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Title: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: LM117 on March 06, 2019, 03:28:42 PM
Closing list hasn't been given yet.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/06/dollar-tree-to-close-up-to-390-family-dollar-stores-this-year.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/06/dollar-tree-to-close-up-to-390-family-dollar-stores-this-year.html)
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: hbelkins on March 06, 2019, 03:47:53 PM
Family Dollar has not been expanding as aggressively in this area as has Dollar General. Most, if not all, of the Family Dollars in my area underwent renovations in the past year to add "Dollar Tree Dollar Spots" with most $1 items displayed in special racks/shelves/bins. I'm guessing that Dollar General is hurting Family Dollar's sales, so they may be looking to go after a different niche of shoppers by rebranding the stores as Dollar Trees.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 04:44:32 PM
I noticed the other day that the first Family Dollar in Saginaw, MI was converted to a Dollar General.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: LM117 on March 06, 2019, 05:13:00 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 06, 2019, 03:47:53 PM
Family Dollar has not been expanding as aggressively in this area as has Dollar General. Most, if not all, of the Family Dollars in my area underwent renovations in the past year to add "Dollar Tree Dollar Spots" with most $1 items displayed in special racks/shelves/bins. I'm guessing that Dollar General is hurting Family Dollar's sales, so they may be looking to go after a different niche of shoppers by rebranding the stores as Dollar Trees.

None here have the "Dollar Tree Dollar Spots" . Family Dollar went downhill once Dollar Tree took over, IMO. The FD close to me had a previous manager that was complaining about the additional workload and micromanaging after Dollar Tree took over. She eventually quit. Her successor, who had been working at that store for about a year, had been clamoring to become manager. Now that she is, she's finding herself feeling the same way. I don't expect her to last there much longer. I've also noticed that a lot of FD's grocery products lately tend to be months past their expiration dates.

I agree that Dollar General is putting a hurting on FD. I remember when FD built a brand new store in Pikeville, NC on US-117 in 2006, trying to compete with the DG there, which had been in town since 2001. FD closed in 2012. DG is still in town and has since relocated to the former Walmart Express building, and is also selling gas. AutoZone moved into the FD building in 2016.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Brandon on March 06, 2019, 05:34:49 PM
Bye, Family Dollar!  Those twits tried to refuse a manufacturers coupon I was using on a sale item.  Only place I've ever been that tried that stunt.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: texaskdog on March 06, 2019, 05:41:57 PM
The only true Dollar store wins out
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: KEVIN_224 on March 06, 2019, 08:48:01 PM
The Webster Square plaza in Berlin, CT has a Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, but at opposite ends of the building. The Dollar Tree opened less than 2 years ago. The closest Dollar General to them is at 700 Arch Street in bordering New Britain.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 06, 2019, 08:48:01 PM
The Webster Square plaza in Berlin, CT has a Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, but at opposite ends of the building. The Dollar Tree opened less than 2 years ago. The closest Dollar General to them is at 700 Arch Street in bordering New Britain.
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.

Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

Here's an older GSV when it was just Family Dollar there

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4366693,-83.9888682,3a,62.3y,349.88h,89.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spr0d3WWCTg_OrGn17pMRQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: US71 on March 06, 2019, 09:49:00 PM
We have 3 Family here and 3 Tree. I don't like Family Dollar at all. Crowded aisles, boxes everywhere, filthy shelves...just like Dollar General.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Roadgeekteen on March 06, 2019, 09:51:18 PM
But money doesn't grow on trees. Then again, it doesn't make up families either.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.

Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: txstateends on March 07, 2019, 01:42:56 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.

Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?

Funny that DT and FD are the only 2 standout tenants (short of calling either one of them "anchors") in that center.  I wonder if either one of them will survive the announced closings.

As for Mr. Shirtless, the SUV's door is open and no one is in the driver's seat, so I would have to guess he's the driver.  Up to?  Getting a shopping list?  Finding a shirt to put on before going in the store?
No telling.  So weird to see anyone in a GSV pic because the Google car usually is so intent on not catching anyone in an act to the point of blurring them.

There was an 'activist investor' wanting Family Dollar and Dollar General to merge a while back.  Family Dollar didn't want to hear his grief anymore, I guess, and that's when the FD-Dollar Tree deal was announced.... pissing the 'investor' off to no end, I'm sure.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: jp the roadgeek on March 07, 2019, 02:18:37 AM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 06, 2019, 08:48:01 PM
The Webster Square plaza in Berlin, CT has a Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, but at opposite ends of the building. The Dollar Tree opened less than 2 years ago. The closest Dollar General to them is at 700 Arch Street in bordering New Britain.

