A Dollar General shopper says she tried to check out before realizing the doors were left open after the store closed for the night

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A recent viral TikTok shows a shopper walking into a Dollar General that was closed but left unlocked.

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Amazon Fresh stores are installing self-checkout after years of trying to get customers to use Just Walk Out tech

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Some Amazon Fresh stores will soon feature self-checkout stands, a move the company made after years of trying to get customers to use its Just Walk Out technology.

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Your snacks are getting more expensive. Blame these big food companies, not inflation.

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A Kitkat chocolate bar is pictured in the supermarket of Nestle headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
Nestlé, maker of KitKat bars, is one of the food companies that continued raising prices and booked higher profit even as food inflation slowed down in early 2023.

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Amazon Fresh is laying off hundreds of store workers

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Amazon Fresh is eliminating hundreds of jobs at its grocery stores, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

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'Penny shoppers' are finding hidden $0.01 deals at Dollar General — and it's a sign of a larger problem for the discount chain

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Dollar General shoppers are searching stores for items that cost $0.01 each, thanks to an inventory policy and the stores' messy state.

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I went to Five Below for the first time and it was immediately clear why Gen Z loves it

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Five Below mimics the low prices of a dollar store, but the range of products is much wider than at Dollar General and Dollar Tree.

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You can now find Costco-style low prices for generic prescription drugs at Kroger in a partnership with Mark Cuban's online pharmacy

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Customers of Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs can now pick up their prescriptions at 2,000 Kroger pharmacies, Cost Plus said in a tweet Wednesday.

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Amazon's palm payment tech is coming to every Whole Foods in the US

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Every US Whole Foods will have Amazon One palm payment technology by the end of 2023, the tech giant said Thursday.

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Some San Francisco Safeway stores added gates barring shoppers from leaving unless they scan a receipt. It's an anti-theft measure that has spread across the UK.

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A customer shops for meat at a Safeway store on April 12, 2023 in San Rafael, California. According to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, inflation in March slowed to its lowest rate in nearly two years with prices rising 5 percent, down from 6 percent in February. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Dollar General has paid a fraction of the $21 million it owes in fines for hazardous working conditions

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Dollar General has paid less than one-fifth of the fines that the federal government says it owes as a result of safety violations at its stores.

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