Speaking of CNN, this came up on my FB feed

[BOP]

Family Dollar, the struggling discount chain that caters to low-income customers predominantly in cities, said Wednesday it will close nearly 1,000 stores.

Years of mismanagement and poor conditions in stores have hurt Family Dollar’s brand. Family Dollar, which is owned by Dollar Tree, was recently fined more than $40 million for a rat infestation at a warehouse that forced hundreds of stores to temporarily close.

Decades-high inflation has hit shoppers hard, and a general consumer pullback has impacted Family Dollar customers and the chain’s profits, exacerbating its battle with discount competitors such as Dollar General, Walmart and others.

In addition, the reduction in benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has left struggling families with as much as $250 less per month. Discount stores and consumer goods companies say they have felt the impact of that loss.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/investing/family-dollar-dollar-tree-closing-stores/index.html

 

[SamSpade]

I have never set foot in a Family Dollar that WAS NOT a complete mess. I ONLY go there if I am desperate to find something.

I think the last one I went to was closing, and selling stuff at rock bottom prices.

 

[Grumpy]

Only reason I've been in a dollar store is to buy foil pans..crazy expensive in grocery stores but dirt cheap in the local dollar store here in PF

 

[stgislander]

We have a new Dollar Tree (was a Rite Aid) back in my hometown that the wife goes to a fair amount. I sure hope they don't go out of business. The city will likely never fine another business to fill that spot.

 

[Hijinx]

Dollar Tree is another place that has the isles filled with boxes and boxes of unshelved merchandise.
Sometime you cannot get down the isle.

Haven't been to Family Dollar, but i would say that Dollar General is giving them a fit.

 

[GURPS]

How Dollar Stores Quietly Consumed America​

 

[vraiblonde]

I love Dollar Tree - $1.25 for a laundry basket vs. $4.99? Yes please! A lot of their stuff is crap but there are real bargains to be found if you just need a thing and don't need it to be quality. I can't remember the last time I even saw a Family Dollar somewhere, and Dollar General has higher prices than Walmart.

 

[mitzi]

Corporate treats employees like sh*t. They're understaffed. Nobody stays. Whenever they do have a decent manager and staff, the manager is moved to another store after awhile. So the store they had running pretty good turns into a sh*thole again.

 

[WingsOfGold]

I'll go to Dollar General on rare occasion for dog treats or milk, that's about it. The others I won't set foot in, pure junk stem to stern.

 

[limblips]

Dollar Tree is another place that has the isles filled with boxes and boxes of unshelved merchandise.
Sometime you cannot get down the isle.

Haven't been to Family Dollar, but i would say that Dollar General is giving them a fit.

Family Dollar is owned by Dollar Tree. They bought them in 2015.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

Insert company name here treats employees like sh*t. They're understaffed. Nobody stays. Whenever they do have a decent manager and staff, the manager is moved to another store after awhile. So the store they had running pretty good turns into a sh*thole again.

fixed for most situations