About 60 cities and towns have restricted dollar store openings since 2018, a new report says

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A black-and-yellow Dollar General sign hangs above a store in Maryland as seen from between yellow shopping carts in the parking lot.
Dollar General and Dollar Tree have faced opposition to new stores in several dozen communities.

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Dollar stores are the new hot spot for beauty dupes

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The photographer holds a two-ounce jar of Watermelon Sleeping Mask, packaged in a small box, in the beauty aisle of a Dollar General store in Ohio.
Dollar General and Dollar Tree are getting attention on TikTok for their dupes of well-know beauty products.

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Dollar General is having its own self-checkout reckoning

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Dollar General said it would adding more employees to the front of its stores.

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Dollar General is overcharging customers at checkout in several states, according to lawsuits and customers

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A customer wearing a bowl hat walks by the brick wall of a Dollar General with the retailer's name on a sign above.
Dollar General shoppers and employees say the retail chain is overcharging customers even after facing lawsuits from several states.

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I quit my job at a brand-new Dollar General store after facing flooding, broken freezers, and frosty bathrooms

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Dollar General plans to open almost 1,000 stores this year.

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Dollar General hasn't investigated worker conditions despite shareholders' demands, an investor says in a new letter to company

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Shoppers wait outside a Dollar General store in Maryland. Two of the customers are talking to each other while a third pushes a yellow cart full of toilet paper, a cooler, and other purchases from the store.
Dollar General shareholders approved a proposal to investigate working conditions at the retailer's stores in May.

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Dollar General must pay $1 million after charging customers too much at checkout

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Dollar General has reached a settlement with the State of Ohio after the state's attorney general said that the chain overcharged customers at some stores.

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Dollar General took back job offers from applicants with high blood pressure and poor eyesight, a federal agency lawsuit claimed

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Dollar General rescinded job offers to some applicants with high blood pressure or poor eyesight, the EEOC claims.

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A Dollar General worker was fired 'immediately' after telling her manager she was pregnant, a federal agency says

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The inside of a Dollar General store in California, including a black and yellow

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You can now find a Dollar General in every one of the 48 contiguous states

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A customer walks into a Dollar General store though the parking lot in Austin, Texas. A compact Volkswagen car sits in front of the store, with the yellow
Dollar General opened its first store in Montana, putting the retailer in all 48 contiguous states.

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