伍爾沃斯（Woolworths），科爾斯（Coles）和克馬特（Kmart）等超市的手推車鎖令人沮喪的購物者，他們很少有1美元或2美元的硬幣

超級市場和主要零售商（例如Woolworths，Coles和Kmart）正在不斷戰鬥，以確保購物手推車留在原本要成為的地方

Supermarkets and major retailers like Woolworths, Coles and Kmart are in a constant battle to ensure shopping trolleys stay where they are meant to be — in stores.

超級市場和主要零售商（例如Woolworths，Coles和Kmart）一直在一場持續的戰鬥，以確保購物手推車留在原本要去的地方。

However, a growing trend of locking them up in Australia to prevent them from being dumped is causing growing frustration among shoppers who rarely have a $1 or $2 coin required to operate them.

但是，將它們鎖定在澳大利亞以防止他們被拋棄的趨勢的日益增長的趨勢正在引起越來越多的挫敗感，這些購物者很少經營它們需要1美元或2美元的硬幣。

Recently, regular Woolies shopper Stefan was fuming after his arm was hurting from having to lug a heavy basket around the store to do his weekly shop because he didn't have a coin on him to access a trolley.

最近，普通的伍爾里斯（Woolies）購物者斯特凡（Stefan）的手臂因在商店周圍拖著一個沉重的籃子而受傷後，他每週都會煙熏，因為他沒有硬幣可以進入手推車。

"My arm was killing me, I couldn't get a trolley because they have the coins and I never carry coins," he told Yahoo News.

他告訴Yahoo News：“我的手臂殺了我，我無法拿到手推車，因為它們有硬幣，而且我從不攜帶硬幣。”

"I went to customer service and said 'I wish I had a token for the trolley' and they were like 'oh yeah, here you go' and gave me a token. I was like 'oh my god, how did I not know about that?'"

“我去了客戶服務，說'我希望我有一個手推車的象徵，他們就像'哦，是的，你去了'，給了我一個令牌。我就像'哦，我的上帝，我怎麼不知道這呢？”

While the supermarket remained tight-lipped when approached by Yahoo News, it's understood customers who don’t have a coin to use for the trolley locks are welcome to enquire about the tokens.

雖然超市在Yahoo News接近時仍保持著緊身的行列，但歡迎沒有硬幣用於手推車鎖的客戶，歡迎詢問令牌。

Why are trolleys being locked in Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and Kmart?

為什麼手推車被鎖在Woolworths，Coles，Aldi和Kmart中？

Trolley dumping is a widespread issue, with supermarkets spending "significant amounts" on maintaining their fleets. Brisbane-based Ocean Crusaders' Ian Thomson recently told Yahoo it costs roughly $300 to replace a trolley, and stores "don't do much" to recover missing ones.

手推車傾銷是一個普遍的問題，超市在維護艦隊方面花費了“大量數量”。總部位於布里斯班的海洋十字軍的伊恩·湯姆森（Ian Thomson）最近告訴Yahoo，更換手推車的費用約為300美元，而商店“不做太多”才能恢復缺失的手推車。

"That's often being paid for with our groceries," he said, suggesting it's everyday Aussies who bear the brunt of the ultimate costs of the problem.

他說：“這通常是用我們的雜貨來支付的。”他暗示，每天的澳大利亞人都承受了問題的最終費用。

Coles recently told Yahoo News they have teams of people collecting trolleys removed from the premises.

Coles最近告訴Yahoo News，他們的團隊有很多人從該處撤離手推車。

"Abandoned trolleys are a nuisance to local communities and we are continually working to make this better across all our stores, including regular collections of abandoned trolleys with vehicles on the road frequently," a Coles spokesperson said.

科爾斯發言人說：“廢棄的手推車是對當地社區的滋擾，我們一直在努力在所有商店中變得更好，包括經常在路上有車輛的定期收藏。”

"We are always reassessing our trolley management and take local feedback into account when deciding what methods to employ at any of our stores, including the use of coin locks and electronic wheel lock systems."

“我們總是在重新評估手推車管理，並在決定在我們的任何商店中使用哪種方法，包括使用硬幣鎖和電子車輪鎖系統時考慮當地的反饋。”

Aldi, well known for using coin-operated trolleys, told Yahoo News Australia they too use them to prevent trolleys being dumped, as well as to save money.

阿爾迪（Aldi）以使用硬幣操作的手推車而聞名，他告訴Yahoo News澳大利亞，他們也使用它們來防止手推車被拋棄，並省錢。

"The Aldi trolley token system is a key preventative measure against trolleys being dumped in backstreets, waterways and public areas. As a result, we find almost all of our trolleys are returned to our stores," a spokesperson said.

一位發言人說：“ Aldi手推車代幣系統是反對將手推車傾倒在後街，水道和公共區域的關鍵預防措施。因此，我們發現幾乎所有的手推車都返回了我們的商店。”

"By incentivising customers to return their own trolleys, we save money on trolley retrieval services and pass those savings on to customers in the form of our low prices. It’s part of our Good Different operating model."

“通過激勵客戶返回自己的手推車，我們可以節省手推車檢索服務的錢，並以我們低價的形式將這些節省的錢傳遞給客戶。這是我們良好的不同運營模式的一部分。”

The store sells a trolley token for 99 cents.

該商店以99美分的價格出售手推車令牌。