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Dollar stores are certainly stealing a lot of Walmarts lunch in rural illinois and Iowa. Why would you go 35min to Walmart if you just need 10 things when ther
by thebears5454 3y ago
Dollar stores are certainly stealing a lot of Walmarts lunch in rural illinois and Iowa.
Why would you go 35min to Walmart if you just need 10 things when there's a dollar store 10 min away that's almost the same price as Walmart and much better shopping experience.
- jstarfish 3y agoYeah, and they're one of the reasons the poor stay poor. Dollar stores are a terrible value. Walmart made a name for itself with its "rollback" program, where products would appear cheaper than competitors' because the SKU contained one less ounce/gram/unit. Dollar stores takes Walmart's own game to extremes; you buy a quart of watered-down bleach for $2, where buying an entire gallon (4x the volume) of the real thing would cost you $3 at Walmart. Or, $20 for a 14-pack of Monster drinks at Walmart is a terrible deal when they're "just" $3 (each) at the gas station! You see the same thing with people buying individual packs of cigarettes instead of an entire carton. The math works against them. They don't understand it.
- bobthepanda 3y agoSometimes it’s not about understanding. There was a analysis, recently, that amongst users of the New York subway, the most common fare type amongst the poor was the pay per ride card. Even though it had the highest per-ride cost, it turns out that poor people living paycheck to paycheck simply cannot stump up the upfront cash to pay for the better deal. (As a result the new fare system combines both with automatic caps on pay as you go fares.)
- thebears5454 3y agoYou're missing the entire point of my comment.