Shopping basket

A shopping basket is a basket provided by stores for shoppers to carry around items before purchase. They are the smaller equivalent of shopping carts. Modern shopping baskets are usually made of plastic with a handle that folds downwards so that the baskets can be stacked. Some baskets may have wheels and a longer handle as a space saving alternative to a shopping cart. Shopping baskets are usually provided at store entrances together with shopping carts, with customers returning the baskets at check-out.