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Retail Miscellaneous => Shopping Cart Sightings => Topic started by: Caldor1999 on August 07, 2005, 12:32:30 PM

Title: Kmart carts
Post by: Caldor1999 on August 07, 2005, 12:32:30 PM
the newer ones they have are orange and i like them like that beter then the grey ones they had heh
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: Zayre88 on August 07, 2005, 05:52:55 PM
A grey Kmart cart
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: Caldor1999 on August 08, 2005, 07:00:43 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
A grey Kmart cart

eww i like the new orange ones betetr heh
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: C. Fontaine on August 12, 2005, 12:47:44 AM
I was out behind Papa Gino's the other day and came across a vintage red K-Mart cart!  They have those mixed in with like three different types of carts at out K-Mart.  Anyways, I peeled back the plastic K-mart sticker and it had "Kresge," or something of the like, scraped off behind it!
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: amesman on August 24, 2006, 07:47:18 PM
A fleet of older carts at the Latham, NY store.
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: XISMZERO on August 24, 2006, 08:30:55 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by amesman
A fleet of older carts at the Latham, NY store.

Wow! Tan colored Kmart carts! Those must date back to the early 1980s? I found one probably older/metal built at the already timewarped Kmart in Watertown, CT.
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: XISMZERO on August 24, 2006, 08:35:37 PM
Here's the seat of the cart found at the Watertown, Connecticut Kmart. These pictures were taken July 25, 2006.
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: amesman on August 24, 2006, 09:05:53 PM
There's one of those at the Colonie Salvation Army. Haven't seen it around in awhile though. I think they keep it in the back nowadays.

And yes, those carts have to be from the early 80's. The Glenmont store has them too.
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: Zayre88 on September 20, 2006, 10:10:20 PM
An old Kmart cart in the Portsmouth NH store:
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: Mobil on September 25, 2008, 03:54:09 PM
In the parking lot of a mall which has a Kmart on the mall perimeter, I saw a Kmart cart with the 60s logo. Another Kmart near me itself uses old Target carts. :holysh: :huh:
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: store215 on September 26, 2008, 09:54:07 AM
My Kmart near me finally got new carts..They are gray colored metal with a red handle featuring the new logo.
Title: new K-mart carts?
Post by: patk on December 05, 2008, 01:18:16 PM
k-mart has NEW red carts :huh:
(http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1940/cimg1037kn5.jpg)
heres a pic of one ^
are these new red carts in a k-mart nere YOU :question:
post here :)
Title: new K-mart carts?
Post by: momof3 on December 05, 2008, 01:56:56 PM
You know i was just in the Cromwell store and honestly don't remeber the carts being red so I think they still have the old grey ones, Good Question, makes me want to go there and check it out.
Title: new K-mart carts?
Post by: wwefan101 on December 05, 2008, 03:17:36 PM
in webster we got red ones but ther not that dark
Title: new K-mart carts?
Post by: kendra on December 05, 2008, 08:57:38 PM
Very sharp-looking cart.
Title: new K-mart carts?
Post by: store215 on December 05, 2008, 10:41:53 PM
My local Kmart got new ones a few months back...except they are large metal "bj's or costco" styled carts (made out of metal, silver) with a red handlebar with the new logo on it.
Title: new K-mart carts?
Post by: KmartDanny09 on January 03, 2009, 09:50:50 PM
My Kmart has three different types of carts:

1) Older, "square" shaped at the front. They usually aren't put into service and left at the front of the building. They have considerable rust and many have holes. I guess corporate tried to save some a few years back by putting newer Kmart logo stickers over the old logos. A few even have a sign on the front that say "Thank you for shopping Kmart" with the very old '70s logo. As I said, these are rarely, if ever, used.

2) Newer gray carts with the rounded front. Logo is the '90s Kmart with the script inside the K. Most used carts, although some logos have peeled off.

