Purchasing chumetz
@YidInfoRabbi Heinemann: Purchasing Chometz From Target Immediately After Pesach is Not Okay
Purchasing Chometz from Target even locally immediately after Pesach is not okay, according to Rabbi Shmuel Heinemann of the Star-K.
Rabbi Heinemann says that Target stores purchase their food items from a Jewish distributor that does not sell its Chometz. Therefore, Chometz may not be purchased from these stores until four weeks after Pesach.
One may begin purchasing Chometz at these stores beginning after Lag Ba’omer.
However, purchasing Chometz items immediately after Pesach from the following National stores, is okay:
BJ’s
CVS
Costco
Food Lion
K-Mart
Mars
Petco
Petsmart
Rite-Aid
Royal Farms
Sam’s Discount Warehouse
Shoppers Food Warehouse
Sav-A-Lot
Trader Joe’s
Walgreens
Walmart
Wegman’s
Winn-Dixie.