The chain general store. Discuss! http://www.dollargeneral.com/
DG.
Another one with an Oldsmobile Bravada out front.
Heres one with the old sign.
Another older one.
One word: RETRO!!!!
Heres one in a bigger building.
Another.
A neighborhood store. Its a drawing though.:bigsmile:
Dollar General Trucks!!! :roll:
Whats wrong with this one?
Here's a brand new store that opened last month here in Kingston, about 3 blocks away from my house. Also, there's one in Saugerties, Coxsackie, and tons in the Albany area.
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Whats wrong with this one?
its just thats only two words and it loks average not really eyecatching
the older one has three and the setup of words is unsual which is eyecatching!
Then you should see House Of Bargain's logo! :insane: Plainer then that.
Read this!:roll:>http://www.atkinschronicle.com/02-21-01/general.htm
Yes you! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out over there! :insane:
Another one with the old sign.
The sign explains it all! :tumble:
Their stores are boring and they place them in the most generic buildings imaginable. I hate the Dollar General Stores around here! I prefer Dollar Tree.
I hate how Dollar general calls themselves "Dollar General". Theyre not a Dollar Store!! Kinda deceiving.
Dollar General sponsors the #34 Randy Lajoie (driver) Nascar Busch Series car this year.
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Another older one.
Any idea where this one (one under that caption in a previous post) is?
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QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
Another older one.
Any idea where this one (one under that caption in a previous post) is?
Not sure.
Look out!! :insane:
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http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/js_misc4.htm
Another view of the about to flip ove Dollar General trailer.
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http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/js_misc4.htm
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http://www.hardsteelbuildings.com/pages/350410/page350410.htm?refresh=1100200279911
Covington ?
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http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~alleghanyhighlands/downtown/downtowns.html
Kodak Tn.
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http://thegreatsmokeymountainsparkway.com/_sevier/ssdoll66.htm
Sevierville Tx.
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http://thegreatsmokeymountainsparkway.com/_sevier/svdollar.htm
Powder Springs, Ga.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/62053542/62053542EpfCmZ
Bay Saint Louis, Ms.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/481197383/481197383mDMYJf
A DG Truck by a McStop.
http://www.grow-art.com/hwy50/index.shtml
http://nathanbush.tripod.com/id14.html
Beardstown, IL.
http://www.beardstown.lib.il.us/community/DepartmentStores.html
Nokomis, Illinois
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http://www.nokomisonline.com/ds.html
Cool, a Dollar general toy truck. Rare I bet. :)
http://members.tripod.com/tikestoybox/ertl.htm
Oologah, Ok.
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http://www.oologah.org/oologah_photo_gallery.htm
Texas.
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http://rockwald.com/dollar.html
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http://realestatezoo.com/?q=node&from=50
Lincoln, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
West Baraboo, WI.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Le Roy, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Braidwood, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Freeburg, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Litchfield, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Olivet, MI.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Beardstown, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Beardstown, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Greenville, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Springfield, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Bradley, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Coal City, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
Minonk, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/aldi.html
how different is dollar general than Dollar tree. They used to have an all for a dollar chain, but that closed 9 years ago. These dollar places are more popular.
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how different is dollar general than Dollar tree. They used to have an all for a dollar chain, but that closed 9 years ago. These dollar places are more popular.
Dollar General isn't a dollar store. Its a general store. You can get alot there even groceries.
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
how different is dollar general than Dollar tree. They used to have an all for a dollar chain, but that closed 9 years ago. These dollar places are more popular.
Dollar General isn't a dollar store. Its a general store. You can get alot there even groceries.
what chain is it? I am interested to know and what was the size of their stores.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
how different is dollar general than Dollar tree. They used to have an all for a dollar chain, but that closed 9 years ago. These dollar places are more popular.
Dollar General isn't a dollar store. Its a general store. You can get alot there even groceries.
what chain is it? I am interested to know and what was the size of their stores.
About the size of a bigger dollar store. Heres they're website if thats any help. http://www.dollargeneral.com/
This Dollar General (or should I say Dollar Gstoperal ;) ) is on Balltown Road in Niskayuna (just down from the former Mohawk Mall). It is in a strip of 3 stores next to Hannaford and seems small (and oddly layed out).
The first picture is the Hudson (Greenport) store - in the former Jamesway/Price Chopper plaza.
The second is the Coxsackie store, a newly built freestanding building.
This store is in Saugerties on Route 9W/32 (they run together to the south of the village). It is part of a former grocery store (last an IGA) and is not as new as it looks (it's about a year or 2 old, they have just been re-doing the plaza, hence the banner for a sign).
Also, as I was pulling out of the lot, I caught a glimpse of a truck behind the store - the trailer looks to be of an older design
The Cobleskill location on Route 7 - this building is where the 2nd Eckerd formerly was (about 1/2 mile from the other one that still exists).
It has been subdivided into several stores.
Not sure what it originally was (grocery maybe)?
from what I can see, it could ethier be an old Grand Union or Price Chopper.
here is dollar general in norwich ny in the former ames complex.
I saw a lot of those in the state of NY. the closest to NE is in hudson falls ny
in malone ny
Love them or hate them they are pretty popular and there's one around every corner.
This is a Dollar general in Toledo, Oh...
