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Originally Posted by awholeparade
Am I the only one who buys shampoo, toilet paper, toothpaste, etc. at the grocery store?! I have a car, but I would never even consider driving all the way to a Target (I live in Capitol Hill) for those things. I'm a single guy, not buying quantities for a family, so maybe that's the difference? Basic socks and underwear? I go to H&M or TJ Maxx, both downtown, and I ride my bike or walk there. Again, this is probably easier for me as a single guy, but I'm really not sure why I'm supposed to feel the need to go to Target.
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Nope you are not. I get clothes from Ross or TJMax or Sports Authority and all my groceries from King Soopers. Target is easy a 10% to 30% mark up from most stores. I only go to the Target at Tamarac square once in a blue moon for something random where I want slightly better quality than Walmart. But their crap is just as cheap quality wise (book shelf I bought is a complete joke). I hate Target's prices just as much as Safeway's. Huge markup even though quality stinks. Only Target worth while is the Glendale cause groceries aren't actually that bad and you can get your booze too.
Everyone I know that lives downtown gets their groceries at the King Soopers on Speer or drives a bit for whatever they want. Downtown Denver is about 5% of they way to people not wanting or needing a car to shop like NYC. Many people here just want it as much as a new skyscraper no matter how stupid and awful a idea it is.
That being said the type of people (young adults) prefer Whole Foods because they think it is better when really it is just over priced junk same as Trader Joes.
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