Dollar general is pretty bad for towns. Don’t know if they’ve done heinous anti union shit yet by they siphon wealth out of local economies kind of lethally
This is true, but Dollar General also tends to move in after the economy is already hollowed out. You used to have vast distribution networks of local merchants and independent businesses. Now everything flows up to the Waltons and Bezos and Dollar General licks up the scraps.
Indeed but Dollar General is just worth mentioning specifically because the rate they do it at is larger per their revenue. Like if you live in a small town and hear DG is trying to set up, seriously fight that shit.
Dollar general is pretty bad for towns. Don’t know if they’ve done heinous anti union shit yet by they siphon wealth out of local economies kind of lethally
Hard to unionize when you’re the only person working the store.
But yes, the company is also anti-union.
That’s right I forget they operate on skeleton crews.
This is true, but Dollar General also tends to move in after the economy is already hollowed out. You used to have vast distribution networks of local merchants and independent businesses. Now everything flows up to the Waltons and Bezos and Dollar General licks up the scraps.
I was not aware of this. A lot of these towns I see them feeding off of had their moment before I was born, so that’s a detail I missed
Walmart is way worse.
Alongside Amazon, both of them destroyer of malls.
literally every public company siphons wealth
Indeed but Dollar General is just worth mentioning specifically because the rate they do it at is larger per their revenue. Like if you live in a small town and hear DG is trying to set up, seriously fight that shit.