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King Soopers staff noticed customer's 2-yr-old with cerebral palsy couldn't fit in store cart. What they did next won hearts.

A mom was struggling to shop with her young daughter with special needs and a grocery store came to their aide after noticing it.
PUBLISHED MAR 3, 2025
(L) A wide-angle shot of King Soopers marketplace shared by Google. (R) A mom taking her kid with cerebral palsy grocery shopping. [Cover Image Source: (L) Google Maps; (R) YouTube | USA Today]
(L) A wide-angle shot of King Soopers marketplace shared by Google. (R) A mom taking her kid with cerebral palsy grocery shopping. [Cover Image Source: (L) Google Maps; (R) YouTube | USA Today]

Toddlers love riding the shopping cart while their parents pick necessary items from the shelves. Seating a little kid in the grocery cart eases the shopping experience for the adults as well. However, one toddler was unable to live through the simple joys of life because of her medical condition. A 2-year-old girl named Beatrice got the surprise of a lifetime after a grocery store decided to make the shopping trip easier for the toddler and her mom, Melody Leach, per USA TODAY.

A young girl sitting in a shopping cart and tasting a donut with her mom (Representative Image Source: Pexels | Gustavo Fring)
A young girl sitting in a shopping cart and tasting a donut with her mom (Representative Image Source: Pexels | Gustavo Fring)

The events were recorded in 2015 when Leach and Beatrice caught the attention of a local grocery store called King Soopers in Loveland, Colorado. Beatrice had cerebral palsy and limited vision. As a result, taking her daughter to run errands was a challenge for the mom. Beatrice's condition prevented her from fitting into the standard shopping cart. Leach had to come up with creative ideas to shop and carry her daughter at the same time whenever she visited the store.

"I went to the soda section and I got their boxes, build up a barrier around her so that she could stay in the cart," Leach said. "It wasn't fair. She never had the chance to experience the grocery store like other toddlers. It would mean a lot to be able to do something that everybody else could." Mike Myers, the assistant manager of King Soopers, noticed Leach's hardship and decided to come up with a solution for her. Myers shared that he had a personal experience when it came to dealing with people affected by cerebral palsy.

Representative Image Source: Pexels | Hobi industri
A woman shopping in a grocery store (Representative Image Source: Pexels | Hobi industry)

One of his friend's brothers had the same condition and it prompted Myers to do something meaningful for Leach and her daughter. He asked his bosses at King Soopers to buy a cart built for children with special needs. Beatrice's "princess wagon" was gifted to her by the store, which not only had an adjustable seat but ample space to accommodate Beatrice as she grew. Leach had no more trouble trying to juggle her shopping cart and pushing her daughter in the wheelchair. Myers and the staff at the store also decorated the special cart with sparkles, paper flowers and balloons, naming it "Beatrice's Cart."

Beatrice flashed a wide smile when she was placed in her specially built cart and staff of the store surrounded her and cheered, as seen in the video. "She can't see very well and she can't crawl, she can't talk yet and she's legally blind," Leach shared her prior struggles with WCNC. "One of her hips has dislocated, so she has a hard time sitting on that surface. She has outgrown her stroller at this point, so I put her in her wheelchair and I take her in the store and I can grab a basket and try to push this with one hand as I carry the basket."

A young girl sitting in a wheelchair (Representative Image Source: Pexels | Meruyert Gonullu)
A young girl sitting in a wheelchair (Representative Image Source: Pexels | Meruyert Gonullu)

Little Beatrice had also suffered from seizures in the store at that point and they started getting more frequent when she sat for a long time in the wheelchair. Previously, Leach had limited options to tackle this situation. She had to choose between making short grocery runs or hiring a nurse to watch over her daughter. "Oh my gosh! This'll fit her forever," Leach had exclaimed when she looked at the cart for the first time. The special carts are available at King Soopers for children with disabilities. 



 



 

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