It located in plaza with a soon-to-be fitness gym (formely, Food Town, a Sparten-Owned regional grocery chain) and warehouse for the Toledo Hospital (located in the former Hair World space.)
Hair World replaced Shoe Cents, a low-cost shoe store. Hair World only lasted a year or two...
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Another older one.
I saw this type of Dollar General sign in Gettysburg, PA when I went to the civil war re-enactment on the fourth of july weekend, but when I got a picture a car got in the way so only half of the sign can be seen.
the front of a dollar general in Hillcrest Plaza in Bethel Park fell down...
Mar 6, 2009 2:55 pm US/Eastern
Crews Clear Rubble After Store Front Collapse
BETHEL PARK (KDKA) ―
Roof Collapse At Hillcrest Shopping Center
Crews have started the long clean-up process after a store front collapsed today at a shopping center in Bethel Park.
The partial roof collapse happened this morning at the Hillcrest Shopping Plaza on Route 88.
Police and fire crews were called to the scene when the collapse was reported. Officials have also brought in some equipment to help with clearing away all the rubble and debris left behind.
Authorities say crews did not believe anyone was injured or trapped.
However, officials say the scene was being evaluated. The shopping plaza was evacuated after the collapse was reported.
There is no reports so far on what may have caused the store front to fall.
image courtesy of KDKA.com
Dollar General has a new logo! Still not exciting looking but I think it makes them look more modern.
Looks like Dollar General is making an entrance to the CT market.
Found this article on the CBS Money website:
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. -- Discount-store operator Dollar General Corp. said Monday it plans to open 625 new stores and hire more than 6,000 workers in 2011.
The company said Monday the store openings will be in 35 states it currently operates in as well as in three new states: Connecticut, Nevada and New Hampshire. It also plans to remodel or relocate 550 stores.
Dollar General, based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., currently operates 9,200 stores and employs 88,000 staffers.
Its stores have gained market share from competitors such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., as consumers count pennies because of high unemployment and the uncertain economy.
In December Dollar General said its third-quarter net income rose 69 percent, helped by cost cuts and higher revenue, and the company raised its full-year guidance. Its revenue rose 10 percent to $3.22 billion.
Its shares rose 12 cents to $30.78 in morning trading.
Isn't it funny that a chain run by a former Supervalu executive is thriving while Supervalu itself under a former Walmart exec is tanking? I hope the growth of Dollar General will encourage Family Dollar to improve their lackluster stores.
They can open in Southington, Connecticut in The Shoprite Plaza. At 9,500 square feet, half the former KB Toyworks is just over the size of the average Dollar General store, which according to their website is 9,014 square feet. In 2006 the former KB was subdivided into a 5,000 Square foot Citibank and 9,500 square feet of vacant space. The Citibank closed down in 2008 less than 2 years after it opened. Since there's already this ready-made spot the right size there's no reason for them to sub-divide the 20,000 Square foot former Bernie's.
A Dollar General Market will be opening soon in my town, Hamden, CT. Is anyone familiar with it? Is it similar to Aldi? Does it sell good stuff or mostly junk?
Quote from: standa on September 02, 2011, 09:45:48 AM
A Dollar General Market will be opening soon in my town, Hamden, CT. Is anyone familiar with it? Is it similar to Aldi? Does it sell good stuff or mostly junk?
I wish they would come to Southington.
Quote from: standa on September 02, 2011, 09:45:48 AM
A Dollar General Market will be opening soon in my town, Hamden, CT. Is anyone familiar with it? Is it similar to Aldi? Does it sell good stuff or mostly junk?
From what I've heard it's larger than the conventional Dollar General stores and tends to have more food.
They built a Dollar General in Lyndonville, VT and it did so well they expanded into the rest of the building.
The sad part is that the new Dollar General stores are nothing like the old.
This one is well stocked and neat. I like the sketchy Dollar General stores in the south better! ;D
I'll take the new kind. ;D I've still got to visit a Dollar General; how does it compare to a Family Dollar? Even the northern Family Dollar stores are kinda sketchy!
We're getting a Dollar General here in Torrington. It's in the former space of Brooks Pharmacy. It's good to see some activity going on in Torrington Plaza.
Overall I think Dollar General is just a little better than Family Dollar, but there really isn't much difference. I think DG has more brand names and seems a little less "cheesy". In many towns Family Dollar has a newer location, which helps them. I shop them both as they are convenient, cheap, and outside of venturing into the Food Lion in our town, they are the only choice without leaving the zip code. Our DG is an old, downtown location (former Silco, I believe) and seems to have almost zero storage space. So, when the delivery truck comes, the place can become almost unshoppable as the aisles get filled with boxes.
Closed Dollar General Store which moved into an old Eckerd drug location less than 1/4 mile down the street. Sorry for the pic my phone is stupid!
Old news again, but DG opened their first New Hampshire store in Nashua back in November. I thought it was a strange place for their first store in the Granite State since they have so many in Vermont already (several of them not far from the NH border) but no stores (yet) in MA. It'll be interesting to see how they spread out from there. Is it me, or does it look more like an office supply store than a discount store?
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At my local Dollar General, they ask you for ID if you look like you're under 18. Stupidest f**king rule ever.
