I shopped at Family Dollar and saw why the chain is struggling and shuttering stores

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Business Insider reporter Alex Bitter wears a dark blue polo shirt and sunglasses while standing outside a Family Dollar store in Maryland on a cloudy day. A black mini-van is visible to his left, as are thin grey bars in the window of the dollar store.
Business Insider visited a Family Dollar store in Mt. Rainer, Maryland.

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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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Costco says it's actually cutting prices on some products as inflation stabilizes

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Costco in Wisconsin
Costco is cutting prices on some items, the latest sign that inflation is cooling for consumers.

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Some Walmart stores are limiting self-checkout lanes just for Spark drivers and Walmart+ customers

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Whole Foods is launching mini-stores for quicker shopping trips

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Pedestrians walk by the sign and entrance to a Whole Foods Market store in New York in 2017.
Amazon is reportedly planning new Whole Foods mini-stores for New York City.

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It's not just you – stores are cutting back on product variety and how many choices you can make

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A customer shops at a Walmart in Florida.
A customer shops at a Walmart in Florida.

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Walmart says hackers took over some Spark drivers' accounts and had access to their Social Security numbers

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A silver-colored Hummer sits outside of a Walmart in New Jersey as customers walk along the side of the store. The white
Hackers reportedly got access to about 200 Walmart Spark accounts.

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Ikea is betting you'll come to its coworking space in a mall, then shop at one of its stores

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Cars sit parked outside of an Ikea store in California. The store is painted in the retailer's blue and yellow colors, and a sign that says
Ikea is buying malls and adding coworking spaces, food halls, and other attractions.

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$100,000 of goods were stolen from Home Depots across Florida in an organized self-checkout barcode switching scheme, the state's attorney general says

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Customers shop at a Home Depot store on November 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida.

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Gig worker pay on delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash fell up to 15% last year

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Gig workers made less money on apps like Instacart and Uber Eats last year, a new study shows.

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