I don't know about you, but I feel like grocery stores are the cleanest they've ever been with everything getting wiped down so much. However, experts say these five surfaces have the potential to be the germiest.
According to CBC, researchers went to 24 different stores and swabbed stuff to see how dirty everything was. Here's what they found:
1. Credit card pin pads: They were the germiest surface, because everyone uses them and they're not wiped down enough. So, have your hand sanitizer ready when you pay.
2. The handles on shopping baskets: Probably because they're not being wiped down as much as the handles on carts.
3. The front of your shopping cart: That's usually the place I grab to pull my cart behind me, but I always wipe that part down! They say people touch the front edge to pull or push their cart and it's not wiped down as much as the handle is.
4. Freezer door handles: I will say, I see staff at my favorite grocery store wiping these down all the time. But I guess in some stores, lots of people are grabbing them and they're not wiped down.
The handle of your shopping cart didn't top the list because it's one of the spots employees wipe down the most and customers wipe them, too.