Dollar General is moving into the old Waldbaum's in Bristol, CT on Divinity Street.
http://www.bristolpress.com/articles/2013/01/09/news/doc50ed99b5436d5322479269.txt
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Dollar General is moving into the old Waldbaum's in Bristol, CT on Divinity Street.
http://www.bristolpress.com/articles/2013/01/09/news/doc50ed99b5436d5322479269.txt
Grand opening is Saturday April 6th.
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Quote from: Marc B on January 09, 2013, 03:18:51 PM
Dollar General is moving into the old Waldbaum's in Bristol, CT on Divinity Street.
http://www.bristolpress.com/articles/2013/01/09/news/doc50ed99b5436d5322479269.txt
Grand opening is Saturday April 6th.
How was the crowds at the grand opening??
I didn't go. I figured it would be too crowded. Plus Lite 100.5 was there giving out T-Shirts, CDs, concert tickets, etc.
I stopped by the new Bristol location late Saturday morning. It actually wasn't too crowded. At least they cleaned up the exterior of the building a bit.
crum186 welcome aboard!
Went to the new store in Bristol, Connecticut today. It's pretty nice and it's definitely a step up from Family Dollar.
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Went to the new store in Bristol, Connecticut today. It's pretty nice and it's definitely a step up from Family Dollar.
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Dollar General is a bit better than Family Dollar. Family Dollars are all different, while the Dollar General I've been to is more upscaale looking...
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Went to the new store in Bristol, Connecticut today. It's pretty nice and it's definitely a step up from Family Dollar.
Dollar General and Family Dollar have to be the two stores with the swing. Both can range from beautiful, to dumps.
All of the Dollar Generals that I have been to in the New England have been a massive step up from those in the south. Mainly because the northern stores are newer, but the ones I have been to in the south were bad, and it wasn't all because of age.
Cleanliness and well stocked shelves isn't solely dependant on the age of a store.
Same goes for Family Dollar. The old stores that we have in New England are meh, but the new stores that they are building are great.
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Quote from: Marc B on April 14, 2013, 12:04:48 PM
Went to the new store in Bristol, Connecticut today. It's pretty nice and it's definitely a step up from Family Dollar.
Dollar General and Family Dollar have to be the two stores with the swing. Both can range from beautiful, to dumps.
All of the Dollar Generals that I have been to in the New England have been a massive step up from those in the south. Mainly because the northern stores are newer, but the ones I have been to in the south were bad, and it wasn't all because of age.
Cleanliness and well stocked shelves isn't solely dependant on the age of a store.
Same goes for Family Dollar. The old stores that we have in New England are meh, but the new stores that they are building are great.
Family Dollar is building a new store near me, so I'll see what it looks like when it opens...
Here's an interior shot of one near me that closed and relocated.
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Quote from: Marc B on April 14, 2013, 12:04:48 PM
Went to the new store in Bristol, Connecticut today. It's pretty nice and it's definitely a step up from Family Dollar.
Dollar General and Family Dollar have to be the two stores with the swing. Both can range from beautiful, to dumps.
All of the Dollar Generals that I have been to in the New England have been a massive step up from those in the south. Mainly because the northern stores are newer, but the ones I have been to in the south were bad, and it wasn't all because of age.
Cleanliness and well stocked shelves isn't solely dependant on the age of a store.
Same goes for Family Dollar. The old stores that we have in New England are meh, but the new stores that they are building are great.
Some stores are over the top and much better looking than any dollar store will ever need to look and then others look beyond rundown to the point where their almost scary to go into. A store just opened up in union bridge md in what used to be a old local iga about 2 weeks ago and its really nice, modern interior and a wide range of products. Then look at the one in hanover pa that opened up in a old rite aid and damn theres a huge difference. It carries about 35% less than the union bridge one and the interior looks like the whole store is going to fall apart if it starts to rain outside. Their is such a extreme difference between the two its not even describable.
Dollar General is expanding fast and furious here in Connecticut.
2 more will be opening. Both in small towns. One will be on Route 6 - Main Street in Terryville and the other will be on Route 69 Wolcott Road in Wolcott. From what a friend of mine tells me the one in Wolcott is being built from the ground up on a vacant lot.
Does anyone have a Dollar General across the road from a Family Dollar? I liked Dollar General they opened in my hometown in Dolgeville right before my senior year their like the only national chain store in town. They are pretty nice stores I just don't see the reason that one would exist near a Family Dollar. I swear they are almost the same store kinda like Office Depot and Office Max.
My understanding (not based on direct experience, mind you) is that currently Dollar General has a definite edge on merchandising over Family Dollar. That said, there seems to be an arms race between the "Dollar" stores (Family/General/Tree) to see who can expand the fastest. I can't help but think that there will be a day of reckoning for one or more of them. But Dollar General, at least, still has uncharted territory to conquer.
A family member works at a Dollar General near my home.
It is maybe 9000 square feet. She says they are doing over
$3 mil. a year. Impressive turns!
The one in Terryville, CT just opened recently. The one in Wolcott is going to be opening soon.
Around here DG seems to just cram itself into whatever space is available.
Locations that I can think of:
3 are in former drug store locations, all of odd geometric proportions.
One is in a former furniture store with a pretty standard layout.
One is in what was the main store building of a former lumber yard.
One is in an old five-and-dime location on the main street of a former steel mill town.
