Bagels wrote: ↑March 17th, 2023, 12:48 am
BatteryMill wrote: ↑March 9th, 2023, 7:15 pm
Also it could be tricky to restore the SuperTarget brand since the deli + bakery are typically weak, and features like bulk food, meat & seafood counter as well as other services are all long-gone. This is something I'd like to see Target working on, personally.
Not sure it matter anymore - Walmart has gradually been phasing out full-service perimeters. In some stores pressed for space, the deli and bakery counters have been completely removed (to make room for pick-up storage/ etc.). In most others, they’re largely abandoned. The area that use to house various deli salads, meats and cheeses is generally covered somehow - typically with cardboard cutouts advertising various products. The hot food case is usually still being used, although in some stores, these items have been moved to the floor. And the full-service bakery counters have largely been eliminated, with the case now open or housing fake cakes for display (advertising what can be purchased).
Meijer, Kroger, etc. are also deemphasizing full service perimeters. Most of the Ralphs by me carry only select seafood in their full service meat cases, for example.
I heard rumors a few years ago Wal Mart was eliminating the service delis entirely. So far I have yet to see that happen.
These Wal Mart bakery/deli departments are still selling a few thousand a day in products even when they don't look very busy. They have a lot of product out. Not saying it is appealing but it is there. Super Target has so little out it is basically a joke. I doubt they sell $1,000 a day from their bakery/deli in many of the stores.
I've been in dozens of Wal Mart Supercenters including in CA and am not seeing any major difference in their bakery/deli program today vs. the program they've had historically. The only difference I see is they stopped selling things like pasta salad etc. via the service case a few years ago, maybe longer now. However this is not unusual- Publix, a very large competitor, does not sell that stuff via a service case either. There was one that had a sandwich service counter which I never saw make custom sandwiches and that was removed in a recent remodel and the self serve case expanded into that space.
Every Wal Mart Supercenter including stores remodeled a few months ago I've been into still has a service deli that has sliced lunchmeats and the same case size as always (larger than they need). The selection is not great, but it never was great. They still make various prepack sandwiches and wraps in store and package them. They have a case in front of deli in most locations with what looks like prepackaged in store sliced lunchmeats but that is actually coming in pre-sliced and is not sliced in store, but is supposedly the same stuff they slice in store, and the store weighs it and puts a deli tag on it, it looks store sliced but is not.
I've never seen a Wal Mart Supercenter with a service bakery case. The only set up I've ever seen has always been the self serve cake case which is filled with mostly thaw and sell products. Even in stores with the old configuration with bakery on the back wall I have never seen a service case, just that oversized self service cake display. And that display case looks exactly the same as it has looked for the past 20 years. In recent store remodels that case stays and is the same size and merchandising as before the remodels. The self serve donut cases are still the same but they pack donuts into 2 packs now; same for the rolls and bagels, all are in 2 packs.
I see quite a bit of markdown product throughout Wal Mart's bakery and deli. Deli is just not good but bakery has some okay items.