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For Target customers in 14 test stores, there'll be no more munching on big-box staples like hot dogs and gooey nachos while they shop this fall. Instead, they'll be able to choose from a wider array items, including \"artisan style\" pizza, fresh salads with ingredients such as kale and edamame, and pressed juices with beet and carrot.

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Instead, they'll be able to choose from a wider array items, including "artisan style" pizza, fresh salads with ingredients such as kale and edamame, and pressed juices with beet and carrot. Starting in October the company will roll out a new cafe concept — fast-casual chain Freshii will go into nine stores, while Pizza Hut will open restaurants in three stores featuring a limited menu of "artisan" pies, such as margherita and barbecue chicken. Two Minneapolis stores will get outposts of D'Amico & Sons, a local Italian restaurant whose founders have been semifinalists for a James Beard award multiple times and whose menu includes toppings like organic goat cheese and arugula. About 1,700 out of Target's nearly 1,800 stores have cafes. In the test markets, the cafes will be replaced with either a Freshii, a D'Amico & Sons, or Pizza Hut. The test is the first major change to Target's food strategy since hiring new head of grocery, former Safeway executive Anne Dament, in April, but the idea has been underway since shortly after CEO Brian Cornell took the helm last August, says Tina Tyler, Target's chief stores officer. Cornell has made food a bigger priority for Target, with plans to increase its offering of natural and organic food products and local brands. 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