Oh, Target. What happened?

I stopped by Target tonight with the hope of picking up a new wreath for the front door.  My Target usually has a good selection of dried Smith & Hawken wreaths as well as other S&H things.  To my surprise Target has turned into Costco.  There is a HUGE section of this random stuff.  Random stuff in bulk.  Seriously?!





If I wanted to buy 100 rolls of toilet paper, a jumbo pack of washcloths or 1,000 bottles of water I would go to Costco.  Where I happily pay a $50 membership fee, thank you very much.  I shop at Target to escape this and buy things in real people quantities.  Real people who have tiny houses, like moi.

And so much for the pretty floral section they used to have.  What had been an aisle and a half has been reduced to 1/4 of an aisle.



A few shoppers were browsing but I didn't see anyone load a case of lightbulbs into their cart.  Am I the only one who doesn't like this?


13 comments:

MG said...

My neighbor told me about this. She said she asked an employee who told her all of the stores are trying this out. So who knows, it may or may not last!

gCe said...

Rumor has it though that some of the target bargain sections are carrying designer items so it might be worth it.

Suburban Princess said...

I keep reading about this - I hope this is just the transitional phase and they get things looking better!

Just Add Walter said...

how weird... I don't like it at all!

Bama Girl said...

This preppy girl does NOT like the direction Target is "seemingly" headed! Down south, if you want that, you go to Sam's. BTW, Sam's is cousin to Wal Mart, which I don't like either. I'd rather eat dirt. :-) XOXO

Bethany said...

So strange. I have not seen that in my Target and I'm glad.

Blair said...

Hmm, I have not seen this in my Target. It looks like Sam's...haha!

Mel said...

What is this? BTW, love the new blog header!

Children of the 90s said...

I agree, I like Target because it doesn't have that bargain warehouse feel. I'm not shopping for a family of 10, I just want to buy some single-size items! Hopefully it's just an experiment.

Aubrey said...

I saw this in our Target last week and turned the other way. Blech. I hope it's short lived!

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Mel said...

Hey - I just saw this article about this very topic!

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108516/toilet-paper-trumps-decor-at-targets-great-save

DSS said...

Eeeewwww...I hope that doesn't happen to our Target. What a shame :(

Whitney and the Preppy Puppy said...

Thank you for the article, Mel! I also received a flyer in the mail Friday touting this great new thing Target is trying. I am looking forward to the day that the seasonal section becomes more seasonal. :-)

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