My trip to Target Langley

[SmartConsumer]

So I went to Target Langley for the opening today. Here are my highlights

-I went at about noon and man was it a mad house.
-I had to park all the way over at Sears.
-Massive lineup for the cash registers
-There's a Starbucks at the outside entrance.
-Massive female clothing selection. Small male clothing selection.
-So many MILF's. Looks like most of the people in the store are people that normally shop at Safeway or Save-On Foods. Can't see any people that would look like they belong on www.peopleofwalmart.com
-Mossimo v-necks are $9.99. They fit slimmer than H&M v-necks, which are $7.
-Waittime for fitting rooms was >30 minutes. They only had 6 rooms and only allowed up to 6 items at one time. Practically every single women in line had 15+ items, which meant they hogged the rooms.
-Fitting rooms are small and kind of dirty. Reminded me of Zellers.
-Staff are extremely friendly and every single one was smiling. Huge difference from the old Zellers employees.
-The store was fairly stocked and only missing stuff in a few areas
-Electronic section sucks. Laptops are absolute junk. Flash drives and SD cards are old as and the prices are two times anywhere else. TV selection wasn't that bad.
-Big Apple section with iPhone 5, 4S, touch, iPad, mini, and iPod tables
-Groceries tended to be more expensive than Superstore.
-Grocery selection still sucks compared to stores in the USA.
-Soft goods like towels, bedding, etc are pretty good for the price.
-Perfumes/cologne selection is an absolute joke. They pretty much only have celebrity fragrances and none of the regular assortment sold at The Bay, Holt, etc.
-No big appliances.
-Big selection of Dyson products. Forgot to write down prices.
-The store is extremely easy to get lost in. The layout reminds me of Ikea. Extremely annoying that groceries are in the very far corner.
-They were giving away extremely small slivers of an absolutely massive cake at the mall entrance.

Here is a list of comparisons I did:

	Target	Superstore	NoFrills	NewEgg
Country Harvest Bread	$3.99	$2.49
Ben & Jerry's	$3.99	$4.97
Catelli Pasta	$2.19	$2.17
Classico Pasta Sauce	$2.49	$3.77
McCain Thin Crust Pizza	$5.49	$4.99	$2.97
Healthy Choice Steamers	$3.49
4L 2% Milk	$4.59	$4.56
Glad 48ct Garbage Bags	$5.99	$5.97
Brita Filters 4pk	$23.79
Bath Towels	$9.99
Brother HL-2230	$98.99			Discontinued
Sandisk SDCZ60-032G-T11	$44.99			$26.49

Here are a few pictures:

[DianneS]

What is it about us folks in the Lower Fraser Valley? Seems we don't want to miss out on a grand opening. I remember similar reports the day the Super Walmart opened in South Surrey.....no parking, line-ups out the door, etc. It sounds like I should wait a few weeks until things settle down at Target and venture out then. Thanks for doing the advance scouting for us! Your report is greatly appreciate and very comprehensive!!!

[itsakeychain]

Thanks so much for all your info I think I might wait a bit before heading out with the kids

[Lattelady]

Thanks for the reveiw

[BuggaBugga]

On a related note, Walmart was sooo dead yesterday.

[Lattelady]

I went to the one at Coquitlam Centre, you were so right about the prices, line up for the dressing room, I think I would rather go down to Bellingman.