It might actually be worth just calling your local supermarket - they may know if there are any services in the area that help people who are disabled (or more often they're aimed at the elderly) get groceries since they'll tend to see the people who do the shopping for the services quite frequently, sometimes buying multiple baskets at a time, etc. It might be a volunteer thing or it might be a paid service, depending on where you are and what's available, but it seems worth asking.
(Note that this might depend somewhat on your local supermarket, I will admit. My local one is a chain but it's small enough and enough of the staff has been there for ages that they notice things like that. I don't know if a more 'generic' type place would have someone who'd know the same info since it's not really a store service.)
Admittedly, I have a certain reputation when it comes to luggage racks. But I used to use a milk-crate bungeed to a folding luggage rack, both for getting around the store and getting home. Separated, both the crate and rack can hang over an arm or be pulled up steps via bungee. Walking 10 blocks with cane and luggage rack was not ideal, but certainly better than cane and carry, and the luggage rack was solid enough to stop and rest holding onto. I thought about taking the contraption on a city bus but don't think I ever did. The Blue Bus was another story. . .
I used a luggage rack for laundry because I couldn't carry the basket across the parking lot at our apartment to the laundry room. It worked really well. Now we have a washer/dryer so my husband carries the baskets up and down the stairs for me and he does the laundry switching, and I do the folding and putting away.
When I've walked to the grocery store, I've used a stroller, a wagon, and a luggage rack to get the groceries home. Things you can push in front work a lot better than things I have to pull behind me (in my experience), but wheels are a great way to get stuff around.
The only foldable carts I've seen are the pull-style - which I know from experience is a bad plan (bag + pull cart + cane + uneven Philadelphia sidewalk = faceplant). I'd think about a push-style - no idea how public transit deals with that, but there's one way to find out - except I've never seen a folding push style. Any ideas on where to find one?
I did better pulling mine with cane than pushing, although it would push if tipped back. I have seen people pushing folding carts that I think were meant for laundry. Maybe a dollar store? Google images had a bunch under "folding cart" from places like walmart and cartsonthego.com, and some look pushable.
I might try asked for help with shopping though. If nothing else, that could work.
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(Note that this might depend somewhat on your local supermarket, I will admit. My local one is a chain but it's small enough and enough of the staff has been there for ages that they notice things like that. I don't know if a more 'generic' type place would have someone who'd know the same info since it's not really a store service.)
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When I've walked to the grocery store, I've used a stroller, a wagon, and a luggage rack to get the groceries home. Things you can push in front work a lot better than things I have to pull behind me (in my experience), but wheels are a great way to get stuff around.
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