One is in a plaza attached to the far end of a Kmart.
DG is finally coming to Maine - and Family Dollar is continuing to grow here despite plans to close 370 stores nationwide
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2014/04/25/eight-more-dollar-stores-way-l-area/1524415
Quote from: TheFugitive on March 28, 2014, 11:46:01 AM
Around here DG seems to just cram itself into whatever space is available.
Locations that I can think of:
3 are in former drug store locations, all of odd geometric proportions.
One is in a former furniture store with a pretty standard layout.
One is in what was the main store building of a former lumber yard.
One is in an old five-and-dime location on the main street of a former steel mill town.
One is in a plaza attached to the far end of a Kmart.
The Dollar General in Pottstown PA doesn't seem to be a natural fit either. But for that matter, much of the center it sits in seems out of place with the very nice Redner's supermarket at one end, and a relatively new CVS at the other end. For example, the Woolworth after closing was later a Dollarland and now is a shady thrift store. And a really nasty abandoned gas station is in the parking lot. The Dollar General here coexisted with the larger Dollarland for less than two years, but still it's remarkable that they coexisted at all. This center isn't very big at all. The Dollar General was originally a Rea & Derick drugstore (owned by Acme and later by Peoples) that converted to CVS along with the rest of the Peoples organization in 1991. It was in 2000 that CVS moved to the other end of the center. Acme was once the main anchor of this center, from opening in 1964 to closing in 1994. Today all the Acme stores in PA are south of Pottstown as far as I know, but go east into NJ and Acme can also be found.
Dollar General is opening a store in New Britain, Connecticut. But instead of opening in a logical location like taking part of the former Shaw's building on West Main Street, they're building a store from the ground up at 1454 East Street.
The former Shaw's Building on West Main Street and the former Walmart Building on Farmington Avenue remain the 2 largest vacant commercial properties in New Britain.
Quote from: Marc B on April 30, 2014, 06:03:49 PM
Dollar General is opening a store in New Britain, Connecticut. But instead of opening in a logical location like taking part of the former Shaw's building on West Main Street, they're building a store from the ground up at 1454 East Street.
The former Shaw's Building on West Main Street and the former Walmart Building on Farmington Avenue remain the 2 largest vacant commercial properties in New Britain.
Wow, that's basically right down the street from me. It's at least a very visible and convenient location, especially being near the CCSU campus. Stop and Shop plaza and the busway are about a block from this site.
It's a strange spot to have a dollar store. Originally, this was supposed to be a CVS, which never happened.
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 30, 2014, 07:30:36 PM
It's a strange spot to have a dollar store. Originally, this was supposed to be a CVS, which never happened.
The DG closest to me is in an old Thrift Drug location, which later became Eckerd
before getting swallowed up by Rite Aid.
Quote from: TheFugitive on May 01, 2014, 01:28:14 PM
Quote from: Ames Newington on April 30, 2014, 07:30:36 PM
It's a strange spot to have a dollar store. Originally, this was supposed to be a CVS, which never happened.
The DG closest to me is in an old Thrift Drug location, which later became Eckerd
before getting swallowed up by Rite Aid.
What town is this store in?
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Casco, Maine is getting a DG. It's going to be on Route 121 North just beyond the intersection with Route 11 between the Crossroads Discount and the fire station. Interesting town with a very checkered retail history. In recent years a TD Bank and an AG convenience store have both closed in the town center another mile up the road. In the next town over in Naples, Family Dollar is building a new store from the ground up on Route 302 at the site of the former Sydney's Restaurant. Are we approaching the saturation point for these stores? This reminds me of the home improvement store building frenzy.
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DG is coming to West Paris, Maine. Yet another location on a major state route yet out of the way with respect to other retail. Interesting to note that they are not firmly committed, at least publicly, to the location despite its go-to real estate company already having the property under contract. I assume the same caveat applies to Casco.
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/oxford-hills/2014/06/03/dollar-general-plans-store-west-paris/1542836
They've opened in a few smaller towns in NY as well where there wasn't a lot of other retail - one in a part of a former GU (which was about the only grocery in town, except maybe a small IGA), one in another older store away from the rest of the (limited to a grocery and Rite Aid) shopping.
Family $ went them one better - they built a store in one town that previously had nothing more than a couple convenience stores and a local Agway.
I guess in a way it makes sense - while they don't have everything a WalMart or Target would, if there aren't any stores in a given area, Dollar General (or Family Dollar) is better than making a trip to the next town every time you need a couple things (even if you are limited on choices, you can probably get something that will "make do").
A wrinkle has developed in the plan to develop a DG in Casco, Maine. The development is contingent on a zoning change, which is going before a town meeting tonight. A sign supporting the zoning change is currently in place of the "Coming Soon" sign I posted earlier. A couple of hand-painted signs against it have been spotted further up the road. I'll report on the results when I find out the results.
Edit: The zoning change was shot down, but there is some disagreement as to whether it will preclude DG from building on the site. However, the "Coming Soon" sign remains missing.
