Complete Dictionary of Dreams

by Dr. Mıchael Lennox
The shopping cart is primarily a tool for collecting those things that you are purchasing at a grocery store, and in this way it is a symbol for your ability to contain abundance and make choices that support self-sustenance. Shopping carts have a secondary meaning that is actually more prominent in the collective as an indication of homelessness and the despair that connects with losing everything.

If your dream features a shopping cart in this way, then you may be expressing poverty consciousness.

A person pushing a shopping cart in your dream is a character aspect of low functioning and a fear that you may lose everything.

My Dream Interpretation

by myjellybean
A dream of piling products into a shopping cart means you are hungry for something you are not getting in real life. That might be affection, attention or respect - think about what you need.

An empty shopping cart means you feel lonely and in need of comfort.

New American Dream Dictionary

by Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
1. If one is pushing a filled shopping cart it is tangi­ble evidence of success.

2. If shopping cart is empty, this sym­bolizes lack of success.