There were also Family Dollar locations in Plainville and Southington. The Plainville one has since become an Advance Auto Parts, while the Southington one became a second Dollar Tree location (both on CT 10.  The other one on Queen St has been there for 20+ years).  Plainville now has a Dollar General location a little over a mile north of the Queen St Dollar Tree, while Southington now has 2 Dollar Generals (there were none a little over a year ago); one on CT 322, and another on CT 229 just south of ESPN headquarters.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 07, 2019, 07:24:18 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.

Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Not sure lol. Knowing this town it could be anything. Possibly a drug deal that stuff goes on around here. I'm not totally sure what he's up to though.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: LM117 on March 07, 2019, 08:30:22 AM
Quote from: US71 on March 06, 2019, 09:49:00 PM
We have 3 Family here and 3 Tree. I don't like Family Dollar at all. Crowded aisles, boxes everywhere, filthy shelves...just like Dollar General.

Yeah, but at least FD is willing to open more than one register. The DG's in my area absolutely refuse to open more than one at a time when the line backs up halfway down the store. This even happens when more than one employee is behind the counter. :banghead:

FD is quicker to get in and out of.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: LM117 on March 07, 2019, 08:34:57 AM
Quote from: txstateends on March 07, 2019, 01:42:56 AMThere was an 'activist investor' wanting Family Dollar and Dollar General to merge a while back.  Family Dollar didn't want to hear his grief anymore, I guess, and that's when the FD-Dollar Tree deal was announced.... pissing the 'investor' off to no end, I'm sure.

That same investor is now wanting Dollar Tree to kill FD altogether. Talk about holding a grudge...
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: hotdogPi on March 07, 2019, 08:39:32 AM
Dollar Tree is not comparable to the other two, as only Dollar Tree is actually a dollar store.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: SP Cook on March 07, 2019, 09:10:25 AM
Yeah, Dollar Tree is, well, a junk store.  Everything is one price (one dollar, which means that inflation means the merchandise gets lower in quality every year).  It is just junk.  Leftovers, arts and crafts crap, coloring books, whatever.

Family Dollar and Dollar General are poor people's stores.  Selling basic items like staple foods, housewares, cleaning supplies, and basic clothes for low prices.  In the country, this can help people make ends meet, and they really have an impact on poor neighborhoods where many people have limited transportation.  In the city I work in I have seen these stores make a difference in poor neighborhoods. 
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: hotdogPi on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on March 07, 2019, 09:10:25 AM
Yeah, Dollar Tree is, well, a junk store.  Everything is one price (one dollar, which means that inflation means the merchandise gets lower in quality every year).  It is just junk.  Leftovers, arts and crafts crap, coloring books, whatever.

There's a place around here (with fewer locations) called "Five Below", where everything is $5 or less, which makes more sense as inflation continues. What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?

EDIT: The store locator says there's one in Vienna WV.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: hbelkins on March 07, 2019, 11:43:56 AM
Quote from: LM117 on March 07, 2019, 08:34:57 AM
Quote from: txstateends on March 07, 2019, 01:42:56 AMThere was an 'activist investor' wanting Family Dollar and Dollar General to merge a while back.  Family Dollar didn't want to hear his grief anymore, I guess, and that's when the FD-Dollar Tree deal was announced.... pissing the 'investor' off to no end, I'm sure.

That same investor is now wanting Dollar Tree to kill FD altogether. Talk about holding a grudge...

I had a former Dollar General manager tell me that despite them being competitors, DG and FD use the same distributors.

DG got its start in Scottsville, Ky., which is why they were the first dollar store chain to expand in this area. The HQ moved from Scottsville to Nashville a few years ago, probably due to Tennessee's more-business-friendly tax structure.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: SP Cook on March 07, 2019, 12:40:54 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM

There's a place around here (with fewer locations) called "Five Below", where everything is $5 or less, which makes more sense as inflation continues. What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?

Never been to a Five Below.  Around here we have plenty of Dollar Generals and Family Dollars, and a number of Dollar Trees.  There is nothing at Dollar Tree I need, but there is a Dollar General that is in a strip mall I go to anyway, and their prices on lots of things are really good.  Soap is soap. 

Beyond that we have Big Lots, which is more of a seconds and rejects store, good for cheap furniture but there is not much to be saved past that; Ollie's, which is a true over-runs store with plenty of truly off brand stuff, over printed books, odd flavor expansions of name products that did not take, scratch and dent stuff, you never know what they have; and Gabriel Brothers, AKA Gabe's, which is a seconds and over-runs store, mostly clothes, sells lots of athletic wear that is mis-printed. 
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: PHLBOS on March 07, 2019, 01:11:08 PM
Quote from: txstateends on March 07, 2019, 01:42:56 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.

Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Funny that DT and FD are the only 2 standout tenants (short of calling either one of them "anchors") in that center.  I wonder if either one of them will survive the announced closings.

As for Mr. Shirtless, the SUV's door is open and no one is in the driver's seat, so I would have to guess he's the driver.  Up to?  Getting a shopping list?  Finding a shirt to put on before going in the store?  No telling.  So weird to see anyone in a GSV pic because the Google car usually is so intent on not catching anyone in an act to the point of blurring them.
I believe GSV only blurs people's faces.  Since the guy isn't facing the GSV camera, no blurring was done/needed.  Other GSVs I've viewed have shown people, but not their faces, as well.  The maroon SUV looks to be a 2000-2006 era Tahoe.

Quote from: Flint1979 on March 07, 2019, 07:24:18 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Not sure lol. Knowing this town it could be anything. Possibly a drug deal that stuff goes on around here. I'm not totally sure what he's up to though.
Getting ready for his appearance on Cops by any chance?  :sombrero:
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: jeffandnicole on March 07, 2019, 01:25:25 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on March 07, 2019, 09:10:25 AM
Yeah, Dollar Tree is, well, a junk store.  Everything is one price (one dollar, which means that inflation means the merchandise gets lower in quality every year).  It is just junk.  Leftovers, arts and crafts crap, coloring books, whatever.

There's a place around here (with fewer locations) called "Five Below", where everything is $5 or less, which makes more sense as inflation continues. What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?

EDIT: The store locator says there's one in Vienna WV.

Five Below has quite a number of stores - approximately 700 or so.  Great store for kids and teens (and adults) and offers decent quality merchandise.  Most things are priced on the even dollar point ($1, $2, $3, $4 & $5), although there's a few things that you may find priced off that. 
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: hbelkins on March 07, 2019, 03:58:28 PM
I've never been in a Five Below and couldn't tell you where the nearest location is.

Big Lots has been in this area forever, and has some decent prices on some things, but it's often a crapshoot as to what you'll find.

Ollie's is expanding into this area, but their stores are hit-and-miss. I really like the one in Mt. Sterling. I've also been in locations in Richmond, Nicholasville, and Paintsville, and they weren't as nice.

If you can combine Dollar General's sales with digital coupons, you can get some really good prices on necessities like detergent, trash bags, etc.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: LM117 on March 07, 2019, 04:28:41 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 07, 2019, 03:58:28 PMOllie's is expanding into this area, but their stores are hit-and-miss. I really like the one in Mt. Sterling. I've also been in locations in Richmond, Nicholasville, and Paintsville, and they weren't as nice.

I've noticed that, too. The Ollie's here is a crowded dump, while the one in Goldsboro, NC is more organized and has more walking space. The building that one is in used to be a Food Lion until it closed in 2006 when they built a new store on Ash Street and relocated there. Ollie's moved in there in 2008.

Fun fact: You can still see the old Food Lion sign: https://goo.gl/maps/BRKf7HWAjft (https://goo.gl/maps/BRKf7HWAjft)
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: briantroutman on March 07, 2019, 05:02:03 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM
"Five Below" ... What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?

Five Below really isn't in the same league as Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and the like.

The "Dollar"  stores exist in communities of all sizes, but they're especially popular in small towns and rural areas–in some cases, areas that even Walmart thinks are too sparsely populated or downmarket to support one of its stores. Sure, some dollar store customers are middle-class folks looking to save a few bucks or avoid an inconvenient trip to a distant hypermarket, but their primary customers are low-income and fixed-income customers for whom finding rock-bottom prices on small quantities of day-to-day essentials may make the difference between scraping by or going broke. For what it's worth: The President merely proposing to replace cash-based food stamps with physical packages of food was enough to send shares of Dollar Tree and Dollar General tumbling (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-12/dollar-stores-hammered-by-trump-proposal-to-abandon-food-stamps).

Five Below, on the other hand, is more focused on suburban areas and a youthful target customer. The $1-$5 price points are fairly low, but the products tend to be frivolous–hot pink camo iPhone cases, rainbow unicorn throw pillows, floral patterned yoga mats... It's a store where middle class suburban tweens spend their allowance on disposable tech accessories and flimsy toys that they don't really need.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: hbelkins on March 08, 2019, 11:58:12 AM
The thing I've noticed about the Dollar General expansion is they're building stores in rural communities some distance from the county seat, even larger towns that may have a Walmart or Kroger. Or they are building near traffic generators, such as large employers. It's something like the convenience store concept, except the prices are cheaper, and not artificially high like you'll find for a bag of chips at a Sheetz or Speedway.

