I know Wal-Mart has a bad rep these days, but Target is just as bad. Sure, it’s clean – but the employees aren’t getting paid any more money to keep it that way.

I’d be cranky if I were working for so little, too.

And to respond to someone else who wrote before me, complaining to a manager is just going to make you look like a jerk. Sometimes people have a bad day, and you don’t know what her story is – surely you’d expect a little more kindness and understanding if you were in her shoes? Store policy is usually that they don’t WANT the kind of customer who complains shopping at their store, because they take up employee time that could be spent doing something more productive. Plus, it’s rude. Whatever happened to turning the other cheek?

I live about 30 miles from any major city. When I go grocery shopping, I hit Sam’s/SWM (they are next to each other), then I hit Super Target (next shopping center down – same parking area). Lastly, I hit Baker’s – which is owned by Dillon (Kroger’s). I only buy sale items at Baker’s because they are extremely costly. They are so sweet – they mail me a flyer every week because my Omaha paper doesn’t provide the sale ads for rural routes.

For meat and deli items, nothing beats Fareway – but I don’t think they are anywhere outside of here and Iowa. Too bad too, they still have the meat counter you can buy steaks, bacon, roasts and hamburger that is freshly cut and packaged as you select it. Prices there are wonderful.

::sigh:: I have to hit town for grocery shopping today. Guess I’d better get that list going.

So, convenience! Those 3 (food, p.o., bank) are usually the only errands I have, so I think it’s awesome I can do it all at once. If I didn’t have 2 small kids in tow, it’d be a whole ‘nother story.

Target’s milk is our least favorite. It has a funny taste. That alone usually keeps us out of Target for groceries, b/c we ALWAYS need milk.