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I literally stopped shopping there because I don't want to download yet another app to pay for something I don't even need. I've made the mistake twice, and the second time I just left my **** at the register and left to go to Target.

What a way to bump up abandoned carts in store, Walmart!
 
I’m going to be so annoyed when my local Vons (Albertsons) stops accepting Apple Pay due to Kroger taking over.

It might not happen. Look at whole foods: they were bought by another apple pay hater, amazon, and haven’t stopped accepting apple pay.
 
It might not happen. Look at whole foods: they were bought by another apple pay hater, amazon, and haven’t stopped accepting apple pay.
Very popular at Whole Foods to see people paying with it or other contactless methods. So popular, the customers can become hostile to other methods.

A few years ago, my elderly mother went to pay with a check and she got heckled by some younger people behind her about it. It slowed down their day by a whole 2-3 minutes.
 
You’re right of course, some fresh food items are domestic-sourced, maybe most are non-China sourced. Seems no one has piled onto my statement for non-food items though.
They sell lots of U.S. made stuff. Garland rugs, Sterilite containers, Lodge cookware, Pyrex stuff, Simplay3 toys, Dr. Teal's stuff...
 
Thank God for Target. ❤️
Apple Pay issues aside, the appeal of Target is a mystery to me. It seems like just a more expensive version of Walmart to me.

All I can guess is that people pay a little more to shop there so that they don't have to deal with the pleasures of Walmart (and reduce the chance of being involved in a violent situation)

"The in-store shopping experience at Target is miles beyond the typical Walmart shopping experience. However, it comes at a cost and is balanced by Walmart’s far-better online shopping interface. Target has wider aisles, less crowded shelves, department store-like merchandising, and trendy design touches. All these details make it feel a bit more elevated than a waltz through Walmart."


But again, it is a rare occasion that I go to either Target or Walmart. For the kinds of stuff they sell, I go to Costco, Aldi, Shop & Save, or online to Amazon.
 
Apple Pay issues aside, the appeal of Target is a mystery to me. It seems like just a more expensive version of Walmart to me.

All I can guess is that people pay a little more to shop there so that they don't have to deal with the pleasures of Walmart.
Congrats, you got it! :)
 
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Apple Pay issues aside, the appeal of Target is a mystery to me. It seems like just a more expensive version of Walmart to me.

All I can guess is that people pay a little more to shop there so that they don't have to deal with the pleasures of Walmart (and reduce the chance of being involved in a violent situation)

"The in-store shopping experience at Target is miles beyond the typical Walmart shopping experience. However, it comes at a cost and is balanced by Walmart’s far-better online shopping interface. Target has wider aisles, less crowded shelves, department store-like merchandising, and trendy design touches. All these details make it feel a bit more elevated than a waltz through Walmart."


But again, it is a rare occasion that I go to either Target or Walmart. For the kinds of stuff they sell, I go to Costco, Aldi, Shop & Save, or online to Amazon.
Target has a wider selection than Walmart in some departments. They both have their usefulness to me.
 
Lol. Not having Apple Pay support is a bummer but I save a great deal shopping at Walmart for common household products and groceries. Even more so in this recession. When my usual grocery store has a jar of Helmand mayonnaise for 8.99 and Walmart has it for 4.88 it matters. Just one of a hundred examples.
I don't know where the hell you're shopping, but the only mayonnaise I've ever seen for 8.99 is the specialty avacado oil crap or the vegan stuff. I get your overall point, but you don't have to lie to make it.
 
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I don't know where the hell you're shopping, but the only mayonnaise I've ever seen for 8.99 is the specialty avacado oil crap or the vegan stuff. I get your overall point, but you don't have to lie to make it.
It was 8.99 at my local grocery store for a regular jar of Hellmann’s this past winter or spring, I don’t really remember.
 
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I don't know where the hell you're shopping, but the only mayonnaise I've ever seen for 8.99 is the specialty avacado oil crap or the vegan stuff. I get your overall point, but you don't have to lie to make it.
Unless you've been in the exact store that user is talking about, you have no idea if they are lying or not. The prices fluctuate in a big way depending on the store and location.
 
