BAKERSFIELD, Calif. ( KGET )— The shopping cart shortage at a Walmart in Bakersfield is a big problem impacting hundreds of customers and forcing them to adapt.
“It’s annoying when you come shopping and you walk into the store and there’s no carts anywhere and then you have to walk back out,” said shopper Jesse Pena. “You gotta go search in the parking lot for the carts and then usually, when you grab one they’re broken, the wheel’s missing, chip in the tire, it bounces all over the place.”
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Pena said he keeps coming to the east Bakersfield Walmart because he doesn’t want to make a major commute to shop for the essentials.
“Well, there’s not very many stores on the northeast side of town. Seems like all they do is build on the other side of town and we don’t have much here,” said Pena.
The Fashion Plaza Walmart received two shipments of carts at 500 per order since April, according to employees. One worker says they’re already down 100 carts since the last shipment in June.