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

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  • mommykink@lemmy.world
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    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

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      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.

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        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.