DG's are popping up on Delmarva like mushrooms-they already had great coverage but are "infilling" and replacing older stores. In the last 6 months or so they have replaced the old downtown location in Federalsburg,MD with a brand new one in a good location near a busy intersection. A new one opened in Blades, DE, just miles from the nearest DG & Family Dollar-now that next nearest DG (in a Sav-A-Lot shopping center, a former Thrift Drug) is being replaced by a "greenfield" store across the street. That one looks to be the largest DG I've ever seen. They put these up quick, too. What was a vacant lot maybe 6-7 weeks ago was open when we drove by today! They are trying to find a location in my old hometown of Preston, MD (population only about 700) but can't find a large enough parcel with the right zoning. They are very aggressive, even considering the purchase of a large historic home in the middle of town and demolishing it.
DG has become my most-shopped store. I'm in there once or twice a week.
We've gotten quite a few new Dollar General stores around here. One is opening in Sheffield Village, OH, at the intersection of Colorado and Abbe Rds, which will likely replace the existing Sheffield Lake, OH, location at the Shoreway Shopping Center on Lake Road. There are signs in the old store advertising hiring for the "new Sheffield Lake, OH store." Whether the existing SV location (at Abbe and Detroit Rds in a former Revco Drugstore space, 3 miles away from the new store) will close or not is up in the air. I'd think that it would close - two locations so close together seems like oversaturation, but that doesn't stop McDonald's - but, again, I'm not sure.
There's a new one in Amherst, OH, on SR58 that might have replaced an existing location at Cooper Foster Park Rd, but I think that the old one closed a while before the new one opened.
There's another new one in Lorain, OH, also on SR58 (further North, past Walmart and near Colorado Ave), that opened recently. Nearby, a brand new Family Dollar is being built to replace an older store across the street in a soon-to-be-completely-empty old, rundown shopping plaza. Also, a new location opened recently on SR57 in Elyria, OH, replacing the old store location across the street by the former Kroger-turned-Save-A-Lot.
The new stores are much nicer to go through than the older stores.
Editor's Note: I thought the deal to sell Family Dollar to Dollar Tree was a done deal.
Just months after Dollar Tree bid on Family Dollar, Dollar General placed a bid on the chain.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/26303280/dollar-general-enters-bidding-for-family-dollar
Well, by the end of the year, we will be left with just one national dollar store chain.
this isn't really a beneficial acquisition since this will put a lot of people out of work due to redundancy amongst some of their stores (like it did when Rite-Aid bought Eckerd), while with Dollar Tree it won't be as bad since they tend to be positioned in upmarket areas. Dollar Tree would at-least have funds to renovate some of the stores that really need it.
Could just be mischief making, throwing a last-minute complication out there to
trip up a key rival.
UPDATE: According to an official source, this deal has been rejected.
The Dollar General in the Fort-Grove Shopping Center in Wyandotte, Michigan occupies 1/4 of a former A&P and later IGA franchisee Danny's Foods (the other 3/4 is occupied by Save-A-Lot). It originally opened in 2002.
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Entrance:
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Manager's office:
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Back room:
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New Britain, Connecticut is reportedly getting a 2nd Dollar General. This one will be built at the corner of Arch Street and Shuttle Meadow Avenue.
http://www.centralctcommunications.com/newbritainherald/article_dc2c9628-c2df-11e4-8872-dfeadfdc4a44.html
Arch Street is a pit and I think I would fear for my life if I ever went on that street.
My Mom just went to Dollar General for the first time last week with a client. She bought a bottle of Tide detergent. There's a yellow sticker on the bottle that says "This product intended for sale at Dollar General. If found for sale elsewhere please call 1-800-344-9338."
The drugstore chain (CVS, Rite Aid, & Walgreens) have been putting those stickers on for a while now; certain items are popular to shoplift and resell at flea markets or to bodegas, so the stickers allow law enforcement to identify stolen product. CVS even has the specific store number on the sticker, so that loss prevention knows where the shrink is coming from.
Quote from: JoshAustin610 on May 25, 2015, 03:21:23 PM
The drugstore chain (CVS, Rite Aid, & Walgreens) have been putting those stickers on for a while now; certain items are popular to shoplift and resell at flea markets or to bodegas, so the stickers allow law enforcement to identify stolen product. CVS even has the specific store number on the sticker, so that loss prevention knows where the shrink is coming from.
The A&P family of supermarkets has done this as well on mostly H&B products
We have a local mom and pop variety store whose shelves is filled in part with Great Value products; in that case, I'm sure the proprietors bought them at Walmart. Smaller stores do not have the buying power that large chains have, so they have to resort to tactics like this. It might behoove them to avoid other stores' proprietary brands, though, so as to not draw too much attention to this tactic.
Quote from: retailisking on May 29, 2015, 12:38:53 AM
We have a local mom and pop variety store whose shelves is filled in part with Great Value products; in that case, I'm sure the proprietors bought them at Walmart. Smaller stores do not have the buying power that large chains have, so they have to resort to tactics like this. It might behoove them to avoid other stores' proprietary brands, though, so as to not draw too much attention to this tactic.
How do you feel about close-out stores selling other stores branded products? I've seen Mainstays branded knife sets for sale at Ocean State Job Lot. Everyone knows that Mainstays is Walmart's brand for many products for the home.
