I have not seen that. More often, they seem to come in after the others have closed up shop.
Nobody makes people buy the processed food and likely thats what would have been purchased if Sam’s Grocery had still been open instead of DG.
Dollar General Stores
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Nobody makes people buy the processed food and likely thats what would have been purchased if Sam’s Grocery had still been open instead of DG.
I've found them to be about 20-30% more expensive than walmart. They are good for dumb stuff like cleaners and button batteries that are incredibly overpriced everywhere else.
When Covid started getting real, everyone was out of flour, except DG.
When Covid started getting real, everyone was out of flour, except DG.
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Not a fan. It’s a last resort store. Yeah it’s good for small towns that’s about it. The prices are high for a regular town though. I’m not paying 2x the price there when I can go to Kroger or Walmart and get the same thing or better for less money. In my sisters town there is a Family Dollar and Dollar General right across from each other and the Family Dollar is always busier. I’d much rather go there than Dollar General. Dollar Tree is the best though in my opinion.
Indiana you definitely can.
If you’re a hazard to others, you may be ticketed.
*I'm getting the impression the people commenting to me see nothing wrong with my airing of grievances.
Dollar stores are just Costco in reverse. Bulk quantities cost less, while smaller quantities cost more.
Indeed. DG's target audience is the ones who live paycheck to paycheck, on the edge where paying $1 for laundry detergent in order to make it to next week is fine, even if it means paying more per oz.
Dollar General has been around a very long time. Right now they are trying to get everyone in my state within 15 minutes of a DG. It is effective say, you need to go to town 30miniute drive to Walmart-IGA...
Somehow DG got infused with cash, bought out competitors like family dollar, and investors kept buying the stock and the DG stores are springing up to compete with WalMart on disatnce with the investor cash....
Their stores are clean, and much faster than a Walmart. WalMart checkout system blows. 15 miniutes in the store and 10 of it is waiting in the line, plus 10 minutes or more further than a Dollar General.
Somehow DG got infused with cash, bought out competitors like family dollar, and investors kept buying the stock and the DG stores are springing up to compete with WalMart on disatnce with the investor cash....
Their stores are clean, and much faster than a Walmart. WalMart checkout system blows. 15 miniutes in the store and 10 of it is waiting in the line, plus 10 minutes or more further than a Dollar General.
I shop at my local DG several times a week, mostly for things like soda, milk, snacks that I could get a little cheaper at the grocery store or Walmart but DG is only 1.5 miles from my house, and the other stores are at least twice as far, so..
Our relatively small county contains 11 DG stores. They're everywhere here. I believe the county commissioners have come out and said that no more will be approved.
They are handy sometimes. In the last 5 years or so they built a DG Market in the town closest to me. We use it all the time when we need a few things for a meal. It is essentially a slightly nicer DG with a small supermarket attached.
They are handy sometimes. In the last 5 years or so they built a DG Market in the town closest to me. We use it all the time when we need a few things for a meal. It is essentially a slightly nicer DG with a small supermarket attached.
Do they sell car batteries or oil?
No car batteries, but DG does have a surprisingly decent small automotive section.
They are way less expensive than a convinience store, but are nearly equally as convienient.
I do shop there on occasion.
I also notice a lot of poor people shop there, even though they are no cheaper than Aldi/Walmart.
I do shop there on occasion.
I also notice a lot of poor people shop there, even though they are no cheaper than Aldi/Walmart.
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My wife and I walk to our local DG store about once or twice a month. It's about a mile from our house. The prices are competitive. Sometimes less than the local big grocery stores. They sell a lot of name brand stuff. Their seasonal tchotchkes are nice. It's the only place that I can find Bugles.
As i Said above I myself often shop there, but I notice a lot of poor people shop there as well.
While many who are poor due to no fault of their own, I think most would agree, the majority of the poor got there via poor descions, poor social skills, and/or low competencies.
So, in light of this, the driving behaviour you see, makes sense.
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i was going to post this myself...
Clean? not any DG ive been in the past few years... usually half the aisles are full of carts of stock, the lone employee is trying to put out between customers.
"The works"
on a slightly lighter note...
I'll snap a picture of the oil selection in my local DG the next time I'm there.
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