Cheap food leads to expensive health problems.

@savagerampage69

Жыл бұрын

Unless you’re a gardener

@rottenapple_

Жыл бұрын

Only if you're American

@MrMadbrowncow

Жыл бұрын

You are still alive

@BenLA5

Жыл бұрын

In Canada "cheap food" thats low quality, non-organic is MORE expensive than the highest quality food, sometimes by 30-50%. Regulated capitalism has increased competition and everyone benefits. There's been price fixing scandals among megacorps here, but they do NOT effect u as there's HUNDREDS of places to buy food

@BenLA5

Жыл бұрын

@@rottenapple_ Lol Canada spends 2x LESS per capita on healthcare. Some sources say 4x. Either way, the US spends over 800 BILLION on unnecessary paperwork and admin fees EVERY year. IMAGINE if Canada spent the same amount. CONservatives defund healthcare in Canada so they can push their agenda and claim privatizing is the solution LMAO!!! Cons are a plague

All the dollar generals in my area don't even have a fresh food section, so that's different

@Solisium-Channel

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I only buy snacks at those stores.

@jebiusenvy

Жыл бұрын

Dollar General even has full on markets on areas

@kakerosa5466

Жыл бұрын

There is dollar general and dollar general market, which most places don’t have a market.

@barbarapeller

Жыл бұрын

I was saying the same thing: when did Dollar General start stocking produce? Not here in Dallas.

@d.menace9256

Жыл бұрын

They do in my area , fresh produce

ALWAYS pay attention to the expiration dates on products when you shop in those stores.🤔

@tjgen34

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am glad you said this!!!!

@jermainelatimer804

Жыл бұрын

You took the words right out of my mouth

@jasonboy9676

Жыл бұрын

I'll do the same at every store

@KevinSamuelsPowerBottom

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the note. It's wild that this is a thing that adults need to be advised of this

@Beatlearl

Жыл бұрын

@@KevinSamuelsPowerBottom I’ve seen items on shelves well past their expiration date but to be fair I’ve seen the same in some Walmart and stores.

My father sometimes told me "It's ok for you to live in a cheap house or wear cheap clothes, but you must not eat cheap foods to save money." I can recall the old saying "You are what you eat."...and yes, now I'm quite sure it is correct.

@Laniya.

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone has the money to buy expensive food. Food is expensive

@Introvertsan

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone has money for.that so items better to eat than have nothing at all

@TheCeraization

Жыл бұрын

Cheap foods only lead to expensive health problems later.

@javiervelez892

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you save money on cheap food but pay it with your health. Cheap food mainly consists of fats and sugar dumps.

@sew_gal7340

Жыл бұрын

@@Laniya. Then you eat less food and what you do eat is very high quality. I grew up eating only organic food, we were poor, we ate twice a day every day but everything we ate was grown nearby with our plates mostly of vegetables and rarely meat. I have never been hospitalized and i never have the cold or the flu (except once). It really isnt that hard to eat healthy, most people just dont want to.

My grandfather who survived Great Depression told me once , Nothing Cheap is good .. Nothing Good is cheap .

@tjgen34

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

@James_Doyle83

Жыл бұрын

So walking for free anit good then that's what your grandfather would've said then

@sew_gal7340

Жыл бұрын

@@James_Doyle83 you need to think a little harder

@eckankar7756

Жыл бұрын

We lived in a rural area, had our own chickens and a garden, canned our harvest to eat all winter. You can live well on little money if you're willing to put the effort into it. My parents went through the Great Depression, they learned to not waste no matter if something was cheap or not.

@jeanmember

Жыл бұрын

​@@James_Doyle83 he didn't say free he said cheap

Living in a rural community I think of Dollar General as more of a convenience store to pick up one or two items that I don't want to drive into town for, not a replacement to a grocer. I don't even pay attention to the prices, I know it has to be cheaper than gas.

@weirdshibainu

Жыл бұрын

Right? I do a lot of traveling in rural America and use Dollar General for my road snacks. I see where they would be very convenient for some staples when the nearest Walmart is 50 miles away and Dollar General doesn't price gouge for the convenience.

I don't think dollar stores sell stuff for a dollar anymore, I find them more expensive than my local grocer or walmart.

@yvonneplant9434

Жыл бұрын

They don't.

@proletariennenaturiste

Жыл бұрын

Not even Dollar Tree. It sells products at 1.25. And even 5$ Below sells products that are over that amount, even double or triple, or more.

most things in dollar general is over priced anyway. people dont calculate the prize per oz

@misledprops

Жыл бұрын

It’s so true!

@bonjourneegarmin7913

Жыл бұрын

Overpriced and expired items

@Solisium-Channel

Жыл бұрын

To me it's just a snack store. I don't buy anything else.

@SL-lz9jr

Жыл бұрын

I go for the random household supply. But otherwise, I don't use them.

@groupergary5536

Жыл бұрын

It's about convenience on a few needed items on a random day for me. I still make the grocery store trip weekly.

Are we just ignoring the fact that a lot of people shop there bc it's what they can afford or I know plenty of people in my neighborhood without a car and the closest thing to us is a gas station or a dollar general probably a mile from my house either one of them. Yeah grocery stores are way better for balanced meals, but some people are just doing what they can to survive. How are they just going to brush over the price difference right now for so many people who are struggling to afford to live get real.

