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Are all Dollar Generals so fucked 1
#26393628 - 12/21/19 07:43 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I live in a small town i supose if you want to get technical its a village. The only shopping center that is not mom and pop within 20mile radius is a dollar general and this place is a shitsty im talkin super un organized very cluttered the shelves are always stocked and they are organized but they keep like the entire back of the store out in the isles unpacked inventoy on rolling carts blocking entire isles and this is all the time. I literally despise going there but what can i say somtimes you gotta do what you gotta do. This is the only dollar general ive ever been in and was wondering is that a corporate wide issue where poor building desighn just leaves no room for inventory in the back?
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Phantom45] 2
#26393650 - 12/21/19 07:55 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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dollar store, dollar general, family dollar, dollar tree... all of them are just above flea markets.. half the boxed items have things missing, drunk bottles on shelf's... whole rows of pepsi's where someone came in and open tops just to release the carbonation. they are all like that.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: HappyHigh]
#26393657 - 12/21/19 07:59 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Theres one whre im at and its actually pretty neat and organized. Nothing like you described.
If anything its shitty building design mixed with a shitty manager who doesnt give a fuck
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: NOUS333]
#26393698 - 12/21/19 08:28 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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very understanding when you get to terms with the life
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Cujllickduo] 1
#26393709 - 12/21/19 08:35 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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It's the low-income demographic that frequents these places that makes them so shitty. Where I'm from at least, any place that caters specifically to people with very little money just ends up trashed.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Ima Trooper] 1
#26393711 - 12/21/19 08:37 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ya I went to a dollar general in the hood yesterday and I’ve never seen one so fucked.
The one near where I stay is nothing like that.
I was thinking the same thing when I went in there. Looked like what a store would look like after an earthquake lol
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Big Worm]
#26393746 - 12/21/19 09:16 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Up here we have Dollarama. It's normally a big store with shelves packed we items that go from a quarter to 5$. It's very organized and the lay out is similar from store to store. One of the fastest growing chain in Canada.
I have a vefy limited list of items I buy there though. I prefer quality.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Patlal]
#26393749 - 12/21/19 09:20 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I've been to both dollar general is more fun
Usually I only get spray bottles there , for when my cat is bad
Last time I got some flip flops there to chill out
All i think when i hear the sound of flip flops
It's just the words Game Over
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Patlal]
#26393755 - 12/21/19 09:24 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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The dollar stores I've visited vary greatly, it's seemingly based on their employment, ones with reliable employment tend to be much nicer and better organized. The same goes for Walmarts, Target's, etc.. There's a Walmart here that is in the richest township in Pennsylvania, it's constantly the least organized Walmart I've ever been in. Meanwhile, the Dollar Tree in the same mall complex is fucking perfect.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Patlal]
#26393838 - 12/21/19 10:49 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Patlal said: Up here we have Dollarama. It's normally a big store with shelves packed we items that go from a quarter to 5$. It's very organized and the lay out is similar from store to store. One of the fastest growing chain in Canada.
I have a vefy limited list of items I buy there though. I prefer quality.
Ontario also has Dollar Tree where everything come to like $1.40 after tax, I kinda like it better then Dollarama
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: gopher]
#26393865 - 12/21/19 11:14 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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dollar tree is great
they have some of the craziest frozen foods you'll ever see. steaks for $1 that basically turn to pudding when you cook them and frozen breakfast sandwhiches with glazed donuts as the bread and stuff
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: feevers] 1
#26393872 - 12/21/19 11:18 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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we dont have frozen stuff at our dollar tree there is an aisle of food stuffs though and another isle of candy, I boughten ramen and expresso and some meat sauce there before, also these pizza crusts that I thought were pretty good, to make mini pizza I think it was this
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: gopher]
#26393926 - 12/21/19 12:02 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Patlal said: Up here we have Dollarama. It's normally a big store with shelves packed we items that go from a quarter to 5$. It's very organized and the lay out is similar from store to store. One of the fastest growing chain in Canada.
I have a vefy limited list of items I buy there though. I prefer quality.
Ontario also has Dollar Tree where everything come to like $1.40 after tax, I kinda like it better then Dollarama
You have a fourty cents on the dollar tax? Really?
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: gopher]
#26393927 - 12/21/19 12:02 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Dollar general is a general store, not a dollar store. They have few employees and stock in the day. Hence why the clutter.
I go to dollar general to get most of my non food items. It is next to Aldi. They have good prices on tp, body soap, shampoo, dish washing stuff. It is NOT a grocery store, although they do have some food.
They mostly have low to middle end name brand food. To me is expensive due to advertising. Mostly junk food.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Morel Guy]
#26393933 - 12/21/19 12:06 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Morel Guy said: Dollar general is a general store, not a dollar store. They have few employees and stock in the day. Hence why the clutter.
I go to dollar general to get most of my non food items. It is next to Aldi. They have good prices on tp, body soap, shampoo, dish washing stuff. It is NOT a grocery store, although they do have some food.
They mostly have low to middle end name brand food. To me is expensive due to advertising. Mostly junk food.
