Dollar General seems to be doing fine. The one close to my house is convenient and always busy.
Didn’t these used to be called 5 & 10 cent stores a few decades ago?
And they now have the DG Markets. I haven’t been in one, but they have more fresh foods.
this story hasn’t made sense to me since it first started circulating. The few I’ve seen around the country are located in areas where there are no walmarts around, so they’re the only game in the area. thought it was a great strategy.
I’ve heard reports that DG has been overcharging customers by charging more than the price listed on the item. Don’t know how that could have happened, but I agree in that there is one close to my area and it’s very convenient.
I shop in a DG all the time.
They were busted, ripping off customers.
“Dollar General seems to be doing fine.”
Wall Street seems to disagree with you. My DG stock has been a dog over the last year or so.
The Dollar General near me is also doing fine, but, their PRICES are NOT much different than Walmart and Kroger.. in many cases they are slightly higher comparatively speaking
I'm NOT complaining.. just saying "if you can't make a PROFIT then you can's afford to stay in business.
I’ve studiously avoided Family Dollar and Dollar Tree because I didn’t want to feel unfaithful to good ol’ Dollar General.
One of my daughters works part time at a Dollar General.
On the FM road I live on, which stretches just over 32 miles (East to West), there are 5 Dollar General stores, alone - not including the gas stations, or the Kroger at the far East end.
Each one is busy, profitable, and I drive about 1 mile East to get to the nearest one, but my daughter works at the one about 7 miles West.
“Dollar General seems to be doing fine.”
DG has rapidly expanded in rural Georgia, and I wonder if the new locations will cannabalize sales from the existing ones. They are convenient, as you wrote, and seem to have a steady stream of customers buying a small number of items.