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Brooke Sjöberg

Published November 8, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. CST

Backlogged inventory and short-staffed grocery stores make for a bad combination of circumstances during the holidays. This is especially true when retail employees must frequently restock high-demand items to meet customer needs.

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In a video posted to TikTok, a user shows why shoppers might be receiving mixed messages from them. Target application and the state of the shelves in the store.

A room of boxes

After garnering over 92,000 views on TikTok, user @natedawg__15 shows off what the Target warehouse he was delivering goods to during the “holiday months” looks like. The video shows boxes stacked as the poster describes what he sees.

“Like, look at all this bullshit,” the TikToker says off-camera. “Oh my God. It’s Target.

He adds in the caption: “I unload the truck and the boxes are everywhere.”

The Daily Dot contacted @natedawg__15 via TikTok comment and Target via email regarding the video.

@natedawg__15 I unload the truck and the boxes are just everywhere.#target #targetemployee #target #storer #targetstock#targettok #inciblestore ♬ original sound – nateawg__15

Are empty shelves normal at Target?

Seeing a video of boxes stacked high may make a customer wonder what the shelves look like if much of the merchandise is still packed.

Some shoppers may notice that Target’s shelves are a little shabby. flow state. Recent hurricanes and severe weather across the country have disrupted supply chains in most places, and may just be starting to return to normal. However, this will likely affect almost all grocery stores, not just Target.

When does Target restock its shelves?

Like many big box retail stores, Target is reported to stock the shelves several times a week, so that this quick break-in trip might look a little different from one day to the next.

Viewers have their say

Some viewers who work in retail stores and stock shelves commented in the video that the level of packaged stock shown in the video is a nightmare for them as they head into their own retail location’s holiday season. work.

“Guests say ‘it says you have 4’ and I sigh like I’m sure that’s the case,” one commenter wrote. “Buried in the pallets that were lying around a week ago.”

“It literally makes me want to cry every time I go to work,” said another.

“At Marshall’s n Hmgs we sometimes get about 11 pallets of stock,” one said.

Others have shared that some stores look like this in the back way well beyond the holiday season.

“When I worked there after the season, cleaning wasn’t done until March,” one commenter wrote.

“Ours has looked like this for the past few months, actually it’s horrible,” echoed another.

“Corporate America,” one commenter wrote. “The backstage is perfect when they’re walking around. But the rest of the year, they don’t worry about following the rules.

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