#dollarstores — Public Fediverse posts

Dollar-stores overcharge cash-strapped customers while promising low prices

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/customers-pay-more-rising-dollar-store-costs

#HackerNews #DollarStores #Overcharging #CashStrapped #Customers #LowPrices #ConsumerAwareness #EconomicInequality

The answer to the Guardian's question is exactly what you'd expect. The details are even more discouraging.

#food #DollarStores #FoodDeserts #HealthyEating

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/18/climate-diet-food-plan

I often look at photos & comics like this one & think they'd make good puzzles.
This one could score at #dollarstores ...
:)
Bill
https://sfba.social/@markmetz/113443451259118080

Dollar General to pay $12 million in fines for workplace safety violations

Accountability when the president prioritizes worker and customer safety, #BidenBenefits

"Dollar General must correct any future safety violations regarding blocked exits or access to fire extinguishers and electrical panels within 48 hours — or face fines of up to $500,000 per violation"

https://www.kjzz.org/npr-top-stories/2024-07-16/dollar-general-will-pay-12-million-in-fines-over-workplace-safety-violations

#JohnOliver covered #DollarStores - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4QGOHahiVM

35,000 dollar stores in the US

#Bidenomics

NEW #OHIO STORIES:

Ohio pursues legal action against #oil and #gas waste company due to allegedly storing illegal excess quantities of #brine and #drilling waste at local facility

Imprisoned ex-#OhioSpeaker #Householder indicted on 10 new charges

Former $Democrat #DennisKucinich running for #Congress as an #independent

Ohio has been a bellwether and a battleground: What is it telling us now?

Why Ohio #communities are turning down #dollarstores

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/ohio-rights-and-reports-0a0eth61y

How #dollarstores exacerbated #American #fooddeserts — and what it means when they leave them

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/17/how-dollar-stores-exacerbated-american-deserts--and-what-it-means-when-they-leave-them/

#FamilyDollar, #DollarTree Sued for Selling #Unsafe #Meds and Other Products

https://progressivegrocer.com/family-dollar-dollar-tree-sued-selling-unsafe-meds-and-other-products
#health #wellness #dollarstores

The great #dollarstore backlash

https://thehustle.co/the-great-dollar-store-backlash

Communities around the country are fighting back against the chains’ supercharged growth. But does banning #dollarstores actually #work?

#DollarStores: @lastweektonight_channel with #JohnOliver (#HBO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4QGOHahiVM

I wonder what what story of dollar stores in Canada is?

#dollarstores #urbanplanning #inequity #racialequity
#food

The Dollar Store Backlash Has Begun https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-dollar-store-backlash-has-begun

#StrongTowns ep. w/Stacey Mitchell, Exec.Director., @ilsr speaks about lot more than just #DollarStores. She speaks of getting #Corporatepower under control. "We need local governments to be responsive to the people, breaking up, pushing back & downsizing power of corporations & building up local businesses, enterprises, organizations & institutions that local people have control over. The building blocks of #democracy are at the local level."
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6urqsKO4gnSUp5cV3uwIS1?si=2dfc8dd7140d400f

"They're like an invasive species." The Movement to Stop Dollar Stores from Suffocating #Black Communities: https://capitalbnews.org/dollar-stores-black-communities/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
#dollarstores

This Is The Deal With Dollar Stores

https://youtu.be/VwdgbR6sahE

#news #politics #uspolitics #wegonbealright #retail #dollarstores #dollartree #familydollar

How to fight back against the devastating effects of predation by #Walmart and #DollarStores. What #EndStageCapitalism does to people and communities… https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/27/walmarts-jackals/