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In these parts, lot of DG are rural. “Out in the county”.
They've been popping up on some stretches of highway that doesn't have a town around for 30 miles. I've seen some built recently in the middle of places that I never thought I'd see a store. They all do a good business, country folks that usually drove 30 miles to town once a week for shopping can now drive a couple of miles and pick up almost anything they need.
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Campfire Tracker
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I've got a childhood friend, that has a contract to do electrical work in some of the new Dollar General Stores. He told me their biggest store is like 3,600 sq. ft. and they go in mostly rural areas, as property taxes are lower. I know before I moved from AR, it seemed like there was a Dollar General on every corner, if not a Dollar General, then it had a church or a bank on it.
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Campfire Tracker
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They are cheaper for one reason, you stop there because they are closer than the major chain grocery store, you go in and buy what you need instead of being distracted by all the stuff you don't need, then you leave.
They do better than most small town stores due to having stronger buying power.
It was a well thought out plan and it's working great for them.
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