Target puts toothbrushes, toothpaste behind security glass at downtown store

Minneapolis, MN

Mouthcare products including toothbrushes and toothpaste are the latest items that have gone behind locked security glass at the downtown Minneapolis Target store.

The addition of more security glass in the aisles of Target’s “flagship” Minnesota store has attracted comment from shoppers on social media, with an employee telling Bring Me The News that staff were never told the reason, but speculated that it was to deter “rising thefts.”

Other items previously placed behind security glass – requiring an employee to open it – include shampoo, conditioner, body wash, deodorant, shaving cream and other toiletries.

Bring Me The News saw two people waiting for someone to unlock the glass at the store Wednesday lunchtime.