Where do you shop instead? Like it seems their main competitors are Walmart and Amazon who are both also really bad. I personally have been getting more stuff at Costco as they didn’t roll back DEI and by retail standards treat their employees really well
Costco is another one. Home Goods, Marshalls, Kohls works too. Grocery shopping is Aldi, Price Rite, and Wegmans. I’ll do Walmart also as last resort. I know they’re bad but they are kinda the villain you expect. Target was that good guy that went evil that you know they could be better so the hope is a boycott shocks them back to the light side. I’m lucky enough to live in a medium city so I have a lot of options.
Oh for the love of class consciousness! They just said what they thought would bring more sales, they never cared about their workers who they extract value from.
Last I checked, Costco has a high employee retention rate, so people at least seem content to work for them. They seem more interested is stability then infinite growth like the others.
They did more than that, their bathroom got blown up by a religious nut over their inclusive bathroom policy, and they re-opened without changing their policy.
They advocated internally for LGBTQ people especially trans people.
That’s why this absolute cave, spinning about-face so fast they could start a fire without matches… this is so fucking dumb.
And the people who see it are justifiably disgusted.
Well they did get sued for DEI lowering their stock price… by the government. That just seems like a sentence nobody should ever have to say because it would be comical if it wasn’t so sad
I will often still look for things on Amazon, but I try to find reasonable alternatives from Shopify. It’s not perfect, and shipping tends to be slower and more expensive, but I like the idea of not making Bezos more money when I can.
UPDATE (for additional context): Reportedly, Costco has never carried mifepristone, ever, and according to Costco’s own analysis, there has not been significant demand from Costco members to warrant adding it.
For even more context, mifepristone is only ever meant to be administered under the direct supervision of medical staff. That doesn’t mean a doctor prescribed this pill for you to take at home, it means you only get the pill in a doctor’s office, with the doctor and staff there to care for you.
People I know who have taken mifepristone confirm: it does fuck you up and you DON’T want to take it at home.
Pharmacies are weird when it comes to stocking stuff.
There are medications that pharmacies just don’t stock cause they are too expensive or have too short a shelf life to have sitting around.
So pharmacies are usually able to order meds and get them delivered in 1-2 days, regardless of their “normal” stock.
For example, I worked briefly in the cash office at a grocery store and say daily sales, and the pharmacy would have days where they would “sell” $500k of medications versus their normal day of like $800.
Turns out it was a cancer medication that cost like 500k a dose.
Clearly the pharmacy never had that laying around and special ordered it each time…
Yeah, my pharmacy didn’t stock doxepin when my doctor trialed it for insomnia, and that’s just a normal antidepressant. It’s not one of the ones commonly prescribed, so there’d be no sense in stocking it just to gather dust.
Reportedly, Costco has never carried mifepristone, ever, and according to Costco’s own analysis, there has not been significant demand from Costco members to warrant adding it.
For even more context, mifepristone is only ever meant to be administered under the direct supervision of medical staff. That doesn’t mean a doctor prescribed this pill for you to take at home, it means you only get the pill in a doctor’s office, with the doctor and staff there to care for you.
People I know who have taken mifepristone confirm: it does fuck you up and you DON’T want to take it at home.
The article has already had 2 retractions that clarify now that they never sold the drug and had no intent to because people generally get the medicine from their doctor.
It’s like me asking you if you plan personally plan to sell lgbt t shirts out of your car and when you say no, because why would you be selling t shirts out of your car, I make an article claiming your are anti lgbt and are refusing to sell lgbt t shirts
Yeah I was talking about their pride collection. They used to be loud and proud about that and then they placated terrorists on the right. This is coming from someone who is not LGBT but has friends in that community.
I think its worth questioning whether this has anything to do with DEI, or if its actually just that the economy is so bad that people cant afford to shop at Targét for overpriced garbaggio anymore.
Every time I have ever bought anything at Target it just reminds me why I avoid ever buying anything at Target. Its Walmart for people with more money than sense. Its business model is built to fail in a recession economy.
Not to mention, like you said, what exactly did they do differently when they had DEI policies. What LGBTQ products ever really existed outside of “Make Money off the Gays Month”
Per the WSJ this morning, Walmart’s sales are soaring higher and higher. So yeah, it seems like consumers are just wise to Target upcharging them for the same shit they can buy at Walmart
I don’t care how many CEO changes you do. I won’t shop there until DEI and LGBT products are back.
Turns out go woke, go broke wasn’t a thing.
Where do you shop instead? Like it seems their main competitors are Walmart and Amazon who are both also really bad. I personally have been getting more stuff at Costco as they didn’t roll back DEI and by retail standards treat their employees really well
Costco yup
Costco is another one. Home Goods, Marshalls, Kohls works too. Grocery shopping is Aldi, Price Rite, and Wegmans. I’ll do Walmart also as last resort. I know they’re bad but they are kinda the villain you expect. Target was that good guy that went evil that you know they could be better so the hope is a boycott shocks them back to the light side. I’m lucky enough to live in a medium city so I have a lot of options.
“Target was the good guy”
Oh for the love of class consciousness! They just said what they thought would bring more sales, they never cared about their workers who they extract value from.
There are no “good” corporations. Just less bad ones.
Last I checked, Costco has a high employee retention rate, so people at least seem content to work for them. They seem more interested is stability then infinite growth like the others.
It’s like voting for Democrats: yeah sure they suck, but not as much as the other options
I don’t live in a place with many options besides Aldi and Walmart.