@themoneymasters101

Жыл бұрын

Companies and corporations operate based off of numbers not necessarily compassion.

@LakePlay

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you should vote differently

@violdagamba

Жыл бұрын

But they discussed in the video that part of the reason grocery stores are often pricier and/or farther away is because the dollar stores push them out. The grocery suppliers cut better deals with the dollar stores and the local grocery then can't compete.

@theuniversepeople6792

Жыл бұрын

Items can be more expensive in those dollar stores honestly

@grizzlybear4

Жыл бұрын

The dollar stores are huge companies that push out real grocery stores and eliminate choices for getting food.

You know I have to take exception to this story. If it wasn't for dollar stores I would have trouble feeding my family. Cuz the grocery stores charge two to three times more for prices of the same items that I could get at the dollar store.

@Greeneyedkitty82

Жыл бұрын

Are you calculating the weight of what you are buying. DG often sales smaller sizes for less.

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

@@Greeneyedkitty82 Exactly 💯

@theboringchannel2027

Жыл бұрын

on a per ounce basis, DG and DT are generally higher in price than a supermarket.

@removedbyutube

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that, we're all facing tough times

@SCFLEUR

Жыл бұрын

Dollar General is not cheap

These stores are popping where I live, but they are higher than Walmart and regular grocery stores.

@bobshagit-io8lq

Жыл бұрын

higher in price, lower in quality

@Chinaglo24

Жыл бұрын

I was picking up a patient of mine she wanted to stop by the Dollar Store the line was so long I told her NO but you got to admit they making money off of black people that all who were in line,

@kpath74

Жыл бұрын

Higher price to cover more theft.

There used to be a 7-eleven at every street corner, now there is a dollar general on every corner now. The stores are never stocked, unopened stock are blocking the isles and there would be 1 person on each shift! Moreover, when Dollar general has a weekly sale, the items are usually out of stock or not priced to match the sale! Also, I need to include the filthy state that most Dollar General stores are in!

@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286

Жыл бұрын

7/11 ONLY sells poisonous food. Literally... they might carry a bananas or apple once and a while but no real food. 7/11 is partially what caused food deserts to begin with. Again with the systemic racism in the area!!!!

@albertoagilar1807

Жыл бұрын

Write a book about it and then use the pages to whipe your tears

@NYCHFAN

Жыл бұрын

I've never been in a Dollar General, they look filthy from the outside, I've never wanted to go in them.

@TheoneGodfather

Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what the CEO said. He wants a Dollar General on every street corner like 7-Eleven.

@apcarl6351

Жыл бұрын

Don't shop there. It's really that simple. Is whining about it going to solve your issues?

Dollar stores used to be your backup to "normal" stores when you needed to scrimp or just didnt want to pay full price. Now they are the "normal" and shopping at Von's or Safeway is a luxury. Boy how the rich keep winning and winning.

@morpheusgreene2704

Жыл бұрын

then become the rich by any means necessary

@joet7136

Жыл бұрын

​@@morpheusgreene2704 yeah! Just STEAL more from the grocery stores! Problem solved!

@morpheusgreene2704

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesgrey5607 weird you didnt mention soros or gates or bezos

@BlazingShackles

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesgrey5607 you are so transparent Chuck.

@steviejohnson378

10 ай бұрын

Stop shoplifting first

Knowing a persons name is nice, it doesn't pay the bill.

@lorraine4755

Жыл бұрын

Well said, I was thinking the same thing.

@papaagidi2838

Жыл бұрын

I laugh at your clever comment on the video

A 2 liter coke was 3.50 today at my local frys. Who is really hurting the community?

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

I switched to Sunkist pop it's only 1.49 for a 2 liter . Diet Sunkist as well . I don't drink much soda pop but sometimes it's the only thing that quenches my thirst .

@brownwolf6280

Жыл бұрын

@@bellabookitty9014$ 2.95 at my Dollar general store

@paulgoodwin9588

Ай бұрын

@@brownwolf6280 12 pack of pepsi 6.99 at DG. An 18 pack of pepsi at save a lot 6.99. So you get 6 more 12 oz cans of pepsi at save a lot for the same price. DG is a rip off.

I cannot believe they are blaming dollar stores, who provide household essentials not groceries, for the collapse of grocery stores 😑

@moniquedaughtry

Жыл бұрын

Have you ever been to a grocery store? If not, you should go to one because they sell household essentials supplies.

@blackcherry6877

Жыл бұрын

@@moniquedaughtry I literally can walk to 3 of them in my neighborhood. What a dvm question. The point is the grocery stores are not building there but people still need what they need so why wouldn't dollar stores build where there is a need genius.

@paulgoodwin9588

Ай бұрын

@@blackcherry6877 Dollar General will build wherever they can rip people off.

Since I am a single person living alone, I don’t need large individual quantities of food items that I can’t consume before they go stale, etc. Dollar stores provide me with smaller packages, etc, that I can completely consume. Therefore I save money and don’t waste any food. I don’t exclusively buy my food there, such as fresh produce or meat, but dollar stores are a budget saver for me.

