Vintage 1970s shopping basket made of steel wire with red handle

Vintage 1970s shopping basket made of steel wire with red handle.

• Manufacturer: ...
• Date of manufacture: 1970s

Description
In the early years of the supermarkets and grocery stores, plastic shopping baskets were not in use yet. They used these iron shopping baskets made of wired steel. With folding handle and red plastic grip.

Condition
This shopping basket is in an original vintage condition with some traces of oxidation, traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Pictures are part of the description.

Size

• Height: 16 cm. (28 cm with handle)
• Length: 32.5 cm.
• Width: 29 cm.

A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections. It is larger and has a wider selection than earlier grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market.

In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries.

The supermarket typically has aisles for meat, fresh produce, dairy, and baked goods. Shelf space is also reserved for canned and packaged goods and for various non-food items such as kitchenware, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. Some supermarkets also sell other household products that are consumed regularly, such as alcohol (where permitted), medicine, and clothing, and some sell a much wider range of non-food products: DVDs, sporting equipment, board games, and seasonal items (e.g., Christmas wrapping paper in December).

A grocery store (North America), grocer or grocery shop (U.K.), is a store primarily engaged in retailing a general range of food products, which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries. In the U.K., shops that sell food are distinguished as grocers or grocery shops, though in everyday use, people usually use either the term "supermarket" or, for a smaller type of store that sells groceries, a "corner shop" or "convenience shop".

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