Throwing in the hat for Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe’s is anti-union and often rips off small companies that pitch products to them without compensation 😕
https://traderjoesunited.org/protect-the-nlrb
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/gaza-tj-labor-hbo-nba/trader-joes
I used to do most of my grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s. When they came out calling the NLRB unconstitutional, I never went back. Fuck Traitor Joe’s.
They’re all evil, but Target REALLY leaned into the Pride Month for sales, then made a hard backtrack once fascists were in power.
They did more than that, their bathroom got blown up by a religious nut over their inclusive bathroom policy, and they re-opened without changing their policy.
They advocated internally for LGBTQ people especially trans people.
That’s why this absolute cave, spinning about-face so fast they could start a fire without matches… this is so fucking dumb.
And the people who see it are justifiably disgusted.
Well they did get sued for DEI lowering their stock price… by the government. That just seems like a sentence nobody should ever have to say because it would be comical if it wasn’t so sad
The real answer is locally owned grocery stores, which are mostly dead except for some Asian supermarkets.
Walmart destroyed the idea that a grocery store was owned by someone who lived in your community.
I miss the days when Fred Meyer was alive. No, seriously, the dude Fred Meyer was a real person.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_G._Meyer
“He is credited for inventing the modern hypermarket.[6]”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Meyer
“Fred Meyer was acquired by Kroger in 1998, but the stores retained the Fred Meyer name.”
😢
Wish I had a Costco
I will often still look for things on Amazon, but I try to find reasonable alternatives from Shopify. It’s not perfect, and shipping tends to be slower and more expensive, but I like the idea of not making Bezos more money when I can.
Bad news about Costco: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/costco-not-sell-abortion-pill-mifepristone-its-us-pharmacy-stores-aug-14-2025-08-14/
UPDATE (for additional context): Reportedly, Costco has never carried mifepristone, ever, and according to Costco’s own analysis, there has not been significant demand from Costco members to warrant adding it.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/costco-asserts-that-it-wont-sell-abortion-pill-mifepristone/
For even more context, mifepristone is only ever meant to be administered under the direct supervision of medical staff. That doesn’t mean a doctor prescribed this pill for you to take at home, it means you only get the pill in a doctor’s office, with the doctor and staff there to care for you.
People I know who have taken mifepristone confirm: it does fuck you up and you DON’T want to take it at home.
If you read the article it’s because it wasn’t selling and had nothing to do with politics
Just to add to this, a low volume drug that is not taken regularly doesn’t fit in well with a company that specializes in selling products in bulk
Pharmacies are weird when it comes to stocking stuff.
There are medications that pharmacies just don’t stock cause they are too expensive or have too short a shelf life to have sitting around.
So pharmacies are usually able to order meds and get them delivered in 1-2 days, regardless of their “normal” stock.
For example, I worked briefly in the cash office at a grocery store and say daily sales, and the pharmacy would have days where they would “sell” $500k of medications versus their normal day of like $800.
Turns out it was a cancer medication that cost like 500k a dose.
Clearly the pharmacy never had that laying around and special ordered it each time…
Yeah, my pharmacy didn’t stock doxepin when my doctor trialed it for insomnia, and that’s just a normal antidepressant. It’s not one of the ones commonly prescribed, so there’d be no sense in stocking it just to gather dust.
True, if you need 1000 of those pills you might have a problem. 😆
Further reading gives additional context on that.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/costco-asserts-that-it-wont-sell-abortion-pill-mifepristone/
Reportedly, Costco has never carried mifepristone, ever, and according to Costco’s own analysis, there has not been significant demand from Costco members to warrant adding it.
For even more context, mifepristone is only ever meant to be administered under the direct supervision of medical staff. That doesn’t mean a doctor prescribed this pill for you to take at home, it means you only get the pill in a doctor’s office, with the doctor and staff there to care for you.
People I know who have taken mifepristone confirm: it does fuck you up and you DON’T want to take it at home.
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So they claim…
The article has already had 2 retractions that clarify now that they never sold the drug and had no intent to because people generally get the medicine from their doctor.
It’s like me asking you if you plan personally plan to sell lgbt t shirts out of your car and when you say no, because why would you be selling t shirts out of your car, I make an article claiming your are anti lgbt and are refusing to sell lgbt t shirts
Good sleuthing. This is what news should be, finding the misinformation, fact checking it, correcting it.
Jesus. Ok I guess at this point it’s who is the least evil I can work with.
E: They never sold the drug.
Go Fash, lose cash.
Get woke or go broke
I don’t care what they bring back, I’m never shopping there again. When someone shows you who they really are, believe them the first time.
LGBT products? Does any non specialty stores sell LGBT products? Or do you mean Pride month?
Yeah I was talking about their pride collection. They used to be loud and proud about that and then they placated terrorists on the right. This is coming from someone who is not LGBT but has friends in that community.
I think its worth questioning whether this has anything to do with DEI, or if its actually just that the economy is so bad that people cant afford to shop at Targét for overpriced garbaggio anymore.
Every time I have ever bought anything at Target it just reminds me why I avoid ever buying anything at Target. Its Walmart for people with more money than sense. Its business model is built to fail in a recession economy.
Not to mention, like you said, what exactly did they do differently when they had DEI policies. What LGBTQ products ever really existed outside of “Make Money off the Gays Month”
This shouldn’t be too difficult to suss out. Just look at Target’s biggest competitors and see if their sales are down, too.
Per the WSJ this morning, Walmart’s sales are soaring higher and higher. So yeah, it seems like consumers are just wise to Target upcharging them for the same shit they can buy at Walmart
No but the impact of buying because of personal beliefs is definitely a thing in this day and pre-fascist age
Go to sleep, futures bleak bro!