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Mar 17, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
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/

#DollarStoreProblems Image 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/
Mar 13, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
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/

#DolllarStoreProblems Image 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/
Nov 28, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
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