Dollar general and family dollar are not dollar stores

@jinxterpinxter

Жыл бұрын

The funny thing is that “dollar stores” don’t exist anymore.

@bradsanders6954

Жыл бұрын

@@jinxterpinxter Its now "dollar, and up" in fine print somewhere. They are more pricey in some cases than Winco or other stores.

@stephaniereece3573

Жыл бұрын

We know that, it's just a nickname really

@84americanwoman

Жыл бұрын

Dollar Tree isn’t even a dollar anymore. Dollar and Quarter Tree. Unreal since the product made cheaply is still outsourced from overseas.

@dot2274

Жыл бұрын

@@bradsanders6954 dollar general has alot of dollar items where im at a bunch of $1 off brand chips over 9 flavors to choose , all candies or most of them are still $1 dollar

Let us not forget the disrespect Dollar general treats customers with. They act as is people are there to steal and not shop rudely demanding you leave your personal bags at the front on the floor. These stores want your money for over priced low value goods in a cluttered disorganized mess.

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

BINGO 🎯 BINGO BINGO 🎯!!!!!!!!

@David53D

Жыл бұрын

Not where I live in South Texas.

@tfuthought

Жыл бұрын

I had an owner literally drag my cart and try to say that I was stealing. I made her feel stupid AF.

@TheoneGodfather

Жыл бұрын

Can’t blame them. There are a lot of thieves around.

@reagenlionel

Жыл бұрын

They do get robbed and stolen from alot. I love two blocks away from a family dollar. And they get robbed like every few weeks. And every other day someone has been trying to steal from them. I've seen it over years, they had to progressive increase security. You can't blame them for that.

So basically, Dollar General is riding the coattail of a full service grocery store, but isn’t.

Our local grocery store went out of business a couple of years ago and all our town of a few thousand people has locally is one Dollar General. You have to drive more than ten miles in any direction to another town to get to a grocery store.

I do most of my food shopping at Walmart, prices there are still cheaper than at stores like Kroger Publix Safeway and such. The Dollars stores around me don't have grocerys, they do have chips and sodas but that's about it.

This almost seems like an attack article from Walmart. This is just what Walmart has done for years. Built smaller stores, neighborhood matkets and then close after killing local businesses. They built Super Stores a ways away whew everyone now has to shop. Dollar General has come into this void and serviced the communities after Walmart's destructive business model. Dollar General is the only real competition, and Wally World's biggest headache. I fully support Dollar General and see them as a positive alternative to the far off Super Stores. Mom and Pop stores are in trouble even without Walmart and Dollar General. The same thing is happening in every retail market. Look at Amazon, Ebay, etc. Times are changing and it is very sad.

@Alovellyone

Жыл бұрын

I said the same thing. My sister loathes walmart because of how they've run all the smaller stores into oblivion. Walmart leaves no other option but to shop from them. Dollar stores aren't going anywhere because it's where alot low income individuals can get non-perishable and household items at an affordable price.

@Whatguy11

Жыл бұрын

As horrible as Walmart is, these dollar stores are worse. Especially the working conditions, usually 1 person running the store overworked and underpaid, and I seen tiktoks where they don't even have working A/C.

@Adam-dt4cg

Жыл бұрын

​@@Whatguy11 do you see the real problem

@39mack23

Жыл бұрын

@@Whatguy11 so why work there We should stop blaming the idiots and just stop servicing them. You'll make more working for doordash or Uber at this point

@CendeTanen-lp8xt

Жыл бұрын

No way look again who the owns their stock, state st. Blcrck, van,. The new produce is own by the global elite and handle by Gates to infuse the produce qith you know what. Dig a little. Its all there.

I saw firsthand how these dollar stores create food deserts when I lived in Illinois for a while. Sure, they do sell some food, but it's primarily junk. The closest halfway decent grocery store was almost 40 minutes away.

When I was a kid, dollar stores were called Five & Dimes. Inflation made them dollar stores. Soon they will be called Five & Tens ($5 &$10). More inflation.

@P8860

Жыл бұрын

They have five below stores now

Oh excuse you me dollar store was sometimes the only way I could afford to feed my family, and there's nothing wrong with the food, most have fresh and prepackaged and when you've got hungry kids you buy what you can afford, perhaps if the government stopped destroying thousands of tons of food every year just to keep prices artificially inflated the story would be different.

@rosaliamartinez8956

Жыл бұрын

Preach sister !!!

@mrsleep0000

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you should have gotten your life together before you had kids so you could afford to feed them. Woman are the worst at making good decisions, all these dummies getting pregnant and having kids they can't afford.

@kushking949

Жыл бұрын

First off they are just making this about race like always. Well maybe your black store should be cheaper on prices .

@-_Somebody_

Жыл бұрын

🎯

Everyone should try to grow their own food if possible. Even a little herb box will save you money.

@shari9721

Жыл бұрын

Yes , even on a balcony you have room to grow numerous things in 5 gallon buckets if you grow "Up" tomatoes , cucumbers , zucchini, strawberries etc

@Danny451

Жыл бұрын

I have a chicken coop in my apartment, so that it saves me money on those expensive eggs at the supermarket.

@JW-hi5wd

Жыл бұрын

@@Danny451 Gross.

@wil-fri

Жыл бұрын

​@@JW-hi5wd remember that Dr. House episode where a boy with asma went to chicken fights and didn't tell the doctors?

