Stand-alone stores are generally corporate stores. The ones inside Target are licensed stores. Meaning they are Target employees, not Starbucks employees, and they use Starbucks equipment and product. Target baristas don’t get tips, Starbucks employees do. And there are different benefits and discounts depending on if you work at Target or Starbucks.

Maybe it’s different in your area, and I know how hard it can be to find one, but I would strongly suggest you look elsewhere for a job. Working for Starbucks is not like it used to be. I got out in 2019 after 6 years and didn’t realize until I was working at a different coffee shop just how miserable and abusive and stressful it was to work at Starbucks. Regardless, good luck

I work at a tarbucks so idk exactly how it is at stand alone (corporate) stores but I’ll give you a rundown to the best of my ability.

-at a target; you’re payed more hourly since you’re technically a target employee so you get target wages ($17 in my area but it varies) rather than Starbucks
-whether or not you can accept tips depends on management
-it’s less busy than a corporate starbucks so less stressful
-you only get 1 free drink per shift (as opposed to 1 per break at a corporate store) and no bean mark out
-target employee discount of 10% rather than Starbucks of 40% (I think that’s what it is?)
-pretty solid healthcare either way
-you can pick up sales floor shifts when Starbucks hours are cut

It’s honestly just about what’s most important to you. I do wish I had access to the markouts and discount of a corporate worker but at the end of the day I enjoy the lower stress and Wild West mentality of a tarbucks