{"id":1271,"date":"2015-09-25T07:24:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2015-09-25T07:24:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:24:01","slug":"target-wants-to-let-customers-drink-beer-and-wine-while-they-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1271","title":{"rendered":"Target Wants To Let Customers Drink Beer and Wine While They Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-header\">\n<p>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d1ai9qtk9p41kl.cloudfront.net\/assets\/mc\/_external\/2012_02\/target-dog-is-watching-you-and.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ok, this is a REALLY bad idea. \u00a0Customers are bad enough without ALSO being drunk. \u00a0 And if they get drunk and the room starts spinning will it be a Moving Target? \u00a0Sorry, couldn&#8217;t resist.<\/p>\n<p>Please, let this not work out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"item-meta no-credit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"nodeContent\" class=\"node-content\">\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"slide1\" class=\"slide main show-fullscreen slide default-item\" data-index=\"1\" data-image-id=\"1544305\"><\/div>\n<p><em>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/eat\/chicago\/confirmed-chicago-s-new-taco-bell-will-be-a-big-boozy-fiesta\" target=\"_blank\">boozy Taco Bells<\/a>, and now&#8230; walking-around beers at Target? It is truly a magical time to be alive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Target <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2015\/08\/31\/target-chicago-store-applies--liquor-licenses\/71478518\/\" target=\"_blank\">has confirmed to USA Today<\/a> that a new Chicago store in Streeterville, set to open in October, has applied for two liquor licenses &#8212; one of which is a Consumption on Premises license. Meaning you could soon be wandering around the aisles trying to find that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/eat\/nation\/how-a-crock-pot-broke-up-my-marriage\" target=\"_blank\">crock-pot<\/a> (seriously, what aisle is dishware in and why does it keep disappearing?!) with a glass of wine in your hand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While Target didn&#8217;t get much more specific about its new in-store boozing plan, it seems to aligned with the company&#8217;s new focus on its grocery and food items. This fall, the company plans to test fast-casual cafes like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshii.com\/ca\" target=\"_blank\">Freshii<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But seriously, what&#8217;s next &#8212; boozy dentists&#8217; offices? (This is a great idea. Someone do this.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Ok, this is a REALLY bad idea. \u00a0Customers are bad enough without ALSO being drunk. \u00a0 And if they get drunk and the room starts spinning will it be a Moving Target? \u00a0Sorry, couldn&#8217;t resist. Please, let this not work out. First, boozy Taco Bells, and now&#8230; walking-around beers at Target? It is truly <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=1271\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-trends"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1273,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions\/1273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}