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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Inflation pushed the wealthy to shop at dollar stores. Now even those places are seeing people get tighter with their money.

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Dollar General sign and a person dressed as Mr. Monopoly, "Milburn Pennybags."

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Amazon sellers are raiding dollar stores for products like glow sticks and Twinkies to resell online

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A man wearing a white shirt, shorts, boat shoes and a face mask browses kitchen items such as silverware and ice cream scoops as a black shopping cart sits nearby in the aisle of a Dollar Tree store.
Dollar Tree and Dollar General stores have become a favorite place for Amazon sellers to find products to resell on the website.

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Dollar General stock crashes 17% after the budget retailer cuts its outlook for the rest of the year

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Dollar General's messy stores are haunting the retailer as it takes a $95 million hit on inventory markdowns and deploys 'smart teams' to clean up

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Clutter might keep some consumers away, but Dollar General is the only choice for essential food items and home goods in many areas.
Dollar General executives say they're taking steps to clean up stores overstocked with inventory, including marking down items and creating special teams of employees dedicated to organizing the clutter.

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