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Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices

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510 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 14:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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regera ◴[07 Dec 25 21:07 UTC] No.46185157[source]▶
Dollar stores are private equity with a checkout lane.

In 2025, Dollar Tree sold Family Dollar to a group of private-equity firms: Brigade Capital Management, Macellum Capital Management and Arkhouse Management Co.

https://corporate.dollartree.com/news-media/press-releases/d...

It’s a business model cosplaying as poverty relief while quietly siphoning money from the people least able to lose it. They already run on a thin-staff, high-volume model. That 23% increase is not a glitch. They know their customers can’t drive across town to complain. They know the regulators won’t scale fines to revenue.

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antonvs ◴[07 Dec 25 22:23 UTC] No.46185872[source]▶
> cosplaying as poverty relief

Does it really? Who says this, and who believes it?

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WarOnPrivacy ◴[07 Dec 25 22:27 UTC] No.46185920[source]▶
>> cosplaying as poverty relief

> Does it really? Who says this

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    we’re here to provide affordable and convenient access to name brands,
    DG’s private brands, nutritious foods, household essentials and more.
ref: https://www.dollargeneral.com/hereforwhatmatters
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1. carlosjobim ◴[08 Dec 25 08:41 UTC] No.46189889[source]▶
That's how every super market or grocery store in the entire world would describe their business.