Shopping support apparatus, shopping cart, and method for shopping support

A cart for shopping, the cart comprising:

• a carrier portion on which commodities for sale in a store can be placed;
• and
• a shopping support apparatus including:
• a display screen;
• and
• a control unit configured to:
• cause a store map for the store to be displayed on the display screen;
• acquire a commodity code for a commodity for sale in the store;
• register the commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity code in a sales transaction list;
• display the sales transaction list on the display screen along with a button for requesting a recipe for a dish including the commodity;
• acquire one or more recipes for a dish including the commodity when the button is pressed;
• display images associated with the acquired one or more recipes on the display screen along with an ingredient list button for each of the one or more recipes;
• display a list of ingredients for a selected dish when the ingredient list button for the selected dish is selected on the display screen;
• and
• cause a location of an unregistered commodity on the list of ingredients for the selected dish to be displayed on the store map.

A shopping support method, comprising:

• causing a store map for a store to be displayed on a display screen;
• acquiring a commodity code for a commodity for sale in the store;
• registering the commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity code in a sales transaction list;
• displaying the sales transaction list on the display screen along with a button for requesting a recipe for a dish including the commodity;
• acquiring one or more recipes for a dish including the commodity when the button is pressed;
• displaying images associated with the acquired one or more recipes on the display screen along with an ingredient list button for each of the one or more recipes;
• displaying a list of ingredients for a selected dish when the ingredient list button for the selected dish is selected on the display screen;
• and
• causing a location of an unregistered commodity on the list of ingredients for the selected dish to be displayed on the store map.