a) a shopping cart having a basket for the receipt of groceries, the basket being fabricated of wire, plastic resin, and comprising an essentially horizontal floor with a narrow front face and a wide rear face and tapering sides therebetween, with at least one removably attached advertising placard on a surface of at least one of said front face, said rear face, and said tapering sides, the shopping cart also having wheels attached thereto and a handle adjacent to the rear face, a sitting area in the basket, the sitting area being formed of a pivotable backrest with a top spaced a short distance from the rear face and having a generally horizontal seat between the backrest and the rear face, the sitting area being bounded on its side by the sides of the basket and further including apertures in the rear face above the seat for passage of legs of an infant sitting within the sitting area;

b) a rigid horizontally disposed generally rectangular base plate member with upper and lower portions is connected and affixed rigidly to said floor of said shopping cart basket, a rigid horizontally disposed generally tubular outer support member having frontal and posterior ends, said horizonal outer support member is connected and affixed rigidly to the lower portion of said base plate member, a rigid horizontally disposed generally tubular inner support member having frontal and posterior ends, said horizontal inner support member slides horizontally inside of said horizontal outer support member, a rigid vertically disposed generally rectangular retainer plate member is connected and affixed rigidly to the posterior end of said horizontal inner support member, a rigid vertically disposed generally rectangular connection plate member with upper and lower ends, is connected and affixed rigidly to the frontal end of said horizontal inner support member, a rigid generally circular support rod member is connected and affixed rigidly to the upper end of said connection plate member and diposed transversely thereto and;

c) a means for attachment of said shopping cart modified for vehicle transport to a vehicle receiver hitch comprising a rigid horizontally disposed generally tubular connection member having frontal and posterior ends, the frontal end is detachably secured to said vehicle receiver hitch, a rigid vertically disposed generally tubular inner support member having upper and lower ends, said lower end of vertical inner support member is connected and affixed rigidly to the posterior end of the connection member, a rigid vertically disposed generally tubular outer support member having upper and lower ends, said lower end of the vertical outer support member slides vertically over the upper end of the vertical inner support member, an electric motor driven internal helically threaded shaft, or alternatively a hydraulic cylinder is affixed to the upper end of the vertical outer support member, a rigid vertically disposed generally U shaped attachment member is connected and affixed rigidly to a lower posterior portion of said vertical outer support member, said attachment member has a puralilty of U shaped slots and a puralilty of pin aperture holes.