We had three corporate small discount stores opening in this area at the same time a few years ago : Family Dollar, Bill’s Family Dollar, and Dollar General. They had an even start and went head to head in some small towns of 4-5k population. Dollar General sores thrived and the others mostly failed. Dollar General then built new buildings and left the leased storefronts where they started...just as their competitors started.
A couple years ago, Shopko built big new stores in two of these nearby towns, one right next door to the new Dollar General. Both lasted less than a year before closing their doors while the Dollar General sores are still going great.
Here, where County Seat towns are 30-40 miles apart and many don’t have a Walmart, the Dollar General stores fill a real need. Their paper products, even name brand toilet paper, are cheaper than Walmart, so Peg buys ours there.
