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Unless I drive a minimum of 34 miles round trip DG is all we have. It's right up the road and employs quite a few of the locals. Good deal for our little corner of the world. They didn't put anybody out of business because we didn't have anything.

Around here I see Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. There must be some rule in place where if one opens up then at least one of the other two must open up within a quarter mile.

All over middle GA. They do serve rural areas well, but also seem to be over represented in the cities.

DG built a new, real nice, big, well organized store with a big paved parking lot about 8 miles from me but the closest to any kind of group human settlement is a couple of little rural 'crossroad' communities 3 - 4 miles away from it. It is located near a interstate exit / on ramps, though, so maybe that may influence their location choice.

Some DG stores are stocking basic fresh fruit and vegetables now, too.

Dollar Tree bought out Family Dollar a few years back so both are under the same ownership now. DT closed some FD stores, opened some new ones and made others combo DT / FD stores.

Beside those we also have something called Mighty Dollar here. It's basically a lower class Dollar Tree. If you can imagine that.

Ain’t going in a Famibly Dolla.

They gots the rats.....

still got the $1 ribeyes that slummy loves?

Dollar Tree is 1.25 now, thanks Joe. They still have what they claim is beef and seafood in their coolers, but I've never been brave enough to try any.

One day when I want to laugh death in the face, I will try their seafood burritos.

Hell no! They haven’t had those in a while now. They made a damn good sandwich.

Just off the top of my head, there are five DG stores within 10 miles of me, and everytime I take a ride in the country roads around here, they are putting in a new one. That doesn't take into account Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores, either, just the DGs.

The Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores are all in town. You’ll find a Dollar General out in the middle of nowhere.

"Emergent"? As in the turdles head was sticking out?

#peekaboo

There is a dollar general about ten miles from here but is usually closed because they can't find anyone to work there

Walmart destroyed small town American. Dollar General has/will destroy every mom and pop rural convenience store in America. Amazon will ship the coffin.

That’s said over and over.

In these parts they are putting DG’s “out in the woods”.

Rural areas that don’t have any stores.

I don't know about anywhere else, but locally DG has had problems staffing the stores with enough workers to keep them open. One particular store was closed as much as it was open for a long period of time because no one showed up for work.

Odds are in the favor of the job seekers today.
Lot's of job openings with few unemployed.

Many businesses are suffering the same, no one is applying to fill the needed slots.
Numerous fast food restaurants, especially the new ones just opening can only get enough help to operate their drive-throughs.

One thing they all have in common is low wage and low allowable hours to avoid medical insurance mandates.

Dollar General is becoming a serious competitor to Walmart in basic daily grocery, household, personal hygiene needs, over the counter meds and even beer now, too, in both store brand and name brand products.

For example, the Dollar General Market store in a nearby town sells store brand DG milk for $2.15 a gallon, beating the local Super Walmart's store brand milk price by enough to cause many people shop there instead of Walmart. DG runs sales on at least one name brand soda -- Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, etc. -- three 12 packs for between anywhere from $9 to $12. Plus -- spend $25 or more (pre state sales tax) total on Saturday at DG -- $5.00 off total at check out.

I mean who in their right mind want's to deal with Walmart crowds, searching all over the store trying to find where they moved what you are looking for, unmanned checkout lanes, hunting a parking spot, when all they want is a few ordinary everyday needs or wants when they can whip into a nearby DG and be in and out with minimal hassle and back on the road in just a few minutes?