Target usually holds most Drive Up and Order Pickup orders for three days after they’re ready, but grocery and Starbucks items have much shorter windows.

Standard hold time

  • Most general merchandise and regular pickup orders are held for about three days after you get the “ready for pickup” notice.
  • If you don’t pick up within that time, the order is canceled and refunded to your original payment method.

Groceries and cold items

  • Orders with fresh or frozen grocery items are only held until the end of the next business day (for example, order ready Monday → must pick up by store close Tuesday).
  • This shorter window is to keep perishable food safe and to free up limited fridge and freezer space.

Starbucks and other exceptions

  • Starbucks Café items added to a Drive Up order are only kept for about 30 minutes before they have to be discarded because of temperature rules.
  • During very busy seasons or holidays, stores may strongly encourage picking up earlier even though the formal policy is still three days.

Extending your pickup window

  • For orders without fresh or frozen groceries, you can often extend the pickup window by an additional three days from your order details page, as long as you do it before the original window expires.
  • Orders containing fresh or frozen items cannot be extended and will be canceled after the next business day if not picked up.

What happens if you miss it?

  • If you miss the deadline, Target cancels the order and issues a refund automatically; the items are returned to stock for other shoppers.
  • You can place a new order later, but availability and any previous promotions aren’t guaranteed.

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