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With prices creeping up, more Americans are turning to dollar stores
Stamford Advocate ^ | Aug. 20, 2021 | Abha Bhattarai , The Washington Post

Posted on 08/21/2021 11:22:21 AM PDT by conservative98

Kyle Dishman can't afford to shop at the local grocery store anymore. Instead he goes to Dollar General, where he can make $40 stretch into a week's worth of groceries and the occasional can of motor oil for his Chrysler 300.

He sticks with pasta, frozen pizza and canned vegetables, fully aware that "any food you can buy for only $1 is not the greatest for you." But Dishman says prices have gone up so much that he's started rationing his food.

"When you only have a certain amount to spend, it's like, why not just go to the dollar store?" he said.

A growing number of Americans are relying on dollar stores for everyday needs, especially groceries, as the coronavirus pandemic drags into its 18th month. Chains such as Dollar General and Dollar Tree are reporting blockbuster sales and profits, and proliferating so quickly that some U.S. cities want to limit their growth. The 1,650 dollar stores expected to open this year represent nearly half of all new national retail openings, according to Coresight Research.

(Excerpt) Read more at stamfordadvocate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: americanmarxism; bideneconomy; bidenlegacy; degrowthmovement; democratparty; dollargeneral; dollarstores; dollartree; economy; foodrationing; health; hugochavez; inflation; joebiden; nonamebrand; ramen; souplines; venezuela
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To: conservative98

There’s a Dollar general on every street corner here.


21 posted on 08/21/2021 11:38:14 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: conservative98

Dollar store Parm cheese is wood filler.


22 posted on 08/21/2021 11:38:19 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: gundog
I went to a dollar store a couple of weeks ago, and the owner of a local convenience store was buying cases of things to mark up and sell in his store a couple of miles away. Temped got see what some of those Mark-ups look like.

Smart businessman. If he makes money on it from suckers, more power to him.

23 posted on 08/21/2021 11:38:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Autonomous User

Oh, I’m sure. I don’t object, in principle, but the guy’s a bit of a prick.


24 posted on 08/21/2021 11:40:01 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Autonomous User

LOL! Gotta love Apu!


25 posted on 08/21/2021 11:40:30 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision." Winston Churchill)
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To: conservative98

Dollar General, Family Dollar are in one class and Dollar stores are in a lower class.. I would be scared of eating anything from Dollar stores as from what I have observed the canned goods and packaged foods are from either overseas or no name brand, never heard of types. The Dollar General, Family Dollar types sell purposely downsize the items, less bang for the buck compared to Wal Mart or Kroger’s..


26 posted on 08/21/2021 11:40:52 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: proud American in Canada

The real reason liberals hate Apu.

27 posted on 08/21/2021 11:41:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I used to buy dollar store items..back when they weren’t pure crap..and sell them at flea markets for $5-6.


28 posted on 08/21/2021 11:41:48 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: dfwgator

No smarter than the homeless that pick people’s flowers and sell them on the street.


29 posted on 08/21/2021 11:42:59 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: dpetty121263

The Walmart GV brand is fairly good and about 1/3-1/2 less than name brand.


30 posted on 08/21/2021 11:44:26 AM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: discostu

Re: 18 - Good post. My Mom was always skeptical of dollar stores.


31 posted on 08/21/2021 11:44:38 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Autonomous User

How does a dollar store cause a food desert?


32 posted on 08/21/2021 11:46:25 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Veggie Todd

the dollar general near my place is like a mini walmart and is the only store within 15 miles...

the prices are cheaper than grocery stores...

and the products are the same weight and size as any other stores...


33 posted on 08/21/2021 11:46:28 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: conservative98

Slightly different topic: Went to the grocery store to get some turkey breast for smoking some jerky. It was 4.39 a lb. It was half that, last year.


34 posted on 08/21/2021 11:48:20 AM PDT by CornPop
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To: gundog
I don’t object, in principle, but the guy’s a bit of a prick.

Don’t all retail stores do the same thing?

35 posted on 08/21/2021 11:48:53 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: alternatives?

Nothing in Dollar General stores is $1 anymore last time I went into one.


36 posted on 08/21/2021 11:49:19 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Veggie Todd

Correct. Some people confuse Dollar General with Dollar Tree which is 99% everything for $1. (helium balloons are an exception).


37 posted on 08/21/2021 11:50:58 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

the dollar general stores i have been to my area have a 1 dollar isle...


38 posted on 08/21/2021 11:53:10 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: heavy metal

Ok, I don’t remember seeing that aisle - but thanks for clearing that up.


39 posted on 08/21/2021 11:54:22 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: nickcarraway
It wasn’t there an article here yesterday that dollar stores were a scam and the markup and the margins are much higher at dollar stores than regular supermarkets?

If there was, it wasn't fair. First, they compete against very high priced convenience stores as much or more than they do against Kroger, Publix and Stop & Shop. Second, if everything is a dollar, as it is at Dollar Tree, some deals HAVE to be beter than others. Third, if they are skimping on size, it is not fair to compare the per ounce cost of a 7 oz box of Cap'n Crunch at the Dollar Tree to the 40 oz. box at the CostCo.

Is everything there a deal? No. Is it a scam? Also no, unless you consider CVS and Circle K a scam, too.
40 posted on 08/21/2021 11:56:03 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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