3) Blue carts with the '90s Kmart logo. We only have a few and where given by a closing store. Never used for customer shopping... receiving uses them in the back room.
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: TRJ22487 on January 31, 2009, 12:23:21 AM
West Lebanon, NH has one lone vintage cart tied up and well hidden at the front of the store. Caught my eye as I was leaving
It does not have the illustrations shown on the Connecticut 1980's cart above

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/Kmart030.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/Kmart031.jpg)
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: retailfan on February 01, 2009, 12:22:29 PM
Those older carts were used for Cash Drops
The Caldor in New hampshire used the same thing
Im not sure i they use them anymore or not
I have the inner bag from the Caldor
Also the otherday when cleaning out the closet i found  my Caldor shirt  Red with the logo in white
Title: The Ultimate Grey Kmart Cart Variation List
Post by: Ameskid on July 02, 2009, 10:07:34 AM
Here they are.  All spotted in an Ohio Kmart, which has only grey carts (excluding a Meijer cart and a Target cart in the rear of the building).

Round Carts
__________
All have sticker logo and black straps unless otherwise noted.

Brownish sticker, blue child seat
Brownish sticker, gray child seat (most common roundie)
White sticker, blue child seat
White sticker, gray child seat
White sticker, blue child seat, red seatbelt (rarest roundie--only one seen)

Square Carts
__________
All have black straps unless otherwise noted.

Metal "pushbar" on back (almost at foot level--the kind where you can do a wheelie with the cart), sticker logo, gray seat, gray plastic "THANK YOU" handle (rarest square cart--only one seen)
No pushbar, Kmart logo molded into plastic on side of cart (this is called a tampo), gray seat, "THANK YOU" handle (most common square cart)
No pushbar, tampoed logo, gray seat, Kmart logo on handle
No pushbar, tampoed logo, blue seat, Super Kmart logo on handle
No pushbar, tampoed logo, blue seat, Super Kmart logo on handle, advertisement box on front
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: jmcnamara96 on November 30, 2009, 09:19:50 PM
I was at the hookset nh kmart witch 20 years ago my mom worked at and they redid it to the ugly new theme but have 20+tan carts a fleet of old 80s cart grey and 5 orange one pleeled back the logo it was scapred i think it said target
Title: Kmart carts
Post by: Marc82 on November 30, 2009, 09:55:06 PM
The one in Waterbury has many different style carts.

They have blue ones stolen from sister-store Sears. The carts have been rebranded kMART.

They have the old style gray ones.

And they have a few red ones.
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: Kmart4life on November 15, 2011, 09:52:13 PM
Blue one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanrules/4487490485/
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: Kmart4life on November 15, 2011, 09:59:03 PM
This is similar to the new ones at our store.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rstinnett/4892312815/
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: IGA/Kmart Is Forever! on September 14, 2012, 11:39:48 PM
Quote from: XISMZERO on August 24, 2006, 08:35:37 PM
Here's the seat of the cart found at the Watertown, Connecticut Kmart. These pictures were taken July 25, 2006.

Does that Kmart in Connecticut still have the original 1970/80's logo on the outside of this store today? Also, has the inside of the store been renovated at all or does it still have the look of a 1980's Kmart Store on the inside? I certainly would love to know. It is pretty much my goal to not only see, visit, & shop at a Kmart Store that has the original 1980's look on the inside of the store, but it is also my goal to see, visit, & shop at all five of the green and gray Kmart prototype stores as well as the two-story Kmart Store that is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sometime in my life if I am ever around the location of a Kmart Store that still has it's original 1980's look on the inside, as well as all five of the green and gray Kmart prototype stores and the two-story Kmart Store that is in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: buzz86us on September 24, 2012, 01:47:21 AM
Quote from: IGA/Kmart Is Forever! on September 14, 2012, 11:39:48 PM
Quote from: XISMZERO on August 24, 2006, 08:35:37 PM
Here's the seat of the cart found at the Watertown, Connecticut Kmart. These pictures were taken July 25, 2006.

