Shopping cart with functions to detect commodities placed therein

A shopping cart comprising:

• a cart body;
• an electronic device attached to the cart body and configured to perform at least one of registration processing and payment processing of commodities;
• an upper placing portion provided in an upper stage of the cart body and having the commodities placed thereon;
• a lower placing portion provided in a lower stage of the cart body and having the commodities placed thereon;
• and
• a detection device including a load sensor and configured to detect presence of the commodities placed on the upper placing portion and the lower placing portion, wherein
• the load sensor includes a strain body that has a first end and a second end opposed to each other in a longitudinal direction, the first end being connected to the cart body, and the second end being connected to a load receiver body fixed to a lower part of the upper placing portion, and
• the detection device further includes a suspension portion by which the lower placing portion is suspended from the load receiver body.