NEW ORLEANS– An innovative teenager invented a safety tool to help keep you safe from possible germs while grocery shopping.
14-year old Tia Madison Page created the “Basket Buddy.” Her company is called “Basket Buddy by TMP.”
Tia sews each one and she learned how to sew in her 8th grade Food and Fabrics Class. Each one takes between 20 and 30 minutes for her to sew. The teen is originally from New Orleans, but now lives in Houston, Texas. While living in New Orleans she attended Lake Castle Private School.
The “Basket Buddy” acts like a friend, which she created in hopes of make your grocery shopping safer because with her invention you don’t have to touch the shopping carts or baskets.
“This will help protect you. I wanted to create it because there are germs on shopping carts that you don’t know are there. With this you can slip it on, and go around the grocery store without worrying,” she said.
They are re-usable, washable, and removable, and they don’t slip off while you are shopping.
This teen feels like her invention helps make safety go hand in hand.
“I’m really happy because now when I go to the store or when you go to the store you won’t have to worry about touching the baskets,” she said.
A Winn Dixie shopper today who bought some said, “I think it is a brilliant idea. It will save me a lot of Clorox wipes right now, because I’m trying to ration them. This is great.”
They come in a variety of colors and designs. Each one is $15. If you’d like to order one or more information, click HERE.