Does that Kmart in Connecticut still have the original 1970/80's logo on the outside of this store today? Also, has the inside of the store been renovated at all or does it still have the look of a 1980's Kmart Store on the inside? I certainly would love to know. It is pretty much my goal to not only see, visit, & shop at a Kmart Store that has the original 1980's look on the inside of the store, but it is also my goal to see, visit, & shop at all five of the green and gray Kmart prototype stores as well as the two-story Kmart Store that is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sometime in my life if I am ever around the location of a Kmart Store that still has it's original 1980's look on the inside, as well as all five of the green and gray Kmart prototype stores and the two-story Kmart Store that is in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
it isn't all it is cracked up to be when I was a kid the one in Amsterdam had the old logo until the super center opened and it subsequently closed to become a big lots.
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: zonemad96 on January 29, 2013, 09:23:07 AM
found this at the closest kmart to me in waynesboro pa


(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s540/zonezilla/IMG_20130122_134556_zps3aad8a89.jpg)

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s540/zonezilla/IMG_20130122_134518_zpsb7bbe3c2.jpg)

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s540/zonezilla/IMG_20130122_1345231_zps9008b793.jpg)
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: jmcnamara96 on January 29, 2013, 04:28:07 PM
I was out on a old rail trail off S.Willow and about directly behind all the stores i.e. Toy R Us i stumpled upon this very old K-MART cart or well whats left of it i really wanna snag this baby! http://www.flickr.com/photos/82768625@N04/8188362895/in/photostream
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: zonemad96 on January 31, 2013, 12:08:02 PM
Quote from: jmcnamara96 on January 29, 2013, 04:28:07 PM
I was out on a old rail trail off S.Willow and about directly behind all the stores i.e. Toy R Us i stumpled upon this very old K-MART cart or well whats left of it i really wanna snag this baby! http://www.flickr.com/photos/82768625@N04/8188362895/in/photostream


Are they really that old? my local kmart has quite a few of these carts.
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: Hudsons81 on May 11, 2015, 08:56:56 PM
This below was the type of cart that our Super Kmart had at the time it closed in October. Picture taken on the final day the store was open to the public.
(http://i.imgur.com/GgdbnIq.jpg)

Almost every cart they had was of that type, although when I was in that store one day in 2012, there was an employee using a gray cart that had the 1990-2004 logo molded in and completely uncovered.
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: Ameskid on January 28, 2018, 01:29:57 AM
An antique mall in Lebanon, OH has a full fleet of vintage tan Kmart carts.  (The store itself is a former Big Bear.) Unfortunately the name has been gouged out...

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4709/26067523588_48c6082443_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FHuSzS)Former Kmart cart (https://flic.kr/p/FHuSzS) by Harvestman Man (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124303530@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4756/28159916979_fbbea4f569_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JUoWeZ)Former Kmart cart (2) (https://flic.kr/p/JUoWeZ) by Harvestman Man (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124303530@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4624/28159914759_ecaf24b614_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JUoVzH)Former Kmart carts (https://flic.kr/p/JUoVzH) by Harvestman Man (https://www.flickr.com/photos/124303530@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: Retail Regents on May 13, 2019, 04:59:53 PM
When the one in Herkimer, New York was still open, they hoarded a bunch of plastic ones, despite having the modern metal ones. They took the plastic ones out of service in late 2015 but kept them in the outdoor section of the garden shop.
Title: Kmart Shopping Basket
Post by: Everything Community on July 28, 2019, 05:10:00 PM
I just saved a piece of Kmart by buying the first shopping basket of my own yesterday at a thrift store in Enfield, CT! I congratulate myself for this amazing find, just for free (no $). It's now being used to store my borrowed library books. Go KMART!
Title: Re: Kmart carts
Post by: 1240east on December 07, 2019, 06:23:30 PM
Here is a 1989 wire Kmart cart this came from the Kenosha WI Kmart