@Danny451

Жыл бұрын

@@JW-hi5wd It's gross, and the smell is bad, and it's a violation code and nobody wants to visit, but at least I get cheap eggs.🤣🐔 🥚🥚

Ain’t nobody Complained about How Walmart Destroyed other Grocery Store Chains.

@SpeekofDee

Жыл бұрын

People did complain but ain't nothing they can do about it lol.

@weirdshibainu

Жыл бұрын

Ain't nobody Complained when people were stealing from Walmart.

@wanluv

Жыл бұрын

Yes, yes they did. They especially complained because unfortunately Wal-Mart brings toxic violence.....its all there if you take time to look it up.

@Mouse01011

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know what rock you’ve been living under the last 20 years.

@derrynelson4637

Жыл бұрын

@@Mouse01011 I don’t know what rock you been living under for the past 50 years

People are going to go where the prices are cheaper plain and simple

I get almost all my food shipped from Target now. ALDI'S often fills the gap of the huge supermarkets which are the size of whole city blocks nowadays.

@laurenwarwick6517

Жыл бұрын

Love Aldi's. I have a regular list of fruit and veggies and meats I get there plus the best prices most times for milk, butter and eggs. I always scan the sections to see if they have some name brand on a sale price I know beats the larger chain or I find a special treat item at a good price and splurge...last time was a dozen frozen coconut shrimp with a pack of fruit sauce for under $5. As an appetizer at the cheapest restaurant near me they are $12.99. Great lunch. Some failures to stock as much as a bigger store, but I note what I need they do not stock and make a list. Another go to is Aldi stocks cut flowers for way cheaper than the flower section in area groceries or the bait and swirch garden centers that promise Easter flowers $3.99 on signs...but when you go in the few bedraggled offerings for that price are pitiful and any that look good are more like $10 and up. Aldi's flower prices are as marked and best.

@ronniepatterson2827

Жыл бұрын

You can afford stuff from Target?

@peterbury9707

Жыл бұрын

Target groceries are cheaper than my local market by far and cheaper than Walmart online. Free shipping too.

@22lanisha

Жыл бұрын

@Honest Real That’s a question for your local Target.

I have never seen fresh produce in a dollar general anywhere in my life.

I live in a majority Black part of a mid sized town in Georgia. In my area, within about a 3 mile area. We have about 3 dollar stores and 2 grocery stores. We had 1 grocery store shut down but another took its place. And we had a dollar store shut down and another took it's place. I really can't see a dollar store putting a grocery store out of business. I've never seen people spend more than probably less than a hundred in a dollar store. But people spend a few hundred in a grocery store.

@duane_313

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this news story is very weird. I only heard of dollar stores popping up in urban food desserts alleviate a problem, not cause it..I think these people are directing their negative energy at wrong place. They should be concerned why their community members feel they have to shop at a dollar store instead.

@NazriB

11 ай бұрын

Lies again? Saver Delivery

Or is it that the grocery stores that open in those areas get robbed to death everyday and choose to close their stores rather than to let the people steal everything that's not bolted down. It's one of those issues we won't actually address because it would hurt the "other groups" feelings.....

@joet7136

Жыл бұрын

Nope. Nobody's talking about the obvious.

The Dollar Generals in our area are more like small convenience stores. They don't sell meat or produce. I run in there to buy a pack of gum or a sewing kit to fix a button, stuff like that. I go there when I don't want to go into a Walmart just a get one or two little items. The closest thing to "groceries" our Dollar Generals sell are snacks and beverages.

Walmart has done the same thing for decades.

In Canada we have the Dollarama and Dollar Tree, I get my things like bathroom, kitchen and house cleaners, pens, paper, markers, envelopes, laundry detergent, toothpaste, floss, shampoo, body wash, paper towels, batteries, and snacks like Oreo cookies, microwave popcorn, canned foods and the occasional chocolate bar and bottle water and I will only spend under $100 every 2 weeks, Dollar Stores carry the bulk of my must haves so I am able to afford food from Costco, Sobeys and No Frills, to me Dollar Stores are a saviour.

Those are the only stores that same area doesn't ROB!! Now, no other store will go into there. 💫

This is why I always shop at mom and pop shops, I stay away from Amazon like the plague

@deamorebeaute2412

Жыл бұрын

Mom and Pop shops sell products on Amazon. 😂 Everything is moving towards digital transformation. Unless, there is an EMP attack nothing is going to change.

@Diane_Sydämenlyönti

Жыл бұрын

And spending more money too

There’s no way dollar stores are squeezing out grocery stores. They have only a few food items and they’re usually expired.

@kendra.achildress5210

Жыл бұрын

Thats the problem... too many dollar stores & not enough grocery stores

@Diane_Sydämenlyönti

Жыл бұрын

Republicans are just hating.

I don't understand how they are so popular. They're just as expensive as the bigger stores. And where I live, there are no dollar stores with fresh foods, vegetables and fruits.

