> They don't have a produce section, just a bit of fruit. Is that the issue? Yes, it is as produce is a group of products that a better margin than produce (a

> They don't have a produce section, just a bit of fruit. Is that the issue? Yes, it is as produce is a group of products that a better margin than produce (and produce spoils easier). By comming into an market and serving produce any other store is put at an disadvantage if they sell produce. This leads to "food deserts", places where you can not find healthy, affordable food. > Are the small independent grocery stores in these communities stocking produce? If there are any, they are worried. If you have 7 minutes this video by VICE from 2018 explains some of the concerns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6IqsG-Iiik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6IqsG-Iiik There are also community actions against dollar stores such as here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vLWTkBQWP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vLWTkBQWP0 This CBS reports about grocers being closed due dollar stores moving into towns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtAvJBAJfnE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtAvJBAJfnE drawing parallels to Walmart killing mainstreets > Is Dollar General and the like creating some kind of price cartel that's putting them out of business? By serving only non produce goods a competing store which previously was able to carry produce and was able to bear this expense due non-produce sales will see reduced non-produce sales leading to worse financial performance and possibly clousure or a slow death while loosing customer to dollar general. > previously only had a gas station convenience store and people had to drive 12 miles This is an improvement for those people, good.