Target is ending its janitorial contract with a major cleaning vendor, resulting in the lay-off of 75 janitors, housekeeping porters and technicians across the Twin Cities.

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s State Rapid Response Team received notice this week from Major Metro, a cleaning service, that Target would no longer serve as their client.

“Since Target was the only customer at which Major Metro performed janitorial work in Minnesota, this will constitute formal notice by Major Metro that as of June 1, 2024, Major Metro will cease performing any business functions within Minnesota,” reads the letter from the company’s Los Angeles-based legal representative.

The impacted stores are in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Minneapolis, North St. Paul, Stillwater, Vadnais Heights and elsewhere throughout the west metro.

The notice indicated that the employees do not have bumping rights, and a new custodial vendor had not been announced “so it is unknown if the impacted employees will be retained/rehired by the new contractor.”

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