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Dollar General and Dollar Tree have each been fined millions of dollars by the federal govt. for everything from exposed wiring to blocked exits to severe rodent infestations.
Remarkably, they’ve shown little interest in making their stores safer. 🧵1/
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Remarkably, they’ve shown little interest in making their stores safer. 🧵1/
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Between 2017-22, Dollar Tree was fined more than $9.3 million by OSHA for piling boxes in aisles and storage rooms, blocking emergency exits, and creating trip hazards for workers and shoppers. 2/
In 2019, the FDA sent a warning letter to the company for sourcing over-the-counter medications, sold under Dollar Tree’s Assured Brand label, from foreign companies that significantly violate Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations. 3/
When dollar store chains move into town, they can have a disastrous effect on local tax revenue.
Take, for example, the story of Haven, KS, which lost more than $50,000 in annual revenue after a Dollar General pushed out the town’s only grocery store. 🧵1/
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Take, for example, the story of Haven, KS, which lost more than $50,000 in annual revenue after a Dollar General pushed out the town’s only grocery store. 🧵1/
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At first, the opening of a Dollar General seemed like good news for the town of Haven.
The year after the store opened there, sales tax revenue grew by $60,000. 2/
The year after the store opened there, sales tax revenue grew by $60,000. 2/
But then the town’s only grocery store started losing an average of $1,000 per day, the equivalent of 35-40% of its total sales.
The store closed permanently 3 years later—and with it, the town lost the $75,000 in property taxes the grocery store had been paying annually. 3/
The store closed permanently 3 years later—and with it, the town lost the $75,000 in property taxes the grocery store had been paying annually. 3/
