[Conscience of a Conservative]

Amazing that a so-called freedom loving conservative would have a problem with a private company choosing to no longer stock a product that no longer fits within the company’s business plan.

[Red in Blue PA]

a product that no longer fits within the company’s business plan

Please. The article clearly states they are giving up $2B per year in sales. In this economy, what level headed CEO would choose to do such a thing when every dollar counts? And if you o not believe there are any political considerations to curry favor behind these decisions, then I have a bridge to sell you. Cheap.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Dollar General on the other hand recently added tobacco. Someone who works there told me their customers wouldn’t stop asking for it.

And the German grocery chain Aldi is actually TWO companies, because the brothers who founded it could not agree on whether to sell tobacco. So they split the company in half. They do in some countries and not in others, depending on which brother got control of that side of the business. (we got the smoke free brother here in the US).