There is nothing wrong with Family Dollar, Dollar General and Dollar Stores (just that they need better organization). That being said….Like the lady said they compliment the grocery stores. These stories are good for party supplies and holiday decorations. Birthday 🥳 balloons 🎈 for $1. Decorations for $1., games, toys, crafts. Where the other big stores charge you like 5x-10x more for the same item. Let FREE MARKET decide. There’s so much to be said but I’ll stop here. People need to understand that everything in your community isn’t bad or out to get you.

I shop at Dollar General,Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar for some items.

Dried legumes, whole grains, frozen vegetables, canned vegetables and frozen fruit are relatively inexpensive. Chicken leg quarters and canned fish-salmon, sardines, mackerel and herring are also relatively inexpensive.

That first Dollar Store DEFINITELY knew they were gonna be on TV, look how clean it was 😆

We need grocery markets in food deserts in Toledo ,Ohio.

@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286

Жыл бұрын

And I used to think Toledo was a big city? Ouch Im sorry... it's the same for my rural brothers and sisters in my state. Dollar General is tricking people but at the same time the one featured in this "report" seems to have everything a small safeway would have.

@opie32958

Жыл бұрын

Start one.

Are they seriously complaining ? How about they lower their prices?! Grocery store mark up like crazy. It’s time for a change.

@krnpowr

Жыл бұрын

The small grocery stores, like the one featured in this segment, actually have real thin margins.

@zesolodar

Жыл бұрын

if your a kroger, publix yes your right. but those arent the ones going out of business and closing stores, if they do its not for money, because your publix you can buy a huge amount so you get a deal from the suppliers. they know your a good customer. this guy not so much. as someone who owns their own business quantity is a big deal when it comes to suppliers. go get an alarm company to give you price for a system. then ask them can you do ten for me and see how the price per unit or subscription fee changes. also have you ever looked at his p and l sheet to know what he can afford to do or not do. you really dont think he tried lowering his price? come on now

@jonnyfendi2003

Жыл бұрын

“Its time for a change “….. u voted for this quit complaining. Enjoy your bidenflation now keep quiet and wear your mask

@sandraphillips7827

Жыл бұрын

Please. I promise you people act as if under 45 there were no problems. Clearly you find places that sell Koolaid.

@krnpowr

Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyfendi2003 the entire globe is currently dealing with high inflation. In fact, the US has a lower rate than just about any other country, clown. Keep your Faux News BS to yourself

They aren’t groceries they are convenience stores. Some products are more expensive than chains. Dollar Tree isn’t even a dollar anymore it’s now “Dollar and a Quarter Tree” now. I read they will be becoming more of a 5 Below eventually. Prices sky rocketing inflation and pay for people stays stagnant. We’re well on our way to being a two class society. Rich and poor. That’s a problem.

@charliedeegan1598

Жыл бұрын

The last time in history a wealth gap was this big.... well.... Let's just say everyone lost their minds

Very interesting story. Food deserts are real and dollar stores are slightly upgraded corner stores not solving the problem of nutritional food in the community.

@rainbowstar2775

Жыл бұрын

Then people should take supplements and vitamins

@SpokenTruth419

Жыл бұрын

@@rainbowstar2775 so because your food is not nutritious you should be forced to take supplements? Pills covered in other chemicals just to live great idea 👍🏾. It's like saying eat poison as long as you have the antidote 🤷🏾‍♂️

We have to fight for dollar stores to remain open & affordable for all. They aren’t a grocery store but is affordable when you go for cleaning supplies and snacks lol 😅

@ThereAreNoBlackPpl

Жыл бұрын

but not fresh foods, good luck with all your community health problems

@aidanpierce9002

Жыл бұрын

@kazewarrior 93 says you who can afford to go to conventions

@johnnyp7329

Жыл бұрын

@@kazewarrior93 shop at Walmart

@johnnyp7329

Жыл бұрын

Eat ground turkey Jennos fruit and veggies it's not that expensive

@ThereAreNoBlackPpl

Жыл бұрын

@kazewarrior 93 yes, it is nice to be able to afford all these fresh foods. I live in a place where that kind of thing is important to people. if you don’t want a business to close, you’re suppose to go support them by buying things from there. so we have a lot of choices where i live, it’s why i chose to live where i am. I think of how inconvenient it is to live in certain places, because of the inaccessibility to good foods can cause further health problems down the line, and end up being more costlier in the long run. pay now or pay later.

There are absolutely no grocery stores in my area, it's better than nothing.

@krnpowr

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear. Where do you live?

@Danny451

Жыл бұрын

​@@krnpowr In the poor area.

I go to dollar tree because it’s close and the grocery stores here are so expensive. Walmart is my first choice to shop, other stores cost sometimes twice as much.

I only go to dollar tree for glassware and cleaning supplies never for groceries. Kroger is pretty affordable if you have it in your town ❤

High inflation is causing people on lower incomes to shop around for the best deals so they can afford to pay other bills

If they're not "grocers", then why are they trying to compete with grocery stores?

@CityLifeinAmerica

Жыл бұрын

$$$$. They sell nothing but junk food.

sucks inner city Grocery stores have such high theft rates. hard to stay open, hope things can turn around someday

I absolutely love the Dollar Tree!

@Solisium-Channel

Жыл бұрын

I like their toy section and buy little toy planes. Don't buy frozen food there though. Maybe cheap but it's also gross.

