Grocers Add Safer Car Seat Docking Systems To Shopping Carts Going to the grocery store or a big box establishment as a new mom toting along a small baby is such an overwhelming trip to take. And being too tired and frazzled doesn’t matter when food and diapers are needed. Oftentimes, parents will rest the…

Smith’s to demonstrate shopping cart designed to keep infants safe From Thursday through Saturday, all 34 Smith’s stores in Southern Nevada will be participating in National Safety Month by introducing the Safe-Dock system, a specially designed shopping cart that keeps infants secure. According to Linda Waters, division safety manager for Kroger, the grocery retailer that…

Smith’s launching campaign to educate parents on using shopping carts The next time you and the kids head to the grocery you may want to be more careful shopping carts. Believe or it not every year 24,000 children get sent to emergency room with shopping cart injuries. That’s more than high chairs, strollers and changing…

Thousands of children sent to ER for shopping cart injuries SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 Utah) – As part of National Safety Month, Smiths Food and Drug is stepping up their safety measures when it comes to shopping carts their customers put their kids in. According to a recent study, each day 66 kids are…

Safer Shopping Carts video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player DAHO FALLS, Idaho – Smith’s Food and Drug is changing the way their shopping carts are designed to keep children safer. “So the big launch is the focus on child safety in our shopping carts,” said Bruce Herbst, store director at Smith’s. Shopping with children at any…

Local grocery store adds safe-dock shopping carts for child safety SALT LAKE CITY — Across America an average of 66 children a day are rushed to the emergency room due to shopping cart related accidents, according to the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Smith’s Food and Drug is trying to change those numbers by…

Ruse on the Loose: Wharton company makes shopping safer for kids Sometimes the best ideas happen by accident. Watching a news report in 1982, Paul Giampavolo listened as the announcer told how many children were injured falling out of shopping carts every year. “I had seen it firsthand,” said Giampavolo, who, while working at the…

Car seat latch system makes shopping carts safer Improper use of a shopping cart is to blame for nearly 24,000 kids visiting the ER across the country each year. This surpasses injuries from high chairs, strollers, changing tables and other equipment. A handful of Boise area stores such as Walmart, Trader Joe’s, Albertsons and Paul’s…