‘Cheap replacements,’ slams ShopRite customer as chain follows Amazon and Kroger with massive shopping cart change [Video]

THERE has been some debate over a recent shopping cart change at ShopRite.

The retailer recently introduced advanced cart technology with artificial intelligence enhancements at select locations.

ShopRite has made a significant change to its carts at select storesCredit: Getty

The chain is following the lead of Amazon and Kroger in retail tech upgradesCredit: Getty

Customers at some ShopRite locations can now use smart carts with a touchscreenCredit: Facebook/debra.l.moore

According to a press release, ShopRite’s parent company, Wakefern Food Corporation, and Instacart worked together to bring the “Caper Carts” to a store in Hoboken, New Jersey, in May.

Tech company Caper AI was aquired by Instacart in 2021.

Tests seemingly went well at the location for the companies to expand the tech-equipped carts to at least 11 ShopRite stores in the northeast, including four in the Philadelphia area.

Shoppers who frequent the ShopRites in Brookhaven, Bridge & Harbison, Drexeline, and Morrell Plaza should have seen the Caper Carts starting this …