What’s even worse; they are only predicting slower growth…. Not shrinking, but just slightly slower growth…
Ffs the greed is vile beyond words
Fucking DG. they are a nuisance. They should give near total franchises. Let local people own and manage stores. Allow them to set wages, ect. DG limits wages and staffing. Currently the biggest thing holding back DG is the system that got them this far… People need money to spend it.
“We salt the earth everywhere that we set down roots. I don’t get why things won’t grow!”
I thought their entire business model intentionally targets financially constrained customers. Why is that a problem now?
Because capitalism’s perpetual growth cornerstone demands profits increase exponentially.
If Americans are too poor to shop at the dollar store, I guess we might actually have to eat the rich.
Dollar general isn’t actually a “dollar store”, more like a “discount” store. They sit in-between a dollar store and traditional store. They’ll have more recognizable name brand products VS a dollar store, but the sizing might be smaller or slightly damaged packaging. They’re like a Burlington or TJ Maxx, but with smaller stores and sell groceries.
That being said, our actual dollar stores like Dollar Tree have also gotten more expensive, used to be everything was a dollar. Now many things are a 1.25 going up to 5 for the more…“premium” stuff
The dollar store is more expensive outside ephemeral purchases like party supplies… it’s cheaper to go to mass furnishing retailers, grocery stores or hardware stores and your shit doesn’t break in two weeks.
Most customers looking for extreme budget items are now turning overseas to things like temu because they actually deliver lower prices.
Dollar stores are exploitive as fuck.
Went to a “dollar store” recently and as it turns out, not a single damn thing in there was actually $1.
$1.50? $2? $5? $10? Absolutely.
So just more corporate greed under the guise of inflation aimed at people who are “financially constrained”.
(Also the rich go great with a nice red wine.)
Also, those inexpensive (non-food) items are lower quality and will wear out/break faster. Poverty charges interest…
Oh that includes the food. I once bought “American cheese” from a dollar store that wouldn’t melt. Never bought food from a dollar store again.
Yep.
The first time I read it when I was a wee child, I really didn’t get the whole Boots Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory) but boy, is that ever the most succinct description of how modern capitalism works.
Even the food items are sold in crazy tiny portions that in general, but not always, are a rip off compared to most other stores.
