TARGET UPDATESLocal Target stores will remodel their interiors by July. The biggest changes will come to grocery sections, where hundreds of items will be added. Changes in other departments:Beauty – signs offering makeup tipsHome – more displaysShoes – benches and mirrorsBaby – streamlined layoutsSource: Kristin Jahnke, Target spokeswoman
Local Target stores will raise their food offerings 40 percent by July.
The Highway 153 and Gunbarrel Road Targets will start offering hundreds of new items, including prepackaged produce, meat, bakery and deli products. The expanded selection will offer 90 percent of the food categories in SuperTarget stores.
In the wake of last week’s announcement that Food Lion is closing more than two-thirds of its area supermarkets, the upscale discounter is trying to take a bigger bite of the grocery dollar. The expanded selections at Target will offer 90 percent of the food categories in SuperTarget stores.
The Hixson store started renovations in December and should finish by the end of March.