It is what it says, everything is generally a dollar, but not nessarily.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Phantom45]
#26393947 - 12/21/19 12:18 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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The massive number of these type stores are having a significant adverse effect on local grocery stores, which are frequently closing. Some areas are taking steps to keep them from opening more. Dollar General and Dollar Tree (which bought Family Dollar in 2015) have a combined number of locations nearing 30,000 today, and have plans to build 10,000 - 20,000 more stores. Many (or most) are going into low income areas.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: RJ Tubs 202] 1
#26393957 - 12/21/19 12:26 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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A lot of legit grocery stores are getting run out of business by these dollar branded stores. In my city the city ended up giving giant tax cuts to a couple of grocery stores to promote real grocery availability in less desirable neighborhoods. The Dollar Tree and 7-11 don't cut it, and there were neighborhoods that were food deserts.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: christopera]
#26393973 - 12/21/19 12:35 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well the grocery stores sell the same products but for at least three times the price as Dollar General and Dollar Tree do.
Why not go there.
I do for certain items.
But the same bag of Doritos is $1 there and my local Safeway tries charging $3.99 for the same shit. Seasoning , same thing. Body wash, same. If they are still profiting , then that means other grocery stores are excessively over charging for items.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: lowbrow]
#26394019 - 12/21/19 01:10 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Patlal said: Up here we have Dollarama. It's normally a big store with shelves packed we items that go from a quarter to 5$. It's very organized and the lay out is similar from store to store. One of the fastest growing chain in Canada.
I have a vefy limited list of items I buy there though. I prefer quality.
Ontario also has Dollar Tree where everything come to like $1.40 after tax, I kinda like it better then Dollarama
You have a fourty cents on the dollar tax? Really?
no, the price before tax is $1.25
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Big Worm]
#26394070 - 12/21/19 01:55 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Big Worm said: Well the grocery stores sell the same products but for at least three times the price as Dollar General and Dollar Tree do.
Why not go there.
I do for certain items.
But the same bag of Doritos is $1 there and my local Safeway tries charging $3.99 for the same shit. Seasoning , same thing. Body wash, same. If they are still profiting , then that means other grocery stores are excessively over charging for items.
The problem is that they don't sell real food. I get many of those same items at dollar stores, but if you live in a neighborhood that only has a dollar store and not a real grocery store, then you destined to have a shit diet.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Phantom45]
#26394246 - 12/21/19 03:47 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah the one here is pretty messed up most of the time. I heard it's getting a new manager so we'll see what happens.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Quagmire75]
#26394249 - 12/21/19 03:48 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Cujllickduo]
#26394324 - 12/21/19 04:38 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I read that dollar general is the pits for small rural communities. Because they have nothing else.
It would stink to live off of Dollar General.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: RJ Tubs 202]
#26394350 - 12/21/19 05:00 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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It seems like there is always a Dollar General popping up somewhere. I live in a rural area with small towns here & there. Just in a 20 mile radius of my residence there are 11 General Dollar/Family Dollar stores.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: BigGameHunter]
#26394367 - 12/21/19 05:05 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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They seriously have a corner on the market in some areas. It's either a gas station or dollar general.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: lowbrow]
#26394496 - 12/21/19 06:33 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Patlal said: Up here we have Dollarama. It's normally a big store with shelves packed we items that go from a quarter to 5$. It's very organized and the lay out is similar from store to store. One of the fastest growing chain in Canada.
I have a vefy limited list of items I buy there though. I prefer quality.
Ontario also has Dollar Tree where everything come to like $1.40 after tax, I kinda like it better then Dollarama
You have a fourty cents on the dollar tax? Really?
No.
13 cents on the dollar tax (on average)
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Patlal]
#26394517 - 12/21/19 06:52 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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6.5% here unless certain things. Hard to figure booze tax. Frds tax that high. Tobacco tax is huge, $8 for a pack of american spirits. I paid $1.10 out the door for marbolos in the late 90s.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Big Worm]
#26395135 - 12/22/19 08:14 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Big Worm said: Well the grocery stores sell the same products but for at least three times the price as Dollar General and Dollar Tree do.
Why not go there.
I do for certain items.
But the same bag of Doritos is $1 there and my local Safeway tries charging $3.99 for the same shit. Seasoning , same thing. Body wash, same. If they are still profiting , then that means other grocery stores are excessively over charging for items.
One perspective is when Dollar General has 20,000 stores, they have a much greater ability to purchase goods at lower prices. So it's not necessarily the neighborhood grocery store gouging you. I'm not screaming things should be "fair" - but this is the situation. I sometimes shop at these dollar stores.
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Re: Are all Dollar Generals so fucked [Re: Big Worm]
#26395341 - 12/22/19 10:20 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Big Worm said: If they are still profiting , then that means other grocery stores are excessively over charging for items.
there is some truth to that, but not entirely. large grocery chains have large warehouses (think distribution centers) where food may sit for months, possibly a year or more, as in-store stock is reordered from the warehouses.
these "discount" type stores (which dollar tree was around 30+ years ago when i was a kid) don't have the same amount of warehouse space, so they are often buying goods at cheaper prices from manufacturers/distributors as the goods age. they also buy off-brand items, discontinued items, etc....they are also more likely to not have the exact same products in-store from month to month, as opposed to a grocery store which generally has the same thing.
for instance, i bought a pair of earbuds yesterday for $1 that would've been $10-20 anywhere else.
now, for the past 5-10 years, maybe more, Dollar General has really tried to up its game and break away from the social stigma that many attach to these places. they are moving into lots of small towns and rural locations, often at the opposition of local shoppers and business owners.
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