Shopping Cart Retrieval Service - 888-55-CARTS

The NFM Shopping Cart Retrieval Service – A wholly owned subsidiary of NWGA.

Local governments have had their fill of shopping carts littering neighborhoods and transit centers. Several Oregon cities have already enacted a local ordinance under the guidelines of Senate Bill 645, and many more are actively going through the process.

NWGA provides the NFM Shopping Cart Retrieval Service to keep shopping carts off the streets and out of neighborhoods, and returned to the retailer's inventory.

The NFM Cart Retrieval Service provides indemnity from local ordinances that fine retailers for abandoned shopping carts and currently services the Portland Metro, Salem and Woodburn areas.

Service Benefits:

• A "safe harbor" for retailers with local shopping cart ordinances (As provided by Senate Bill 645, 2007)
• Protection from civil penalties associated with local shopping cart ordinances (Penalties can reach $50 per cart, per occurrence)
• 24/7/365 Live-operator, toll-free phone number to report abandoned carts (888-55-CARTS)
• Live dispatch of abandoned cart reports, with real time electronic notifications sent directly to retrieval trucks.
• Guaranteed pick-up of reported carts within 72 hours.
• Custom trucks and equipment for secure retrieval - No bungee cords and old pick-up trucks.
• Fully licensed and insured cart retrieval service (workers comp, unemployment insurance, general liability and all local and state business licenses and payroll taxes)

The following additional services are available upon request:

• Cart inventory and inventory balancing between participating retail locations.
• Old or damaged cart removal
• Cart and store signage provided

Contact Sandra Wilken at
503-685-6293 or 1-800-824-1602
Email: sandra@nwgrocery.org