Back when I used to work at the Southington, CT Walmart a guy used to always come through my checkout line buying stuff for his little store. Mr. Pettit was his name and he owned the Dairy Farms convenience store on Berlin Ave. http://www.dairyfarmsstore.com/
Quote from: Marc B on May 29, 2015, 06:49:38 AM
How do you feel about close-out stores selling other stores branded products? I've seen Mainstays branded knife sets for sale at Ocean State Job Lot. Everyone knows that Mainstays is Walmart's brand for many products for the home.
Back when I used to work at the Southington, CT Walmart a guy used to always come through my checkout line buying stuff for his little store. Mr. Pettit was his name and he owned the Dairy Farms convenience store on Berlin Ave. http://www.dairyfarmsstore.com/
I'd assume that the chains like Ocean State aren't an issue, as they are likely buying directly from the Arkansas offices, and probably something that Wal-Mart has decided to get rid of or change packaging or such (or in some cases, items that may be short dated they have too much of).
I know one year our Ocean State had their entire cookout section done with everything a different store brand (plates from one, cups another, silverware a third, etc.). Most of the store brands were from other areas of the country, but I think at least one Stop & Shop was in there (probably when they were getting rid of the stop light logo packaging).
Quote from: retailisking on May 29, 2015, 12:38:53 AM
We have a local mom and pop variety store whose shelves is filled in part with Great Value products; in that case, I'm sure the proprietors bought them at Walmart. Smaller stores do not have the buying power that large chains have, so they have to resort to tactics like this. It might behoove them to avoid other stores' proprietary brands, though, so as to not draw too much attention to this tactic.
Yeah, I was in a Yankee One Dollar store once and I saw a couple Rite Aid branded products AND up&up (Target brand) products on their shelves.
Quote from: Marc B on May 29, 2015, 06:49:38 AMHow do you feel about close-out stores selling other stores branded products? I've seen Mainstays branded knife sets for sale at Ocean State Job Lot. Everyone knows that Mainstays is Walmart's brand for many products for the home.
There is a small independent store right close to my house that sells Kroger-branded milk jugs.
^ Just the jugs? :D
Also, it's not uncommon to see your discounters (Big Lots, Marc's, etc) selling other branded products, be it through buyouts or from - in the case of Marc's - buying overstock from other retailers. I've seen stuff from a boatload of other retailers at Marc's in their closeout section. Ollie's Bargain Outlet works in the same way.
Is it generally true that while Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar ALL love former chain drugstore buildings, Dollar Tree is in all kinds of neighborhoods (but not super rich ones) while the other two focus on low-income areas, urban, rural, or suburban?
Quote from: Bobsketball on June 03, 2015, 01:30:49 PM
Is it generally true that while Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar ALL love former chain drugstore buildings, Dollar Tree is in all kinds of neighborhoods (but not super rich ones) while the other two focus on low-income areas, urban, rural, or suburban?
I live in Southington, Connecticut and it's a wealthy town. We have Dollar Tree and Family Dollar. Dollar Tree is in the former Joann's in the plaza where AMES used to be. They've been in that spot since 2005. Before that they were in the same plaza next to what used to be Buffet 2000, but has been Gobi Mongolian Grill for the last 3 years or so. The old Dollar Tree spot is vacant yet again. It most recently was a bakery.
Family Dollar is downtown in a small plaza. It most recently was a Blockbuster. The spot was a small grocery store (as most stores were back in the day). I forgot the name. Sometime later the spot became a CVS. CVS built a freestanding store with a drive-thru just down the street. Then Blockbuster which relocated from the retail strip on the Queen Street part of Route 10 took the space. For all the time Blockbuster was in that spot there was a vacant spot next to it. I think something was there and it got fired damaged and it was never repaired until it Family Dollar moved in.
There's a Dollar Tree in West Hartford, CT (which is a rich town in its own right), but I think it's in the Elmwood Section and that's generally an area of town that is not wealthy.
Thanks Marc. As for West Hartford, would the Marshalls there be in a poorer section? I'm thinking it is but it might not be. And last I checked, there was a really small, beat up Waldbaum's down the street from the Marshalls.
Quote from: Bobsketball on June 03, 2015, 03:11:11 PM
Thanks Marc. As for West Hartford, would the Marshalls there be in a poorer section? I'm thinking it is but it might not be. And last I checked, there was a really small, beat up Waldbaum's down the street from the Marshalls.
Marshall's is in the VERY affluent area of West Hartford in Bishop's Corner on North Main Street. The Waldbaum's down the road was not shabby at all. I worked there, and they remodeled it extensively. It is just a very old building. It closed in 2010 and is now Big Y. There used to be an old Waldbaum's in Elmwood on New Britain Avenue, which was next to a Caldor/later Ames. It closed in 1998, became a dollar store, and is now several storefronts, including Joeyz Shopping Spree. PriceRite is next door where Caldor/Ames was.
Quote from: Bobsketball on June 03, 2015, 01:30:49 PM
Is it generally true that while Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar ALL love former chain drugstore buildings, Dollar Tree is in all kinds of neighborhoods (but not super rich ones) while the other two focus on low-income areas, urban, rural, or suburban?
I'm in Wyandotte, Michigan and according to this (http://www.city-data.com/city/Wyandotte-Michigan.html), the median household income is $45,978 (compared to $46,859 for the entire state of Michigan) and we have Dollar General and Family Dollar. Dollar General occupies a quarter of a former A&P (later IGA franchisee Danny's Foods) and has been there since 2002. Family Dollar is located downtown in a former Revco/Perry/Rite-Aid and has been there since before 2007. Rite-Aid moved to a standalone location with a drive-thru in another part of the city in 2000 and the old downtown location sat vacant until Family Dollar opened. Before it became Revco, the building housed a small supermarket.