@TheAdventureAuto

Жыл бұрын

@@Solisium-Channel I buy so many different things. I bought a pair of gardening gloves there and better quality than $10 home Depot pair. Interior and exterior solar lights, and other small electronics. Brushes and buckets for car wash. I never really buy any food there.

@Solisium-Channel

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAdventureAuto Yeah, it's got a little bit of everything for cheap, except food. I once bought this frozen weird looking meat and it melted in the microwave lol

Dollar Tree is the $1.25 store now but in my experience Family Dollar or Dollar General are not dollar stores except that their prices are expressed in dollars and cents. Often prices are hard to find so the item you expected to be $1 or $2 is more like $5 or $10 or more. I avoid these, shop the sales in full service groceries where I know the regular price and if the sale price is worth it and if a name brand on sale is cheaper than the generic store brand and if so, is there a quality difference or not.

Great reporting. The food may be low cost. But they sell garbage and typically operate in communities with majority of residents below the poverty line.

@waltchan

Жыл бұрын

And prices higher than Walmart too.

@Mouse01011

Жыл бұрын

Before the Trump loving conservatives start commenting and claiming that this is another woke journalistic piece, as someone who lives in Minnesota, and my travels to rural parts of the state (which are mostly white working class), I can attest that these dollars stores are all over the freaking place and almost squeezing out mom and pop grocery stores.

@Diane_Sydämenlyönti

Жыл бұрын

You sound like a republican that has no idea what they are talking about

Let us choose what we do with our money.

I've been to a lot of freaking Dollar generals and I've never seen fresh produce you may see like a few small coolers in the back of the store

I thought Family Dollar was a discount store vs a dollar store. That was what my town said when they opened one.

I noticed back in February 2023 that a regular / medium sized jar of Hellmans mayonnaise was selling for approximately $10.50 at my local CVS location, which I've shopped at since 2007. When a singular , regular sized / regular quantity of mayonnaise costs $11.00 after taxes, then circumstances will only worsen for people to afford food. I've NEVER seen mayonnaise cost $11.00 in my state of residence until 2023, and I've always resided in a very expensive state.

@barbarahendryx809

Жыл бұрын

CVS is outrageously priced anyway.

dollar stores are cool for a visit but they are no replacement for a grocery store, i feel like we need to fight

@texchu8331

Жыл бұрын

It's just a narrative. I've seen dollar stores and grocery stores co-exist just fine. It's Walmart that kills the grocery stores, since those big Walmarts do sell everything a normal grocery store sells but for cheaper.

@Diane_Sydämenlyönti

Жыл бұрын

It's called competition. You are just doing what Republicans want you to do

@nikeprojock

Жыл бұрын

@@Diane_Sydämenlyönti what do republicans want me to do???

2:05 She’s right… they aren’t designed to be grocers.

Never thought a dollar store would threaten any grocery store 😧

I live in a rural community and for me, I use Dollar General to pick up small items I may have ran out of or forgot. But we forget me utilizing DG is a luxury. Some have no choice to grocery shop from these places. What this piece is saying is they have over saturated areas with dollar stores that do not adeqetly meet our grocery needs and push out or deter grocery stores from coming in to these rural areas and food deserts. There has to be a happy medium to serve all people what they need.

We are all being corralled.

Does anyone know the main holding company of all these "dollar" stores? Or is it hidden by Shell companies? There are so many popping up, and so closely located is mighty sus. Sounds a lot like when Walmart came into every neighborhood, running out all the local small businesses that supported the community, contributing to massive job loss, leaading to increased poverty, crime and substance abuse. Sounds like the, "How to destroy a Community" handbook!! 😢😢 Cheaper is NOT ALWAYS better!!

@weirdshibainu

Жыл бұрын

Dollar General is a publicly traded company. It stock closed at $ 212.44 a share on 4/6/2023 with a market cap of 46.5 billion. Dollar Tree closed at $ 149.04 a share on 4/6/2023, with a market cap of 33 billion. No holding company, no shell company, no conspiracy. Simply a chain of stores that sell a lot of product in lesser served markets.

@americangirlx4

Жыл бұрын

@@weirdshibainu There is definitely more to the story. Many communities have started to put the brakes on allowing anymore $ stores to come in comparing them to the Walmart takeover. The cos. "story" of "claiming" to fill in small town's food deserts doesn't ring true. If that was the case, they wouldn't have nearly so many. The market is saturated, yet their plans to build more are still growing! They are quite aware that their presence will gradually destroy the local businesses, eliminating larger grocers, forcing residents to rely on ONLY cheap and unhealthy food and products available. Studies show that areas where $ stores have become a primary shopping source, people's health has declined with huge increases in diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Moreso, the prices aren't as good as they seem, (with deceptive practices) such as small packaging, lower weight and volume and single serve vs. bulk, and poor quality and "questionable" ingredients. 🤔🤔

@weirdshibainu

Жыл бұрын

@@americangirlx4 Disagree. The market will determine if there are too many of those stores in a given area. You're also assuming that local businesses don't exploit their advantage in the market. If the dollar stores products were abjectly inferior and deceptive, the consumer would vote with their pocket book. Again, I travel rural areas where a Walmart is miles away. I find it laughable when people complain about the poor food choices offered by the dollar stores. I'm not claiming they're a whole foods, but look at the dietary selection offered by CVS or Walgreens..supposed healthcare based stores. Look at Walmart, while they offer "fresh food" they are a huge supplier of poor dietary selections. I also find it hilarious that the same communities that push back against dollar stores more than welcome every fast food franchise as well as Starbucks. I'd really like to see the studies that show what's claimed and more importantly who is funding the study. I'll give you a classic case---sugar is the number cause of obesity and a number of other health issues. In the 90s , "excess fat" in food became the enemy without any serious scientific review...who pushed the "fat is bad" narrative...studies funded by the sugar industry.

