Target To Sell Everything Ever, Including Groceries

But will they have these? (Flickr user JKonig)

Target, attempting to take "one-stop shop" literally, is now offering more groceries than ever before, because nothing says "convenience" like being able to buy hemorrhoid cream and bologna under one roof.

The company has added about 40% more food to four of its NYC stores in the past year, advertised on the Target website as "A handpicked selection of meat, produce, baked goods and much more," which is a stretch if we've ever heard one. A Target rep told the Daily News that sales have risen by about 6% at the stores with the new food-heavy format.

Of course, Target isn't the first mega-chain to woo customers with edible wares: Duane Reade's got the formula down, offering beer to soothe the angry hipster hordes in Williamsburg and sushi to appease high-flying Wall Street execs. We eagerly await the day that Target introduces an Isaac Mizrahi-designed line of cryogenic sleeping pods so that we can never leave, ever.

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By Jamie Feldmar in Food on August 5, 2011 4:10 PM

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Fofofofofo

I see more people buying snacks at Target than they buy cheap underpants and shoddy kitchen wares. Also, it's of of the few places in NYC that carries Tombstone Pizza. Which is like 40 times better than that fat bitch, Mama Celeste.

TheRealCannibal

I know that kitty. I would recognize him anywhere!

pantrygirl

Mmm hemorrhoid cream and bologna.

Roncore

bodega catermelon?

MattyGC

One Catermelon please!

colonelcasey

I don't feel like the groceries at Target are really cheap though. I find better deals at my local supermarket.

silver

Target stuff is more like stuff/flavors you can't find in your local supermarket. The Target "supermarket" is only the size of a Fine Fare or C Town if you think carefully. I have to say only a fool would buy anything at Target that is sold anywhere else. The prices are sky high at Target supermarket.