PureCart – No More Nasty, Germ-Covered Grocery Carts
The next time you go grocery shopping, think about this: the seat section of your cart has almost certainly held a diapered baby, possibly with diaper to seat contact. The handle of your cart has been touched by hundreds, maybe thousands of people without being cleaned; who knows what sort of germs they’ve had on their hands. Ever seen a baby mouthing the handle? And the rest of the cart… think leaky meat products and more… Gross!
A lot of supermarkets offer hand wipes not only for your hands, but also to wipe off the cart handles. But what about the chemicals in the wipes? That was a complaint of many other customers, too. PureCart seems to have solved the dirty, germ-covered shopping cart problem.
I saw PureCart on the news yesterday and got to wishing our stores would carry the units. The PureCart system is like a car wash for the grocery cart – it sprays a misty, fast-drying peroxide solution that kills 99% of common bacteria, yeasts, fungus, and mold and is safe for contact with humans and with food. It is also EPA and FDA approved. According to the news broadcast, only 20 supermarkets currently use the unit.
The system costs 1 to 2 cents per cart, and according to PureCart, the average store would only need to convert 15 customers in the first year of use to pay for the system. In a random phone survey, 74% of consumers answered that they would most likely switch to a store that offers purified carts, with 33% answering they would definitely switch. You hear that, supermarkets?
