aldi’s. Including me.


60 posted on 02/17/2024 5:10:02 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Fraud vitiates everything." - SCOTUS)
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