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Chainfire

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6. Dollar General will go into rural areas where there is no competition and clean up.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #5)

Fri May 27, 2022, 09:47 AM

May 2022

It is the only place to buy "groceries" within ten miles of me. (I do drive to a real grocery store) The local stores are dirty, the isles are usually blocked with un-shelved merchandise. And when I go into the store about once every two weeks or so, they have a new store manager and staff. There is a reason that they can't keep employees even in a depressed area.

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3 takeaways from Dollar General, Dollar Tree earnings that sent stocks soaring [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 OP

Any retailer with high dollar goods has excess baggage at this point bucolic_frolic May 2022 #1

I think Macy's had a good outlook going forward but Walmart Tomconroy May 2022 #2

Things are changing for sure. samplegirl May 2022 #3

I spend less time in my nearby Family Dollar than I ever did. House of Roberts May 2022 #4

What do I give a hoot about these billionaire-owned companies, fighting to retain their SWBTATTReg May 2022 #5

Dollar General will go into rural areas where there is no competition and clean up. Chainfire May 2022 #6

An unfortunate thing indeed. A lot of small towns have no choices available to them, other SWBTATTReg May 2022 #7

I felt sort of sorry for one of the employees Chainfire May 2022 #8