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I do recall these lanes, as they were a big Target staple back in the day.

In the early part of the 2000s, the express lanes were on a rise: If you went inside Target, grabbed a necessity and wanted to avoid long checkout lanes, there was the express lane. I do recall Target using more of their checkout lanes than they do nowadays during that time period too, as they had more staffers back in the day.

And then around the late 2000s to the early 2010s, I started to notice those lanes not being used as much, if rarely at all. Considering the rise of quick stops, it shocked me that they weren't using the full potential they had at the time for these lanes.

And then the self-checkout arrival in 2016 made things worse for those lanes, as the normal Target locations started to phase them out. I remember when they started to remove them, during Brian Cornell's first act as CEO and how self-checkout was going to be the future. It surely has been promised, from what I can say lol. And that was the start of Target not using regular checkout lanes as much. Funny fact: Target did revert back to the "10 items or less" rule in 2024 for SCO, which is literally exactly the same as what Target had for their express lanes.

The ones (mostly Super) that still have these express lanes haven't been used in years. Even during pre-COVID, nobody was using that lane to check out and it seems like that the lanes have been going to waste, with storage for inventory and computers that have not been used in years. Most of the remaining ones should have taken out years ago, for more merchandise. But it seems like that up until Target finally finishes their renovation plans, the express lanes will stay for the time being.

And reminder that I originally posted this last night, but I decided to do it this morning instead.

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Does anybody remember Target's Express Checkout Lanes (before the rise of Self-Checkout)