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All in good humor. But the reality is...rural folks that have a 80 or 100 mile round trip to a store these little stores are great. In our area we were down to one small market, Ray's Food, with gouge pricing and they were actually stocking shelves and reefers with stuff that was on or past sell-by date. Too bad DG aren't set up to sell a few veggies and frozen meat. Their Clover Valley house brands are pretty good quality.

They serve a purpose, and if a person is willing to shop, he can save money there. They are badly understaffed in terms of check-outs.

Wear anything, that goes here, about like the Walmart’s in east Texas

They're building one about a mile and quarter from me. Supposed to open next month. Maybe on a half acre lot, rumor is that they paid $100,000 for the land. They already one 6 miles away, and another about 8. Guess they're after all that Mennonite money.

You should make a fashion statement for all the local Dollar General habitues. A well tailored dark blue suit, starched white shirt with French cuffs and tasteful gold cuff links, a handome tie of the day's fashion, and highly polished black Florsheim shoes. Dressed in this manner, the locals will be so impressed they'll want to emulate your dress and soon, Dollar General will be a noted gathering place where all the locals in fine dress gather to shop, chat, exchange local news and recipes, and become civilized friends.

If your tailor is talented at his craft, no one will ever suspect you're carrying a Colt's Govt. Model 1911 in a shoulder holster under your suit coat.

Please post a couple of pictures regarding same.

L.W.

Good place to buy super glue and cheaters.

The wife and I like to go on long drives around the countryside. We drive around until we've counted 10 Dollar General stores, then go home. It usually takes 60-70 miles, and then we've seen/driven by 10 DGs. We get a kick out of it. Heck, I've got four of them within a seven mile stretch of road, the nearest is probably less than a mile from the house.

They literally spring up like weeds around rural Kentucky, two drops of water and a week later, there's another DG store stuck out in the middle of nothing. Amazing, really, how quick they spring up. I can't recall ever being IN one, but there they are. We also have more than our share of Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores around here.

DGs and the other dollar stores are like the mini-big corporate Walmarts. Any mom and pop that is within a reasonable driving distance will be put out of business. The big box corps have replaced the small proprietorship LOCALLY OWNED that support rural local economies.

Even if you don’t shop there, their stock might be worth buying. They might be one of the fastest growing brands going. They continue to build stores all around us and across our region. Something about a business model that caters to people that like saving money on normal items and don’t want to go to Walmart

100% correct. I read a while back that DG with its sheer number of stores/purchasing power can leverage better wholesale retailer pricing than just about any store other than Walmart. Mom and pop stores don’t have a chance between the prices or number of employees it would take to track, order, and, inventory the number of items that a DG can stock in a small space all tracked and ordered from a central office.

We miss Fred’s stores. They’ve all closed around here and left Dollar General about the only game around.

One just opened a month ago in our little town of 400 or so. Haven't been in it yet, hate getting all gussied up......

They are handy.

They won’t have all the brands you like, but they’ll have what you need.

The clover valley store brand isn’t no worse than Great Value.

The store will depend on the manager.

We got one in town. Holy chit. Looks like a tornado goes thru it.

Stuff in the aisle. Shelves look ramshackle.

Bunch of democrats shop there.

Another is clean as a whistle. Less democrats shop there.


Being rural stores. They get robbed often.

Some DG stores already do and more are adding them in certain areas. Things like assorted kinds of frozen vegetables and fresh basic veggies like potatoes. carrots, lettuce, cabbage, bell peppers, mushrooms, celery, etc., and fresh fruit like bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, tangerines, etc., and also packaged frozen and refrigerated meats -- chicken strips, ground beef, fish and seafood, steak portions, bacon, lunch meats, hotdogs, etc. Dairy products like milk, cheese, butter, eggs, ice cream, etc. The bigger Dollar General Market Stores stock fresh meats along with a wide variety of fresh and frozen veggies, fruits and meats.

Around this area pretty much all the little mom and pop grocery / general stores had already either shut down or on their last leg thanks to Walmart well before DG stores started moving in.

Uhm...I have seen the pictures and that doesn't inspire one to confidence.

wear UR mask

don't flirt with the checkers......

They'll follow you home

They got cokes, smokes, and snickers bars.

And a buncha other stuff.

A Dollar General grand opening is definitely a black tie event.

Sock, you even asking about this tells us you’re lacking in too many social refinements to count.

Take a few hookers with you, they can fill out employment applications and you’ll be a rock-star in the community.

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The ones around here are a magnet for white trash....Filthy nasty ....

Only thing I'd add is if you're gonna buy food check where its made.
Smoked oysters- made in China. Yeeeeah, I don't think so.