{"id":2603653,"date":"2026-05-17T09:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-under-fire-after-latest-store-change-has-customers-furious-pieces-of-garbage\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:24:31","slug":"target-under-fire-after-latest-store-change-has-customers-furious-pieces-of-garbage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-under-fire-after-latest-store-change-has-customers-furious-pieces-of-garbage\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Under Fire After Latest Store Change Has Customers Furious: &#8216;Pieces of Garbage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftarget-under-fire-after-latest-store-change-has-customers-furious-pieces-of-garbage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Target is rolling out a new line of shopping carts meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >improve shoppers\u2019 experience-larger capacity<\/a>,better maneuverability,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-england-in-good-place-but-not-the-worlds-best-team-says-wiegman\/\" title=\"Soccer-England in \u2018good place\u2019 but not the world\u2019s best team, says Wiegman\">cup holders<\/a>,and an all-plastic design-over the next few years.The carts are designed to handle how people shop now, frequently enough using one hand for their phone and the other for a drink, and pushing carts wiht elbows or one hand.<\/p>\n<p>Though, early feedback is largely negative. Some customers and employees say the carts break easily, leave pieces on the floor immediately, or don\u2019t work well with existing cart-pusher equipment in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn&#039;t\">parking lot<\/a> collection. There are also complaints that adding extra space may come at the expense of the child seat, which some reviewers claim is too small. The cart upgrade controversy adds to ongoing dissatisfaction with Target following earlier reputational and management turmoil.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Embattled retail superstore chain Target is under fire \u2014 again \u2014 as it continues to test its customer base\u2019s patience.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91537048\/target-new-shopping-cart-built-for-stanleys-and-starbucks-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fast Company<\/a>, Target will be deploying a new fleet of shopping carts to better serve the customer through increased size and better maneuverability.<\/p>\n<p>The new models are \u201cbeefier,\u201d as Fast Company put it, and can carry more stuff, as well as come equipped with cup holders for those that like to imbibe while shopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cart for us is the first touchpoint that the guest meets right when they walk in the store,\u201d a Target executive described. \u201cIt\u2019s the most used item in our store, and then also it\u2019s that item that carries you throughout the store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of note, the carts have an all-plastic design, and are meant to maximize customer usability as they get rolled out over the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll see guests, they\u2019ll have their phone in one hand, beverage [in the other], and they\u2019re pushing it with their elbows. Or they\u2019re pushing it with one hand,\u201d the executive said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing a million things while we\u2019re shopping, so maneuverability and what they called \u2018ease,\u2019 \u2018smooth ride,\u2019 and \u2018a cart going straight\u2019 was more important than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/15\/lifestyle\/target-shopping-cart-upgrade-stirs-customer-revolt-pieces-of-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, early reviews of these new carts are saying that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-pr-exec-quits-after-botched-response-to-florida-law-against-teaching-very-young-kids-about-fringe-gender-sex-theories\/\" title=\"Disney PR Exec Quits After Botched Response To Florida Law Against Teaching Very Young Kids About Fringe Gender, Sex Theories\">beleaguered company<\/a> would have been better off doing nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny others stores get new shopping carts recently? The ones my store just got are pieces of garbage that are falling apart,\u201d one review of the new carts described. \u201cDay one we were finding pieces of them on the floor and in the parking lot. All the same piece that\u2019s kind of integral to the cart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another review took umbrage with the fact that the extra cart space may have come at the expense of space for the child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery cart attendant says they are harder to push,\u201d the review claimed. \u201cAnd the little child seat in them is L.I.T.T.L.E. Like a chunky 3 year old probably wouldn\u2019t fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Target customers threaten to boycott store after controversial \u2018upgrade\u2019 to shopping cart <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mKw25mBPJ4\">https:\/\/t.co\/mKw25mBPJ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daily_MailUS\/status\/2054955133121818812?\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Employees are also anonymously grousing about these new carts.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest issue, they claim, is that these new carts do not conform to the cart pushers used when employees collect them from the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just slide like on ice and will not steer,\u201d one employee said.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, pushing stacks of these new carts by hand does not resolve the conformity issue.<\/p>\n<p>This latest headache comes after quite a period of tumult for Target.<\/p>\n<p>After over 10 years at the helm, Target CEO Brian Cornell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/target-ceo-step-rolling-back-dei-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped down<\/a> from his post in August 2025 after a string of PR disasters that had damaged the company\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Those incidents included a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/target-slammed-bad-news-consumer-outrage-boycott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boycotts<\/a> amid customer outrage over a myriad of issues \u2014 chief among them being the company\u2019s since-rescinded diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives \u2014 followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-target-suffers-another-blow-hundreds-laid-off-hundreds-open-jobs-cut-comes-heels-ad-pushing-karl-marx-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">layoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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