A bag of pet food sits in a metal carrier in a Hutto, Texas Dollar General store. A hole chewed by a rat through the bag is visible.
A chewed up bag of pet food at a Dollar General store in Texas. It's one of the latest examples of a dollar store to face a rodent infestation.
  • Photos at a Dollar General store in Texas show evidence of a rat infestation.
  • It's the latest Dollar General store to face problems with rodents — and resulting health hazards.
  • Dollar General has also been cited for clutter, and resulting fire escape hazards, at its stores.

Early this year, a Dollar General employee named Timothy was spending his working hours cleaning up the retailer's stores in East Texas.