Discount retailer says low-income households feel more ‘financially constrained’ than six months ago

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  • mommykink@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    3 months ago

    Dollar General is cancer. Their prices are no better than somewhere like Walmart, the only “good” thing is the convenience, I feel like I can’t drive ten minutes without passing one

    • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      Their prices are no better than somewhere like Walmart,

      And their products are smaller. There are Dollar General sized versions. So you end up with less product per dollar spent.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Don’t live in the country, huh? Sometimes they’re the only general store for miles and miles and miles. They’re a great fit, in that niche.

      My camp is outside a town of 900 souls. There’s a Dollar General and a gas-station/general-store/grocery. Almost never hit the DG, but it’s damned nice they’re there in case I need something the other place doesn’t have.

      In your example, in my situation, the nearest Walmarts are 45-minutes west and 30-minutes east. Double those numbers because it’s a round trip. Do you really want to take my DG away and force me to spend the gas and time? If you proposed that in this town, you’d have a riot on your hands.

      • ggppjj@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        I’d prefer an independently owned small store, as someone who installs cash register systems for independently owned stores primarily in rural West Virginia.