Target

This is the closest Target to my house and unfortunately it’s one that I don’t really like. Not every Target is created equal, in my eyes.
This Target is always crowded and I feel like the selection isn’t great.
Parking is always a pain and the lines are long at check out. Forget the Starbucks inside the store, if you want a hot drink you will stand in line for at least 5 minutes. Under staffed big time.
Rather than deal with this headache I go the Target across the street from my job, in Palatine. I love that one!

Was on hold for 20 minutes for the cell phones and gave up. The operator was rude and was taking to other people when she answered the phone… my advice don’t call this store

I like this Target. I’ve purchased everything from food to clothes to electronics to books and more, and I’ve rarely if ever been disappointed. Wide selection, good quality, neat displays with the Clearance section being the only area that’s a little more stacked and busy than other displays but it’s a Clearance section so kind of expected. It might be a little pricier than Walmart, but definitely worth it! Plus, they have great popcorn.

I have been shopping at this Target for years. It’s clean and has a huge parking lot. The staff is friendy and always helpful. The shelves are always well stocked. But my favorite thing is their pharmacy. The two main pharmacist are Rob and Sema. They have been taking care of me for years. I would never even think of using another pharmacy. Rob even caught a medication that I was prescribed didn’t iteract with another med I was taking. Rob, Sema and ther entire staff are simply the nicest and most helpful people you will meet. If you are getting your prescriptions filled somewhere else, switch to this Target. They will treat you like you are their most important customer. They are simply the best. Food, medicine, toys, clothes, home goods, beer and wine this Target has it all! (including a Starbucks)

I come here often, considering that I live in the area, and I usually have a positive experience. The lines tend to be quick, the store is maintained and the staff is helpful. You can get just about anything you need here including food products.

I like this Target. I do most of my grocery shopping here. The staff is friendly and very helpful. They have a lot of specials and sales throughout the year. I feel like when I shop here I’m getting a good value for my dollar.

I love everything but one aspect of the store. The fruit and vegetables are taste-​less! I’ve tried strawberries, grapes, oranges and countless vegetables. They all taste like water. That’s why the 4 star rating over the 5.

Best target ever! The most affordable one for sure, and do not even get me started on their actual great selection of clothing. I have to literally remind myself everytime that I am only buying dish soap or else I end up coming home with 56 890 and then I ask myself how did that happen?! Super cute dresses, extensive selection of bathing suits and work clothes, awesome boots and purses!

Clean, organized and spacious.

great sales in clothes and electronics! who doesnt love gettin a deal right!?! pretty organized and had a helpful worker actually walk me to the area i was looking for instead of just pointing to it.

Store Review:
So many trips to target recently, although you lost my credit card data and made me have to replace all my credit cards, your post holidays savings enticed me to come back and still give you my credit card information. Only in America… This location is usually well stocked including post-​christmas items at 90% off. Staff is friendly and I have not run into issues with using coupons here. I will be back for your deals. I just can’t help it, because I am addicted to Target
Pros– clearance bargains, well stocked
Cons– lost millions of customer credit card information, non-​sale items are pricy
Hidden deals–
1. Check in with shop kicks to earn points
2. Use cartwheel, target coupons, and manufacture coupon to get the best bang for your buck
3. Check the end-​caps
4. If you dare open a target credit card and get 5% back on purchases and free shipping at

Target is that place where, like everyone else, I run in to pick up a few items and leave with five times as much as I intended to purchase. Oops? Why does this always happen at Target and not anywhere else? What IS it about Target?! Clearly, I like Target. A lot.
I do not like this Target as much.
It’s big. It’s clean. And it looks organized. I’ll give them that.
But just because it looks organized doesn’t mean it really is.
This morning, I swung by to look for some yoga pants and a dish drying mat (random, I know — isn’t that what Target is good for?) and found both with no problem. The squishy fabric dish drying mat was marked up at $ 7.99, which was cheaper than the plastic ones, so I snatched that up. In the activewear section, I browsed the clearance rack (30% off) for some yoga pants and found two amazing pants that fit me perfectly. One of them even had a clearance price sticker of $ 19.98. I thought I won the lottery.
When I went through the checkout lane, the dish-​drying mat rang up as $ 9.99 and the yoga pants were $ 40 each.
WHAT!
I’m not usually a stickler about prices, but this really irked me. I mentioned that the mat was marked $ 7.99, not nearly $ 10. The cashier did a price check and found an $ 8.32 price for the mat. She gave me that price, and it’s only a few cents more than what I thought, so I was fine with it, but that really threw me off. And the yoga pants! I pointed out the $ 19.98 price sticker on one pair of paints and explained that I found them both in the clearance aisle, among several other pairs of the exact same pants. Apparently they were not clearance items and the $ 19.98 sticker was A LIE. If the sticker is on the item, it should be honored, right? Nope. I guess not. And finding all the awesome yoga pants in the clearance racks really was too good to be true. I don’t know if someone was messing around with the racks and switched the clothes around, but that’s just not cool. Rawr.
I ended up buying them anyway because I needed them and $ 40 yoga pants was a lot better than $ 100+ for designer yoga pants, but I was not a happy camper.
I’ll be triple-​checking my purchases here from now on.

It’s a Super Target. Nothing good, but nothing bad either. I will say the grocery section is a plus, but the other customers are a negative.