Did the Marshalls used to be a Filene's? It looks like a retro department store on the outside.
Quote from: Bobsketball on June 03, 2015, 08:22:48 PM
Did the Marshalls used to be a Filene's? It looks like a retro department store on the outside.
That plaza had a Lord & Taylor years ago. Later they moved to West Farms Mall. Maybe Marshall's was the Lord & Taylor spot.
Quote from: Marc B on March 05, 2015, 10:11:05 AM
New Britain, Connecticut is reportedly getting a 2nd Dollar General. This one will be built at the corner of Arch Street and Shuttle Meadow Avenue.
http://www.centralctcommunications.com/newbritainherald/article_dc2c9628-c2df-11e4-8872-dfeadfdc4a44.html
Arch Street is a pit and I think I would fear for my life if I ever went on that street.
I guess it's official. According to this article it's supposed to be different than the one that just opened on East Street.
http://www.centralctcommunications.com/newbritainherald/news/article_6332a78a-4610-11e5-84e9-bbc2f12f7e9c.html
A new Dollar General opened in Thompson, CT just two weeks ago. Will get photos of it when I can.
Quote from: JSIDA17 on May 05, 2016, 03:43:23 PM
A new Dollar General opened in Thompson, CT just two weeks ago. Will get photos of it when I can.
Thompson, CT? How are from Thompson International Speedway?
Quote from: JimSawhill on May 06, 2016, 02:45:27 PM
Quote from: JSIDA17 on May 05, 2016, 03:43:23 PM
A new Dollar General opened in Thompson, CT just two weeks ago. Will get photos of it when I can.
Thompson, CT? How are from Thompson International Speedway?
About five miles away from the Speedway. It's literally right across from the schools. They're also building a brand new Dunkin' Donuts right across from the Dollar General.
New store concept DGX for Dollar General..http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/retail/article/20841364/dollar-general-will-open-concept-in-midtown#&gid=1&pid=3 (http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/retail/article/20841364/dollar-general-will-open-concept-in-midtown#&gid=1&pid=3)
Despite soft comps, building out territory before rivals get there is a priority
http://www.retaildive.com/news/why-dollar-general-will-keep-its-promise-to-build-1k-stores-this-year/434044/
Quote from: retailisking on January 22, 2017, 09:19:07 PM
Despite soft comps, building out territory before rivals get there is a priority
http://www.retaildive.com/news/why-dollar-general-will-keep-its-promise-to-build-1k-stores-this-year/434044/
I have been engaged with this industry in one way or another since 1985.
I have NEVER seen that strategy work. Nothing about getting there first deters
any of your competitors from showing-up later and picking your bones clean if they can.
Quote from: TheFugitive on January 23, 2017, 09:08:32 AM
I have been engaged with this industry in one way or another since 1985.
I have NEVER seen that strategy work. Nothing about getting there first deters
any of your competitors from showing-up later and picking your bones clean if they can.
We'll see if they're right or wrong. The Fresh Market and Save-A-Lot have exited the West Coast, even as rivals like Smart & Final, Aldi and Grocery Outlet have continued to expand. We also saw what happened to incumbent discount stores when Walmart came to town.
It should be quite a challenge to make this work considering that DG is known to staff its stores as minimally as possible
http://www.supermarketnews.com/produce-floral/dollar-general-ramps-perishables-rollout
NOT a good idea!
My local DG gets so busy the staff can barely keep shelves restocked as it is.
I came in one day for hamburger buns, and the shelf was empty. Fortunately
I found an employee who was willing to go check in back. They had a PALLET
of bread products sitting there with nobody to restock them.
Not sure if it's something that will work in all the stores, but probably at least some areas it makes sense.
For instance, they often have stores in smaller towns with less (or in some cases) no grocery store available, so those areas would certainly benefit from more options in the store they do have.
This is the Sycamore Partners-owned chain that bought the spinoffs from the Dollar Tree-Family Dollar merger. They never got around to actually rebranding many of the stores.
http://couponsinthenews.com/2017/04/04/hundreds-of-family-dollar-stores-sold-to-dollar-general/
Dollar Tree and Sycamore Partners are trading charges of "misleading" store closures, encroachment and unpaid bills
http://couponsinthenews.com/2017/04/24/dollar-tree-lashes-out-at-dollar-express-and-critiques-coupons-in-the-news-in-the-process/
This actually happened late last month; it was approved so quickly that it wasn't on my radar
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-familydollar-ftc-sycamore-idUSKBN17T35Z
Dollar General wants to open on Meriden-Waterbury Road in Southington, Connecticut, but the town isn't feeling it. The stupid town doesn't like how the proposed building is going to look.
Brammy's thoughts: No one gives a s h i t what a building looks like. Except for the time they painted the old Chevy Dealership orange when they were a Halloween store or the time the old TD Homers was painted green when they were Agave Mexican Grill. This is the same reason why we didn't get a Red Robin.
The Dollar General in my neighborhood looks like literal sh*t.
