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We went through this once with the fears that Walmart was gonna kill America as we know it. Now is it Dollar General which is going to ruin the rural folks?
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A descendant of one of Ebony’s founding families, Ms. Hartley says the discount store — which would be built next to her home — will create traffic problems in the area, with people drawn to the brand’s signature yellow sign and its aisles filled with inexpensive food and household staples.
Beyond the store itself, Ms. Hartley and many others with ties to Ebony think it will open the door to additional development that will spoil the character of their tiny, rural community of about 230 people. The name of their website and the rallying cry for their campaign against the Dollar General is “Keep Ebony Country.”
I actually like the DG we have here. I can pick up groceries I may have forgotten at my grocery pickup (for a high price, however) including fresh foods, and they always have the random household goods and little gifts I’m looking for. It’s massively more convenient than driving half an hour to Walmart (my usual grocery and random stuff spot), and Winn-Dixie (30 min in the other direction) and the nasty Save-a-Lot (just groceries and almost right next to DG) don’t usually have the random array of things I’m looking for when I digress from my typical shopping at Walmart. I have seen these in many little towns and even in the middle of nowhere and they do not affect the economy the way a big box store does. Not by any stretch. They do have jobs to offer and convenience for little things you might need without driving farther.
The Dollar Generals and Dollar Store are keeping people living paycheck to paycheck from starving to death because they can actually afford to buy something there. Seems to me she's more concerned about keeping lower earners out of her neighborhood than she is about traffic.
Back in the burbs of Atlanta, Walmart had bought land across a four lane highway from our subdivision.
Our neighbors were incensed. Oh my the kind of people it would bring to the community.
If you know highway 41 in Cobb County -- it was going to be built off of there.
They were furious...it would bring values down because it was Walmart. The kind of people who shop there -- oh my.
They lost, the Walmart was built. The house values didn't go down, the convenience of a Walmart across the street was well received. Neighbors were happy to have a place to quickly run to get school supplies, stuff, gas.......
People have funny notions about how something will impact their community.
The Dollar GEneral in a small town will not get 'traffic'. People will not flock from miles around. And even if there is a wee bit more traffic, the business might help to spur other businesses.
They built one in my little one horse town in SW Colorado.We tried to fight it so they threatened to build it just outside of town so we would loose any sales tax so the town caved and they built it.How they stay open is a mystery as every time I go by there might be one car there usually with out of state plates.We have a great little local grocery they even cut thier own meat and very fair prices.I expect it looses a lot of money.Got a kick out of the comment it keeps people from starving.
Amazon is killing retail in both rural and urban areas. The only reason Walmart isn't in trouble is because they sell groceries.
It was started by Wal-Mart though, and you are right about Wal-Mart surviving due to selling groceries. Amazon beats Wal-Mart on the few items Wal-Mart sells online when it comes to price. Sadly, most of Wal-Mart online is just 3rd party sellers with junk or products at 3 times the price of Amazon.
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Originally Posted by gailjnh
The Dollar Generals and Dollar Store are keeping people living paycheck to paycheck from starving to death because they can actually afford to buy something there. Seems to me she's more concerned about keeping lower earners out of her neighborhood than she is about traffic.
Yeah, I don't see that. The smaller the town, the higher the prices, so better to just buy at Amazon online. I don't shop there, as I feel for the quality, the price of their items is not justified. Also, here they replaced Duckwall's and Also, which had so much more to offer, not just junk stores.
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Originally Posted by parfleche
They built one in my little one horse town in SW Colorado.We tried to fight it so they threatened to build it just outside of town so we would loose any sales tax so the town caved and they built it.How they stay open is a mystery as every time I go by there might be one car there usually with out of state plates.We have a great little local grocery they even cut thier own meat and very fair prices.I expect it looses a lot of money.Got a kick out of the comment it keeps people from starving.
We have 3 of them here, in a town with only 25,000 people. I did notice that they try to place themselves where people are "poor", thus maybe have to walk there, and maybe aren't in to checking prices with other stores. Yes, if there is more than one car in the parent lot, it is a big day there. I have only been in one, and everything was so disorganized that I just never went into another.
I know KS has some rural grocery store program, so I have seen some grocery stores open in smaller cities, and they basically carry what a Dollar General carries.
They built one in my little one horse town in SW Colorado.We tried to fight it so they threatened to build it just outside of town so we would loose any sales tax so the town caved and they built it.How they stay open is a mystery as every time I go by there might be one car there usually with out of state plates.We have a great little local grocery they even cut thier own meat and very fair prices.I expect it looses a lot of money.Got a kick out of the comment it keeps people from starving.
I'm from parfleche's part of the world and his comments are spot on. A crummy dollar store is not going to run a local gem like the P&D grocery in Mancos out of business. The P&D generally has good fresh produce and the meat department is great for such a little store. People in the know know the best place to shop in the little town next to mine, and it sure ain't some dollar store.
Say, parfleche - does the P&D still put on those wonderful community Thanksgiving dinners? Those were so good and the owners of the P&D so generous with the rest of the community. No dollar store can compete with that! I'm sure rural America will keep on going somehow.
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