Some Targets look like they just got blitzed by a passing horde of 5-​year-​olds hopped up on Pixy Stix and Red Bull. This isn’t one of them.
This one is usually pretty well-​ordered, clean, and well-​stocked. They also carry the 16 oz. size of Noosa yoghurts, which makes me happy… the 8 oz. size just isn’t enough, especially of the Honey one.
All the people at the pharmacy and checkout counters have always been unfailingly polite. Good location.

Love Target. They always seem well & consistently laid out. Nice lighting, and coloring.
When they first added the ‘Super’ to this location, the produce was outstanding. Now it doesn’t seem much better than the local Jewel (at which I don’t shop), and can cost more for some things.
They do a good job with their seasonal section, in the back, but get there when they first put it up, as it gets picked through quickly.
Love their Red card. It a free debit card that you can only use at Targets, but it does save you on every purchase.

The Good:
$ 5 Clearance Movies that are arguably worth their weight in gold (Uncle Buck, Kindergarten Cop, Gremlins).
The Bad:
A young Sunday morning staff who seem like their Saturday night still hasn’t ended. Standing in front of their registers, yelling down the line to other employees, joking about the previous day’s/night’s happenings. Blocking aisles with full carts of items while they discuss a date they went on the previous week and totally ignoring customers who may also want to move through to shop. It reminded me of what class was like in Jr High when a teacher would be late and we were left unattended.
The Ugly:
Messy and appeared to still not have recovered from the holiday rush. Not even close.
The bottom line: With an all-​star lineup of bargain DVDs, this target *should* be 5-​stars, but with a lack of management and the weekend attitudes of staff, this T-​Mart just isn’t cutting the mustard.

I’m not a fan of the HUGE Targets. It seems most of the items are overpriced here — even Dove Chocolate is marked waaaay up from what it was a few months ago, when it was closer to suggested retail. Their store-​brand cookies, while seemingly a good deal, are pretty gross. The athletic clothes area isn’t merchandised well — there are a LOT of clothes on certain racks (hard to shop), but only a few pieces on others. Several styles are mixed in with one another. And post-​holiday clearance shopping? Fahgettaboutit! The clearance, while mostly sized correctly, is oddly laid out. Since they seem to have more clearance than they probably know what to do with, that’s probably not here nor there.
The kicker, though, was hearing one of the fitting room associates start to lose her marbles a little last night. She began sighing in this really loud voice, and it got progressively louder. The phone rang: «Siiigh.» Complained with 1 – 2 other associates about «So-​and-​so calling off and claiming she’s sick, though if she’s seasonal why is she not showing up?» «Siiiiiiigh.» And then just «SIIIIGH“ing.
I get it. I worked clothing retail for yeeeeears. But get a handle on yourself before you lose your damn mind, child. And maybe if you weren’t standing around and gabbing, you could actually get some work done.
The registers were well-​staffed and went rather quickly. Thankfully my cashier had a bit more cheer.

Awesome Target. Huge produce and bakery sections. I took a star off because when I worked at Target in Wheaton, we never had those cart magnet things. WE DID IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY! This coming from a 24 year old who worked at Target in high school… man I am old!

Oh Target. This really is a go-​to place. You can wander around for quite some time.
I can look at pretty much the whole store. And they are open till 11! I didn’t even realize they extended their hours, cuz I swear they were only open till 10 before.
They have a Starbucks, so if you need to really get amped up for your shopping, by all means get on it.
I like to look at the bikinis and the work out clothes, even though I will rarely buy either. I do have a couple of the Champion sports bras for yoga. I even got one on sale for $ 14, I thought they never went on sale but apparently they do!
I love the clearance aisles, you never know what you might find.
I like to look at their books, although I wouldn’t buy them because I did purchase a Kindle at this very Target store a few months ago. But hey, I browse their book section to get some ideas for my Kindle.
My last trip here I totally slipped in the produce section, one of the refrigerated areas was like leaking onto the floor. It would have been super embarrassing if more people had been around but luckily the store was kinda quiet and only a little kid asked me if I was ok… still not sure if that made it better or worse.
Anywho, after my lil spill I found the most amazing thing. Coco Café. Coconut water with espresso. Already amazed, I would be to. But it even comes in a cute little package with an anchor on it. Clearly that was a huge part in me actually buying it to try it. But when I drank it, it was amaaaazing. I’m not that into coconut water, I only buy flavored ones and even then sometimes I can’t handle it. Having the espresso totally did the trick. I would drink this everyday.
This is also typically my go-​to place for cards. Birthday cards, father’s day cards… that kinda deal. The last holiday I went there I couldn’t find a good one though, which was pretty sad.
Pretty much, if you need to get something and don’t want to feel like you need to either kill yourself or another person (aka go to Walmart) then you should probably just stop here.

I really like this Super Target because it’s open later than most of the Targets in the area. Who doesn’t love going in for toothpaste at 10:45pm and coming out with $ 100 worth of merchandise 15 minutes later?
They keep it pretty well organized and it has a booze section. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a fan of that section. My only gripe is the layout. It’s another one of those inferior Targets, but it’s not as bad at the throwback 90s layout Targets that won’t die out. And the people working here are pretty nice and helpful. They don’t always know where everything is, but they at least do their best to help me locate it. I appreciate it!