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So, here are some interesting tidbits on Target vs Walmart, to help me understand the difference between these two horrible (to me) shopping experiences:

According to the data, the average Walmart shopper is a white, 51-year-old female with an annual household income of $56,482. By comparison, Target's shoppers are five years younger, on average, and they make approximately $13,000 more annually per household. Just 18% of Walmart's shoppers earn $100,000 annually per household.

When the demographics are broken down by generation, Target has the biggest share of millennial shoppers, while Aldi has the biggest share of shoppers from the Baby Boomer generation. Aldi also claims the biggest share of seniors, who are qualified as people born before 1946.

At all five chains (Walmart, Target, Aldi, Kohls, K-Mart), women far outweigh men as the primary shoppers. But men are more likely to shop at Walmart and Kmart over any of the other chains.


 
I literally stopped shopping there because I don't want to download yet another app to pay for something I don't even need. I've made the mistake twice, and the second time I just left my **** at the register and left to go to Target.

What a way to bump up abandoned carts in store, Walmart!
You literally don’t need the app to shop 🙄
 
It was 8.99 at my local grocery store for a regular jar of Hellmann’s this past winter or spring, I don’t really remember.
$5.49 at King Soopers, which is what they call Kroger here. $5.99 at Safeway. The only place I could find anywhere close to that price was Whole Foods at $8.39 for Best Foods organic. Considering your original post made no mention of Whole Foods, which everyone knows is a rip off, nor did you mention organic, which would also significantly affect the price, I'm calling shenanigans.
 
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They won't fail, but it will cost business of course. But for now the loss is lower than the gain. Question is of course, if and when that will shift. On an international scale, NFC will be the primary (only?) payment option in a decade or so.
The point you people are failing to understand is, from the customer point of view there is little difference with NFC payments or Walmart's method. Yes, NFC payments are slightly easier to use however you still use your phone to pay with both...which is why Walmart won't change how they're operating. A physical wallet or card isn't need in either case.

Double click the power button for ApplePay (plus possibly still having to enter your pin on the terminal) vs unlocking the phone w/ FaceID, opening the Walmart app to click on WalmartPay (the app knows when you're in the store making the process easier) and Accept. Two button presses (and a possible pin entry) vs swipe > click > click > click.
 
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The point you people are failing to understand is, from the customer point of view there is little difference with NFC payments or Walmart's method. Yes, NFC payments are slightly easier to use however you still use your phone to pay with both...which is why Walmart won't change how they're operating. A physical wallet or card isn't need in either case.

Double click the power button for ApplePay (plus possibly still having to enter your pin on the terminal) vs unlocking the phone w/ FaceID, opening the Walmart app to click on WalmartPay (the app knows when you're in the store making the process easier) and Accept. Two button presses (and a possible pin entry) vs swipe > click > click > click.
The rabid U.S. NFC fans don't seem to realize that no matter how vocal they may be, they are a TINY minority of customers - and that the vast majority of people simply don't care about this stuff.

Again - 90% of retailers offer NFC but only 20% of transactions occur via NFC. Most people just don't care. Most retail consumers want low prices above all else, and that's exactly what Walmart offers. It, rather importantly, seems to do quite well pursuing its current strategy too. That's really the bottom line.
 
$5.49 at King Soopers, which is what they call Kroger here. $5.99 at Safeway. The only place I could find anywhere close to that price was Whole Foods at $8.39 for Best Foods organic. Considering your original post made no mention of Whole Foods, which everyone knows is a rip off, nor did you mention organic, which would also significantly affect the price, I'm calling shenanigans.
Damn, you’re really bent out of shape 😂 When I say “local,” I mean local. I currently live on an island in Lake Michigan where there is one local grocery store, which has been owned by the same family since it began in 1903. Yes, buying groceries from an independent grocer on an island, one can expect things to be expensive, but not $9-for-a-jar-of-mayonnaise expensive. For many Americans who prefer to shop local, prices were up over the last year, but I understand if you wouldn’t necessarily know that since it seems you only shop in corporate box stores.
 
Unless you've been in the exact store that user is talking about, you have no idea if they are lying or not. The prices fluctuate in a big way depending on the store and location.
He needs to find a new store then, because that place it charging double what just about every place around me is. At worst it's cherry picking an extreme example. It's the kind of logic politicians use.
 
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