(well, it did until this week at least, when it finally got a coat of new paint.
It's in an old Thrift Drug location that has probably not had a facelift since the 70's)
Looking that way did not at all deter it from doing over $3 mil./year in business
(one of my kids used to work there and confirmed the numbers).
Quote from: TheFugitive on June 21, 2017, 02:53:30 PM
The Dollar General in my neighborhood looks like literal sh*t.
(well, it did until this week at least, when it finally got a coat of new paint.
It's in an old Thrift Drug location that has probably not had a facelift since the 70's)
Looking that way did not at all deter it from doing over $3 mil./year in business
(one of my kids used to work there and confirmed the numbers).
Makes sense - there will always be those looking for the best deals who are more concerned with the prices than what the place looks like.
Dollar General opened in The Lincoln Plaza on West Main Street in Meriden, CT. It replaced Family Dollar that became some other store with "Dollar in their name."
No Dollar General in the Willimantic area...odd.
Dollar General is opening at 1724 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Southington, CT in a couple weeks. The Grand Opening is tentatively set for June 30th.
Quote from: Brammy on June 10, 2018, 07:09:34 PM
Dollar General is opening at 1724 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Southington, CT in a couple weeks. The Grand Opening is tentatively set for June 30th.
My Mom and I went to the new Dollar General today. It's nicer than the one on Divinity Street in Bristol. It's diagonal across the street from DQ Grill and Chill. Interestingly enough they are already building a second Dollar General in Southington. It's being built on Route 229 on the Bristol line next to the main campus of ESPN.
Dollar General is building a store from the ground up on Route 10 in Plainville, CT on the same side of the street as Family Dollar.
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https://www.pennlive.com/daily-buzz/2018/09/dollar_general_store_in_pa_is.html
Went to the new Dollar General at 2091 West Street (Route 229) in Southington near ESPN. It's nice, but smaller than the one they just opened in the Milldale section of Southington. I didn't have my phone with me, so I couldn't take a picture.
Here is the one in West Winfield, NY. Located in the former Great American that closed earlier this year.
Dollar General near my home finally got a full remodel.
Just as with the Aldi store across the street they went with all-black fixtures and a darker color scheme.
Personally I am not a fan of making ANY store darker. They eliminated the one checkout that had a
supermarket-style conveyor belt and went with a checkout scheme more typical of DG stores (counter
facing the rear of the store, barricaded by a half-wall of pegged goods which steer the line around to wait
for the next available). Personally I think that's an improvement as people jockeying for the one
with a belt (which was inexplicably right in front of the door) always did tend to cause a roadblock.
The refrigerated and frozen foods were greatly expanded, and now cover a full 1/3 of the outer perimeter.
Of course nearly everything except food has been moved to new locations within the store, which to me
is always disconcerting when it happens.
I'm somewhat amazed that it took them this long to do a remodel. The store has long looked like a dump.
And according to my daughter who used to work there its an absolute gold mine.
The small town of Wolcott, CT will be getting its second Dollar General in 2020. The owner of the property where Illusion's Dance Club used to be sold 1 acre of the property to Dollar General. This will be on the corner of Wolcott Road and North Street where the little house sat that was part of the Illusion's property.
Dollar General seems to be experiencing some retrenchment here in the Pittsburgh area.
Their store in Mt. Lebanon, PA, near the high-school, closed recently. This was an old
Rite Aid location that still bore the trademark diamond windows of their old store design.
It appears to have closed-up on short notice. I have a co-worker who lives in Mt. Lebanon
who says that strangely the local residents felt that having a Dollar General in their
community was somehow beneath them. (Peronally I love living near one as they are very
convenient).
And their other store in a shopping plaza in nearby Bethel Park, PA has been "temporarily closed" for a couple of months. I asked about this at another Dollar General store and was told that what started out as problems with the heating system has exploded into a full-blown dispute with the landlord.
There was a fatal shooting at a Dollar General store in Pittsburgh on Monday.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pittsburgh-allentown-east-warrington-avenue-shooting/
I know the area well. It is not far from where I went to high-school. Not a good part of town.
Interestingly that location was previously a Family Dollar which closed and Dollar General
took over the space. Family Dollar is more known for setting up shop in tough neighborhoods.
Quote from: TheFugitive on May 03, 2022, 12:26:44 PMDollar General seems to be experiencing some retrenchment here in the Pittsburgh area.
Their store in Mt. Lebanon, PA, near the high-school, closed recently. This was an old
Rite Aid location that still bore the trademark diamond windows of their old store design.
It appears to have closed-up on short notice. I have a co-worker who lives in Mt. Lebanon
who says that strangely the local residents felt that having a Dollar General in their
community was somehow beneath them. (Peronally I love living near one as they are very
convenient).
And their other store in a shopping plaza in nearby Bethel Park, PA has been "temporarily closed" for a couple of months. I asked about this at another Dollar General store and was told that what started out as problems with the heating system has exploded into a full-blown dispute with the landlord.
Update on both:
The DG in the shopping center in Bethel Park has re-opened. Apparently whatever disputes they were having with the landlord over their HVAC system have been resolved.
The one in Mt. Lebanon near the high-school has been demolished. According to signage at the site a new branch of First National Bank of Hermitage, PA is going to be built on the site.