@americangirlx4

Жыл бұрын

@@weirdshibainu I'm sure that ur aware that most of ur rebuttal was a series of strawman arguments. U chose to steer ur opinions to unrelated and incongruous areas. Don't know why ur pushing the "agenda" so hard, or if u have a stake in the $ store takeover, but either way....you've developed a rigid mindset that refuses or is incapable of seeing the BIG picture! That is, in itself, tragic!!

@weirdshibainu

Жыл бұрын

@@americangirlx4 I'm not pushing an agenda and it certainly isn't a "strawman " argument. Point to a single sentence that is a strawman. I illuminated facts. The rigid thinking is on your part in attempting to make dollar stores the nexus of evil in a community. The tragedy is that you don't realize that whatever you think of the industry, it serves a population of people that may not have any other option and it's not some vast conspiracy on the part of the $ dollar store.

This is RIDICULOUS! The dollar stores are like corner store bodegas. If the people want and need that in their day to day journey who is it for some larger store to figure out a way to eliminate the affordable convenient stores? Nobody in that area is going to spend more money just to save a grocery store. If you can’t handle the competition, you lose.

They need to lower prices then

@krnpowr

Жыл бұрын

Not possible with the prices that wholesalers are selling to the small grocery stores. And the producers currently are making record profits selling at inflated prices to wholesalers.

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

It's also the high price of gas to get the products to the store . Anytime gas goes up , so does food .

That wouldn't happen if these grocery stores weren't so greedy

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

BINGO 🎯

@jeffw1267

Жыл бұрын

Right. I noticed that a 2-liter of A&W root beer is now $3.49 at Kroger. The same 2-liter at Dollar Tree is $1.25. There are lots of other examples too. Why is Kroger charging almost three times as much?

@joet7136

Жыл бұрын

LMAO! That's hilarious. Grocery stores have razor thin margins. Food deserts happen when the surrounding community allows rampant theft but hey, keep ignoring the obvious!

People are always going to look for the lowest prices possible. No one means any harm by it.

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou . You are so correct . We r just trying to survive .

Great coverage …Dollar stores are convenience stores … in fact this is like Walmarts opening up and shutting down the Mom and Pops stores over the course of decades … I prefer to go to the independent business -even “franchised grocers” than the Dollar stores for a grocery list …Our community is blessed to still have “independent “ small business/grocers and retailers (many have closed and a few hung in there)

I absolutely love dollar stores, they provide some needed stuff at low prices and dont inflate like the groceries where things are up every week...its not comparable to a grocery store but it definitely helps everyone in the community, specially those with low income! Food there is also not bad, its same as others in the grocery store tested/approved and not expired! So why judge? Suddenly the store that works for poor people is a problem?

So it’s Dollar General that’s doing all of the shoplifting that’s creating food deserts?

I get all my meat and produce from a farmers market. Snacks and non-food grocery items I get from Walmart because they usually have the best selection and prices

Dollar stores not creating food deserts 😂😂😂 there was no grocery store in the hood in the first place

I love the dollar stores! The people that work them are from the neighborhoods and also remember a lot of shoppers names.

Need to start getting community gardens in place of places like dollar general and family dollar and dollar tree. Any old warehouses or shopping malls can be converted into housing and community areas. We need to stop relying on big corporations for food.

@reneedennis2011

Жыл бұрын

👍🏾

What do they want us to do? We're getting priced out of the grocery store. The point of raised the Federal interest rate was so people would stop shopping until the corporate giants decide to lower prices.

Most of the products in the Dollar store are made form Bio-Engineered ingredients.

@JS-zb1vv

Жыл бұрын

Every chain store is . Including grocery stores. You can’t sell “ organic “ in large chains. It’s easy to meet the FDA standards for organic. It’s a lie . The only real organic is if you grow it yourself.

@bradsanders6954

Жыл бұрын

I REALLY doubt you can provide any proof of that. I know you cant.

@lenaprice6239

Жыл бұрын

@@bradsanders6954 If it's not organic, then yes, it is bio-engineered. Why do you think it's selling for a dollar? ;)

@320dufferin

Жыл бұрын

There is food from other countries too. Peanut butter from india and cookies from thailand etc. I don't purchase those items, but i haven't been in a dollar store in over a year. I prefer supermarket sales for most grocery needs and i buy things that are 50% off because they're expiring soon. After it's Walmart to complete.

@bradsanders6954

Жыл бұрын

@@lenaprice6239 So everything not marked organic is bio engineered.....your gonna have a tough time pushing this idea....as long as your having fun no harm done.

NBC News, there is an enormous disconnect with the general population and wealthy east coast news media in this video. A very large disconnect and inaccuracy based on race. You just ignored a massive segment of the population who lives in rural communities and my brother is one of them. You are the American Pravda.

