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And what's the problem with that? You get a discount for buying larger amounts of basically everything.
by terminalshort 11mo ago
And what's the problem with that? You get a discount for buying larger amounts of basically everything.
- DangitBobby 11mo agoDollar stores are crowding out grocery stores in areas that only have the clientele to support one grocery store. They sell only higher margin, long shelf-life shit food, whereas real grocery stores have to carry produce which cuts into margins considerably cause it goes bad. So it's easier for them to stay open. And they create food deserts there. They are a fucking scourge for small towns.
- adrr 11mo agoSource that they are replacing grocery stores? Dollar stores are closing and not expanding . 99 cents stores went bankrupt, rest have been closing hundreds of stores. Also dollar stores carry produce just grocery at least largest ones do like dollar general. They are designed to compete against grocery stores and wallmart’s neighborhood markets.
- DangitBobby 11mo agoThere have been a few articles about this over the past couple of years, usually in reference to one study or another. Here's one that references a USDA study: https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/dollar-stores-are-killing-rural-grocers https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/dollar-stores-are-killing...
- phil21 11mo agoSounds like the grocery stores were not serving their customer base well if they couldn’t compete with “overpriced” dollar stores. Carrying cost of produce does not add up. If produce is going bad at that spoilage rate the store management fucked up and didn’t order the correct amount of product for the location. You can’t wish your way into a product mix. Nothing was stopping grocery stores from identifying this need. Pretending your customer base is more affluent than it is sounds like a quick way to go out of business to me.
- DangitBobby 11mo agoThen feel free to explain the studies and articles online describing how dollar stores are fucking rural grocery stores.
- qeternity 11mo agoHow about you cite something.
- DangitBobby 11mo agohttps://substack.perfectunion.us/p/dollar-stores-are-killing-rural-grocers https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/dollar-stores-are-killing...
- qeternity 11mo agoThis does not prove, at all, what you are claiming.
- DangitBobby 11mo agoK
- phil21 11mo agoExplain why rural customers prefer the dollar store to the grocery store? Are they just stupid and don't know what's best for themselves? Perhaps the rural grocers are not carrying the appropriate product mix for their current (new?) customer base, and are overvaluing customer service? I don't like it - but I also spend time in rural communities and see why these places beat the local grocers. They offer better value for the dollar. Often they are indeed cheaper on a unit cost basis, much less overall per transaction. It's sort of like folks screeching about "food deserts" in urban communities I've lived in, thus enacting laws forcing fresh produce be carried by the local convenience stores. That produce simply rotted on the shelves since - surprise! - the local business owners knew their customer base better than a bunch of do-gooder ivory tower academics did. You can make some strong cases for Walmart putting Main Street rural America out of business using predatory pricing schemes and the like. It's a lot more difficult for dollar stores.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoI just replied to another comment. I lived in the most exclusive part of Atlanta for awhile where there was a Dollar Store right next to the Publix right next door to our $2500/month apartment. https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Dollar+Stores&find_loc=Johns+Creek%2C+GA https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Dollar+Stores&find_loc... Median home price - $700K There are a lot of times you want smaller packages.