So I just got a reply from Target about 1) why certain produce items were unavailable
So I guess Shipt has a different arrangement for some of the produce because they'll send me herbs. This also does not explain why, for example, only certain flavors of Chobani yogurt are stocked on the shelf but not all of them are available for drive-up. But the limitations make sense. And I didn't ask about yogurt.Those [leafy herbs and radish bunches] are in our misting cooler to make sure they stay fresh. The cooler in the hold spaces doesn't have any misting. We also can't do weighable [sic] produce. Luckily for essentials like potatoes and apples etc we do have prepackaged bag options but there are a few items still that we don't have available.
and 2) why so many plastic bags?
It makes sense that more than one employee (demerit for not referring to them as "team members"; these are Target folks, not Shipt ) may be doing the picking. I'm also used to meat and frozen items being bagged at the checkout line and then put in the grocery bag so the meat doesn't leak and the condensation from the frozen food does not affect other items. But, gee, maybe someone at the end of the order could put things in fewer bags as they verify the order (or maybe they don't verify??). The bags never leave the store and could be re-used if they're still clean. I'd trust Target to do that.the amount of bags is something we have become aware of and we are working to minimize the amount of plastic we have per order. Often if you have frozen or cold items those items will be grabbed separately from your dry goods so we can get them to our coolers and freezers as quickly as possible. But in order to do that then there will be multiple employees working the same order to ensure you get your items in a timely manner.
To Target's credit, everything looked fine. I definitely would order from them again. And it was nice to get such prompt answers to my questions.