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Walmart shoppers may be in for a surprise on their next visit to the grocer when they grab the carts. The world's largest retail store chain seems to have introduced new carts at stores that will be unlockable for $1.
In simple words, customers may now have to pay an amount of $1 to unlock their carts for shopping in a Walmart store.
There have been confirmed reports of at least three Thunder Bay stores unveiling new shopping carts. The locked shopping carts come with a coin slot attached to the cart handle and can be unlocked by inserting a $1 coin.
Similar carts have long been available at other retail stores, including No Frills, Superstore, and Safeway.
The move has left many Walmart customers baffled, and they have taken to the internet to share their opinions. Sharing his disbelief, a user on Twitter commented:
"No way in hell they charge for that".
Many other users are sharing similar reactions on Twitter after coming across the news about the $1 shopping carts, which seems to have emerged from a video shared on TikTok.
Is Walmart charging $1 for carts across all U.S. stores?
The retail store chain has not come forward with official announcements or statements about the $1 charge on shopping carts. But a TikToker has shared a video on the video-sharing platform claiming that the retail store chain will be charging $1 for shopping carts starting February 1, 2023.
The Tiktok video shared by the user Shawn, who goes by the username @soulforgepodcast, has already been viewed over 7.2 million times and is receiving massive responses from users across the country. While some users are sharing their disbelief, others seem straight-up confused.
Trying to figure things out, a user on Twitter asked their followers if what the video mentioned was true or just a joke.
Another user seemed pretty displeased with the news. They called the move crazy in a tweet saying 'everything is a scam.'
Responding to a previous tweet, a user stated that the retail store chain isn't even worth all that hassle.
One user went ahead and provided a comparative analysis of the cart charges at Walmart and Aldi. While customers may have to pay $1 for the cart at a Walmart, an Aldi cart can be unlocked for 25 cents, which is even returned to the customers at the end.
Whether customers will have to pay the alleged $1 charges on Walmart shopping carts is not clear as of now, but we may soon get to learn more in the coming days. Even if the Arkansas-based retail store chain starts charging customers for the cart, there might be some plans in place that would be shared with customers in due time.
