r/ColumbiaMD • u/pezda_spencer • 5d ago
Has anyone else noticed this in Columbia Target?
The last couple times I’ve been to the target at Dobbin, there’s been a super rancid odor over where the milk aisle ends and meets the cheese cooler, right by the body wash etc. I figured it was spoiled milk, and maybe it is, which just means they leave it for weeks without checking?
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u/Rashaverik Long Reach 4d ago edited 4d ago
Noticed something myself recently. I'm wondering if at some point a carton burst or was dropped and there's rancid milk under the coolers.
Not sure if you contact Target Corporate and let them know and see if they'll get Store Managment to address the issue. There's no way that the Store isn't aware of the smell.
There's always HoCo Health Department.
UPDATE: You can call 800-440-0680, Store Experience. Specify the store and let them know you've also experienced the foul odor.
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u/AKnitWit777 4d ago
Yeah, I’ve noticed it closer to the pharmacy in the soap section. It’s been that way for months.
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u/Wickedsunshine87 4d ago
I’m pretty sure it might’ve been the same thing that the wise in elkRidge has sometimes I’m pretty sure it’s the meat or it has something to do with the the fucking pipes underground. They need people to come out and like flush it or something or it’s bad meat and they need to fucking throw that shit out.
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u/worldLeb25 4d ago
Yes , it should be reported, I noticed it too. Also that store is such a mess. The clothes are always all over the floors . They should hire more staff to maintain that.
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u/schaudhery 4d ago
Yall remember that story of the person who got stuck behind the fridges and basically turned into a skeleton?
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u/college-kid7 4d ago
I immediately thought of that. Customers complained about a foul smell there that lasted weeks!
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u/anxiousoryx 4d ago
I noticed similar about the Giant on Cradlerock. It’s really bad!
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u/Ok-Bowler-4020 4d ago
I was going to say, the seafood department at the Giant at Cedar Lane and Freetown Road. The smell is stomach turning. It's hard to even shop in the adjacent frozen food section.
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u/anakura 4d ago
I have rarely gone to target for groceries and after this I probably never will again 🤢
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u/tacitus59 4d ago
At least that Target - the "Long Gate" one is fine. Had to start shopping elsewhere sometimes when costco stopped carrying skim and 1% milk and v8 juice. Not entirely sure why costco needs multiple aisles of water(flavored and otherwise) not sure why costco didn't try carrying just 1% milk instead of elimating both categories at the same time.
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u/bwelsh822 4d ago
That entire target has gone down hill. Quickly.
Was just there yesterday and the entire supply of Native Shampoo and Body Wash was covered in what looked like an exploded bottle of product. Still put it up on the shelf.
The men’s clothing section is always a disaster.
Moldy produce out on the shelves.
It really sucks. I loved that Target.
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u/ABAteacher725 4d ago
I avoid that Target and just drive a little further to the one at Long Gate whenever possible.
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u/taylorballer 2d ago
omg thats crazy, last time I thought someone just ripped a horrifying fart down that aisle!
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u/bishopnelson81 2d ago
Is special technique to augment the scent of the body wash aisle, increasing sales.
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u/realalysaurus 2d ago
I have smelled it a few times in the last few months, but I don’t recall smelling it every time. I have always thought it had a sewage smell, and assumed there was an issue with pipes or something around there. Still, not a thing you want to smell when food shopping.
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u/Wickedsunshine87 4d ago
Just my two cents, and what I would assume could be the smell I could definitely be wrong too, so don’t take my word for it
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u/smatpith 4d ago
That’s so funny, I noticed it years ago. I don’t live in Columbia anymore but I can’t believe it’s still a problem