than the local Dollar Generals...kind of like Ben Franklin was in the days before Walmart's became so dominant, and BF's went by the way of the dinosaurs.
So I do give them a tiny bit of credit, that DGs do have a presence whereas in many situations, there wouldn't be a store or anything else there in that little town, or bad neighborhood in a larger city. You're right about the constant changeover of personnel at these stores, I never see the same people that are working there, each time I go there.
If I do go shopping in this one rural area where my folks live at, we support and go shop at their local rural convenience mart (it's a tourist trap too, for those fishermen who come to the area to go trout fishing). It beats driving all of the way to town (25 miles each way) and plus, we're supporting good friends of my Mom and Dad's. Unfortunately, one of the main partners (out of 3) passed away, and the store is no longer there. What a shame. No one came in, and took over mgmt of the place, who knows, it could have had a lot of things that needed to be done before transfer of new ownership could occur.
Perhaps too, they had issues in getting help too?
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