Target

I was in Bristol while my fiancée was at a conference for work. I went in this Target 3 days in a row… nope not embarrassed :) It was clean, organized, and the staff was helpful. My ONLY complaint was about the Starbucks. Whether I was the only one there or the 10^th person there, there was a major lack of organization. It almost seems as if Target employees are given a Starbucks shift, even though they know little to nothing about working at Starbucks. I actually went in to sit at a table on my laptop and there was no one at the counter for the first 15 minutes I was sitting there! The people were always nice and apologetic – not complaining about any particular person. I just hope that the way Starbucks is run inside a Target can be reevaluated.
Note: This isn’t the first Target in which I have encountered this!

It always feels like home as long as there is a Target close by. Not a large grocery section here but you will find organic eggs, organic milk and other organic selections.
They have the Earth’s Best brand kids’ meatballs and chicken nuggets which are a staple in our home… unfortunately… Oh you, picky toddlers!
Their wine selections seem a bit overpriced here compared to Food City. A bottle of the newest Barefoot Refresh Summer Red runs $ 3 more at Target. Who wants to spend $ 7.99 when you can get it up the hill for $ 4.99? Certainly not me. Don’t let the cheap price tag fool you, that wine is faboosh!
On the plus, there’s a Starbucks inside.

***100^th Review***
Over the last week, I’ve been thinking long and hard about which establishment I want to dedicate my 100^th review to. It’s a meaningful milestone for me in the Unilocal world and I want to choose wisely.
I remember reading about the CEO of Unilocal,Jeremy Stoppelman, who had the idea for Unilocal,Inc initially when he had trouble finding a local doctor in 2004. It comes back to the idea of community, service and sharing and I decided to dedicate my review for this Target store in Bristol, VA.
Now I’ve actually never been to this Target store and my dealing with them is purely by phone. However, they really touched my heart in an above and beyond way and here’s how.
Last week, the 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target line launched and I had totally forgotten since I was celebrating my best friend’s birthday that day. 2 days later, when I realized that I had forgotten to place the orders for the items I wanted, the online inventory and stores were sparse and it was especially hard to find the one item I really wanted, their large black tote bag with gusset. I called around and went to the local Target stores all around me, none had it and I was quite bummed. I decided to branch out and check inventory elsewhere and came across this store. From the moment I spoke with a store employee I felt the lovely Southern hospitality. Christine, the store manager, was kind and helpful. She had a bag in stock but they were unable to take payment over the phone and I live thousands of miles away. I asked if they could ship it to my local store and she said that it isn’t company policy but she can check and get back to me.
2 days later, Christine called me and said she’d be happy to ship the bag to my local store. She said she also emailed all the store managers in that store to make sure they will call me when they receive the bag so it’s not accidentally put out on the floor. I was amazed! This level of customer service is really a step above the rest and I am thankful they went to so much trouble to make a customer happy. Thank you, Christine and the crew at Target Bristol! Hopefully one day, I’ll be out there for a visit.

I just love target. Plus the sales tax in VA is even better.

I love Target! And now they are in Bristol, I am impressed. The store was very clean, had a Starbucks and was just plain awesome. The traditional Southern hospitality is found here, all the staff were very friendly and welcoming. There was one employee who instead of pointing to the section we might find a DVD, actually ran across the store to see if she could find it for us. Very nice, but also impressive given that it was the weekend after Thanksgiving and they were busy.