Abstract: A shopping cart storage system allows a user to easily transport elongated items throughout a store. The system includes a shopping cart having a frame, a basket and a plurality of wheels. The basket and the wheels are coupled to the frame. The frame includes a lower bar spaced below the basket. An upper retaining member is coupled to the basket. The upper retaining member has an open top end and an open bottom end. A lower retaining member is coupled to the lower rail. The lower retaining member has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The lower retaining member is spaced from and vertically aligned with the upper retaining member wherein the upper and lower retaining members are configured to retain an elongated object in an upright position adjacent to the shopping cart.