@sandraphillips7827

Жыл бұрын

Contact them with your suggestions.

Not just urban communities either. Upnorth in Michigan is the same way, saw dollar generals set up right across from small grocery stores that had shut down

They better be grateful. Grocery stores are leaving because of crime. They are not being honest here.

dollar stores don’t run grocery stores out of business, theft does

Wal-Mart is the real culprit. Dollar, Family dollar stores are also culprits.

@joet7136

Жыл бұрын

No, letting people shoplift without consequences is the real problem.

What I find interesting about Dollar General is that they have grocery stores and gas stations but they dont put those store plans in rural areas. All you get is a mix of junk and a half aisle of produce if you're lucky

Shoplifting and theft costs grocers millions each year, and they're going to blame the "dollar" stores for the loss of profits. Lazy.

"Dollar stores" are not cheaper.

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

BINGO 🎯 YOU got that right !!!!!!!! They are now higher than WM and local GS 's prices . Why anyone shops there is beyond my comprehensive, especially if the 2 stores are in the same block and or parking lot .

Stupidest thing I've heard in a long time. Protesting the stores with the cheapest prices? Why don't you try protesting the big grocery conglomerates for their price gouging.

@Wongseifu548

Жыл бұрын

You do realize what the business model of a company like dollar general is right

@mel...s

Жыл бұрын

They don't have the cheapest prices. They don't offer healthy food. They usually sell smaller quantities but the prices are more expensive per unit. Any family dollar shopper knows they're not cheaper and are usually way more expensive.

@net9925

Жыл бұрын

@@mel...s And the people who can only afford a small portion at a low price?........oh right, who cares. People usually shop at dollar stores because they have to or because they can get a good deal on something. That obviously isn't your reality.

So a dollar store chain disrupting grocery chain stores sales, how can we possibly survive. Forcing the stores to be competitive doesn't really seem like a negative.

Don't shop at dollar store if you don't want them.

Thank you, "Lester Holt." ❤️

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

Yes Lester Holt is my favorite reporter . He's wonderful and his voice is so soothing .

Yall can say dollar stores are cheap etc. But their ceos sure ain't been on epsteins islands like the bigger supermarkets walmart etc..

No filler general in my area has any type of fresh produce!! Most of our DG near us and any $1 stores are canned goods, boxed goods, house hold products and toys. We HAVE to go to Walmart! Lol

Honestly the real reason why. People are forced to shop these stores because they can't afford shopping over inflated stores. Quit pretending it ain't so.

I spend my money at my local grocery store, they are family owned and operated, and they are really expensive. Like the woman in the piece, I shop exclusively there because of customer loyalty. But, if I want to save money I might have to start getting some things from Walmart or a dollar store! Grocery bills be ridiculous and it's getting harder to justify this luxurious spending when I could possibly save 100-150 bucks a month just going to ratchet Walmart lol I love my local grocer too, but, dam.

@bellabookitty9014

Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean . It's a delima I've had to choose to shop at Walmart because our local grocery stores prices are so high I can no longer afford to shop there unless they have a sale , but when I get there on the 1st day of sale , sometimes what's advertised is all gone or they were lying about the stock being there . It's infuriating . I bought grapes on sale recently at the local GS and they had a horrible chemical smell and taste . So I asked my neighbor to taste them and she spit them out and said oh what in the world is that . So I asked the grocer ( manager ) and he said that that's what grapes from the country of Chili taste like sometimes. So I assumed the only reason they were on sale was because of the horrible taste . They were beyond sour , they were unedible . So I threw them in the trash 🗑.

I don’t think I understand… A store comes into the neighborhood selling items cheaper is bad for the community? Must be that 80s math and economics I was raised with confusing me.

@bobroberts2371

Жыл бұрын

Dollar stores siphon off just enough business from full service grocery stores that the store isn't profitable. Problem is, dollar stores are not full service grocers leaving residents without a full shopping list. See also Walmart that comes into an area and decimates existing small businesses.

@KevinSmith-fw5tb

Жыл бұрын

@Stranded NYer As if you don't shop at Walmart and other like stores.

@spades9048

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of local restaurants thrive and they are mom & pops. They thrive because they offer excellent food that can’t be found elsewhere. No - I don’t need to go to my local “mom & pop” store to buy a box of nails. Thanks but no thanks - I’ll take the $4 box of nails at Home Depot vs. the $6 box of nails at mom & pop. I know, I know - somehow I would be better off by spending the extra 20/25/30/35% more because somehow less money in my account but going towards a local account will benefit me blah blah blah blah blah. Every Home Depot/Walmart/Amazon/Publix started off as local stores.

@spades9048

Жыл бұрын

@Stranded NYer Oh, okay. You’re going to assume that there is a local mom & pop hardware store within walking distance and Home Depot is so far away that it costs $5 to get there. That’s really, really cute and you think I’m dumb.

@CyFi6

Жыл бұрын

Right. Is this an argument about dollar general or capitalism?

So, how is it Dollar stores fault that the big grocery stores don’t want to open up in poor black and Latino communities?

UHM? WHAT? where I live the dollar stores are MORE expensive than the regular store?!?!!