Is it true? (Pittsburgh, Liberty: credit, car, Walmart)

[Jrn14]

Ewww Target beats Walmart in just about every way possible.

[BrianTH]

I recognize that when in Target I am paying a few cents more per item to avoid the soul-crushing experience of shopping at Walmart, and I am OK with that.

That said, I will buy stuff from Walmart online.

[Jrn14]

I haven't bought anything at Walmart since Halloween 2009 and then probably 2 years before that. It's so weird being there actually send me into an instant depression and when I checkout I feel like I just did something horrible, I know it's a little extreme but I feel like I need to go to confession ha ha.

[Bong477]

Walmart isn't too bad on a weekday, a weekend is another experience altogether. Super walmart is so much cheaper for groceries than the supermarket you can really save a lot of money there.

The fresh grocery/produce area of regular Targets has been very underwhelming in my experience (outside of Pittsburgh)... haven't been to a super target yet.

[pcity]

I'd be surprised if Target does much expansion of the SuperTarget concept beyond what is already on the drawing board. They are doing very well with their PFresh initiative (the one that brought produce and more groceries into regular Targets), and it's much more cost effective. The PFresh stores don't need to employ deli staff, bakery staff, etc. and don't need to be nearly as big as SuperTargets.

[pcity]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

I recognize that when in Target I am paying a few cents more per item to avoid the soul-crushing experience of shopping at Walmart, and I am OK with that.

Recently, Target has achieved price parity on a lot of grocery items, and if you use their 5%-off credit card, they're actually beating Walmart by a few cents per item. I don't mind Walmart at all, but right now Target appears to be the cheaper place to shop for a lot of items.

[raubre]

Originally Posted by pcity

Recently, Target has achieved price parity on a lot of grocery items, and if you use their 5%-off credit card, they're actually beating Walmart by a few cents per item. I don't mind Walmart at all, but right now Target appears to be the cheaper place to shop for a lot of items.

I don't know if I would believe that. If you use a 5% off credit card, don't they get you with interst afterwards?

[greg42]

Originally Posted by raubre

I don't know if I would believe that. If you use a 5% off credit card, don't they get you with interst afterwards?

Only if you don't pay it off every month, same as any typical credit card. They win on the 5% card because around half of that they'd be paying to the other credit card companies anyway. So from their side they're only giving you about 2-3% back when you figure in what their costs would have been. Plus yes, if people don't pay it off, they earn the interest themselves. That probably covers the difference. Plus they track your purchases better I'm sure although they have been able to do that fairly well even when you use a Visa/MC anyway.

[SteelCityRising]

Sorry! That was my bad. I was assuming that since this Target was going to be two stories, have windows, and be so large that it was a "Super Target", but I guess not.

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Sorry! That was my bad. I was assuming that since this Target was going to be two stories, have windows, and be so large that it was a "Super Target", but I guess not.

On Target's wiki page, it says they are opening a Super Target in Sliberty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_...on#SuperTarget.

On February 15, 2011, Target announced plans to open its newest store concept, called CityTarget. The first store will be opened on State Street in Chicago.[57] The store will allocate approximately 54,000 sq ft (5,000 m2) to its sales floor, about half the size of a general merchandise Target store. CityTarget stores will carry fresh food, clothing, and apartment essentials. Many items that are carried in a general merchandise Target, but are too bulky for urban apartments or for customers to carry, will not be stocked in a CityTarget.
[edit] Urban stores

Target has used its urban store concept to open multiple story stores in city centers such as in Annapolis, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Los Angeles, Glendale, Chicago, Pasadena, California, San Diego, Seattle, Stamford, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, and Minneapolis within the corporation's headquarters complex. In July 2010, a Target store opened in New York's East Harlem.[58] The company also has plans to open an Super Target urban store in Pittsburgh in the city's East Liberty section in 2011.[59]