Amazon has new grocery competition as Dollar General races to grow 1-hour delivery

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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
A Dollar General developer sued Nottawa Township after it denied a rezoning request that would have paved the way for a dollar store in the town.

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Retailers are highlighting two very different realities emerging among squeezed US shoppers

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A shopper at a dollar store in Brooklyn.

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Dollar General just showed how bad things are for budget-conscious shoppers

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A customer shops at a Dollar General store on March 17, 2022 in Vallejo, California.

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Dollar Tree is considering selling problem child Family Dollar

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Frustrated Dollar Tree shoppers threaten to ditch the store after it announces $7 items

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As Dollar Tree starts to offer more-expensive items, some shoppers say they'd rather shop at other stores such as Walmart.

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Dollar stores are supposed to do well regardless of the economy. Turns out, that's not true.

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A woman wearing a light pink headband and a red-and-grey hoodie carries a bottle of Coca-Cola and some salad dressing while talking on a cell phone and standing in front of a Family Dollar store. To the left, a white, red, and yellow sign that reads
Dollar stores have run into trouble lately after years of doing well regardless of the economy.

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Dollar General is taking checkout back out of your hands because of theft

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Two people, one wearing a pink hoodie and pink sandals, the other pushing a stroller with a toddler in it, walk on the sidewalk past a brick building and a yellow-and-black sign that reads
Dollar General is cutting self-checkout at hundreds of stores.

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Dollar Tree seems to finally be admitting defeat on Family Dollar

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A man rides by a Family Dollar store in Chicago. The store has red, orange, and yellow lettering and advertisements on its exterior that read
Dollar Tree acquired the Family Dollar chain in 2015.

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Dollar store chains would be prohibited from opening stores within one mile of each other if a proposed Chicago law passes

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A proposed law in Chicago would limit new dollar store openings.

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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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