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Why is this woman driving a jumbo shopping cart?

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While the 13-foot-tall "Big Cart" call hold 360 bags of groceries gro·cer·y  
n. pl. gro·cer·ies
1. A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies.

2. groceries Commodities sold by a grocer.
, don't hold your breath for the chance to zip (1) To compress a file with PKZIP. See ZIP file.

(2) (Zip) A removable disk from Iomega. See Zip disk.

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 it around on your next grocery run. It was built only as a marketing gimmick for supermarkets. The cart, made its debut at the recent International Auto Show An auto show, or motor show, is a public exhibition of current automobile models, debuts, concept cars, or out-of-production classics. It is commonly attended by automobile manufacturers. Most auto shows occur once or twice a year.  in Melbourne, Australia.
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Publication:Science World
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Oct 1, 2001
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