Target opens one of its biggest new stores to date — in Texas
Everything is bigger in Texas – including Target’s newest store.
The discount chain recently debuted a new large-format store in Denton, a northern city within the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. At about 147,000 sq. ft., Denton North marks Target’s second in the city, and is one of the retailer’s biggest new builds.
Target has two more large-format locations slated to open later this year, and at least five more planned for the Dallas-Fort Worth area over the next couple of years. Overall, Target plans to open over 20 new stores nationwide in 2025, and more than 300 new large-format stores over the next decade.
The larger store can accommodate a bigger-than-average fresh and frozen food and beverage section, including organic produce options, bakery and deli. Denton North is served by Target’s Dallas sortation center and Denton food and beverage supply chain facility, which supports the company’s 158 stores in Texas.
Denton North also includes more space for an Apple at Target shop-in-shop, Starbucks Cafe, and a large assortment of school supplies and sports apparel for local students. It also provides more room for a backroom fulfillment space that is about five-times larger than Target’s older stores of a similar size. This helps support Drive Up and Order Pickup same-day services.
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“We can show up for guests for all their grocery needs where they don't have to look at a competitor,” said store director LaShon H., who oversaw Denton North’s opening and has led stores in Plano and Dallas. “We can be their one and only, from fresh produce to amazingly-priced meats. Everything is affordable and then joy can be given when you walk through the departments in our store. [It has guests saying] ‘This is bright, this is big. I’m glad you’re on this side of town.’”
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Target operates more than 2,000 stores across the United States.
