Originally Posted by Mike L. V.
Judging people based on where they choose to shop and assuming they cannot afford a car because they shop at a Family Dollar. Wow... Family Dollar stores are perfectly fine stores who stock quality products found it nearly any supermarket. So there oil prices won't beat Walmart or a SOPUS rebate. Big deal...their average customer probably isn't stockpiling engine oil and hunting down engine oil clearance sales all over town.
Many people dont agree with you including the town of Akron,Ohio and Cleveland Ohio
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news...rmits-to-open-dollar-stores-in-cleveland
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showed News 5 Cleveland police records indicating one of the Family Dollar stores in his ward generated 107 police calls for service over the past two years.
Discount stores carry a variety of consumer goods, including household items, health products, food and beverages.
The legislation details that the strategy of Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and other discount stores is to saturate communities with multiple stores, making it nearly impossible for local full-service grocery stores to stay open and flourish.
Generally, dollar stores are known to have small selections of fresh food and carry mostly processed foods at inflated prices, the legislation notes.
Also, the legislation states that discount stores employ fewer employees at lower wages than grocery stores and often face class-action lawsuits for violating fair labor standards.
This article from feb,2020
https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/...to-reject-latest-discount-store-proposal
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Citing a new local law that prevents discount stores from flooding Akron neighborhoods, council rejected another Dollar General on Monday.
siblings Velvet and Clark Grable filed an application in December to build the 9,100 square foot store on North Case Avenue directly across from Bank Street. The $850,000 development on land that hasn't been used for decades would have been the 33rd discount store in Akron. By comparison, Cleveland — a city with nearly twice as many residents — has 37.
The proposed location was 1,400 feet from an existing Family Dollar on Arlington Street near Dave's Market. A law passed in the fall prohibits new dollar stores within 2,500 feet of existing ones.
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Councilwoman Sharon Connor, who represents ward 10 where the store would have been built, said many of her residents, like her, opposed the development. Existing stores attract litter and compete with grocery stores, they said.
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Samples said the city had no qualms about approving seven dollar stores on Vernon Odom Boulevard and Copley Road in recent years, despite local leaders in these minority neighborhoods raising concerns about the establishments later applying for liquor licenses and not selling fresh produce.