Examples: DG recently opened a store in Wolfe County, near a factory. Granted, it's in a crossroads community that's 12 miles from either Campton or West Liberty, and 20 miles from Salyersville and Jackson, but the prime customer base is people leaving work and needing to stop and get something on the way home. They also opened one a few years ago at the entrance to an industrial park in northern Perry County.

And although most county seats have both a DG and a FD, and some have two of each, DG has been more aggressively expanding. In fact, DG built and opened a new store in my town last year, only about three miles from their existing location.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: golden eagle on March 16, 2019, 02:52:00 AM
Quote from: briantroutman on March 07, 2019, 05:02:03 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM
"Five Below" ... What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?

Five Below really isn't in the same league as Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and the like.

The "Dollar"  stores exist in communities of all sizes, but they're especially popular in small towns and rural areas–in some cases, areas that even Walmart thinks are too sparsely populated or downmarket to support one of its stores. Sure, some dollar store customers are middle-class folks looking to save a few bucks or avoid an inconvenient trip to a distant hypermarket, but their primary customers are low-income and fixed-income customers for whom finding rock-bottom prices on small quantities of day-to-day essentials may make the difference between scraping by or going broke. For what it's worth: The President merely proposing to replace cash-based food stamps with physical packages of food was enough to send shares of Dollar Tree and Dollar General tumbling (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-12/dollar-stores-hammered-by-trump-proposal-to-abandon-food-stamps).

Dollar General will put a store literally anywhere. There's one in Bentonia, MS,  a town of maybe 500 people about 25 miles north of Jackson.

Has anyone been to a Dollar General Market store? The only difference I can tell is they have a small grocery section to it. There's one in Canton, MS, and it's the only one I've ever seen.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: LM117 on March 16, 2019, 08:01:51 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on March 16, 2019, 02:52:00 AMHas anyone been to a Dollar General Market store? The only difference I can tell is they have a small grocery section to it. There's one in Canton, MS, and it's the only one I've ever seen.

There's one in my area I go to often. Other than having a grocery section, they have a better product selection since the building is a lot larger than a regular DG. Another big (and most important IMO) difference is that you can actually walk around in there without worrying about crashing into anything. Unlike regular DG's, the aisles are wider and aren't narrow and cluttered. The DG stores that are located in former Walmart Express buildings are the same way. They're basically mini-Markets.

The only drawback with DG Market is that, like regular DG's, they seem to HATE having more than one register open. It's rare when more than one is open, and the Market here has a few. Long lines are just as common. That's one thing I like about Family Dollar: they're willing to open another register if the line backs up. DG won't.

Here's the DG Market in my neck of the woods: https://goo.gl/maps/qPzecFJwLrE2 (https://goo.gl/maps/qPzecFJwLrE2)
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 16, 2019, 09:03:28 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on March 16, 2019, 02:52:00 AM
Quote from: briantroutman on March 07, 2019, 05:02:03 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM
"Five Below" ... What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?

Five Below really isn't in the same league as Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and the like.

The "Dollar"  stores exist in communities of all sizes, but they're especially popular in small towns and rural areas–in some cases, areas that even Walmart thinks are too sparsely populated or downmarket to support one of its stores. Sure, some dollar store customers are middle-class folks looking to save a few bucks or avoid an inconvenient trip to a distant hypermarket, but their primary customers are low-income and fixed-income customers for whom finding rock-bottom prices on small quantities of day-to-day essentials may make the difference between scraping by or going broke. For what it's worth: The President merely proposing to replace cash-based food stamps with physical packages of food was enough to send shares of Dollar Tree and Dollar General tumbling (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-12/dollar-stores-hammered-by-trump-proposal-to-abandon-food-stamps).

Dollar General will put a store literally anywhere. There's one in Bentonia, MS,  a town of maybe 500 people about 25 miles north of Jackson.

Has anyone been to a Dollar General Market store? The only difference I can tell is they have a small grocery section to it. There's one in Canton, MS, and it's the only one I've ever seen.
I was thinking that the other day. Dollar General's are popping up all over the place in random areas too. It seems like they are going into smaller towns where you'd never think of a Walmart or the like being around.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: golden eagle on March 16, 2019, 11:09:45 AM
DG also put a store in a rural area not far from where my mom lives outside of Jackson. The site they built it on used to be a barbecue restaurant in the shape of a teepee.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: LM117 on March 16, 2019, 11:23:16 AM
Hell, you could stick an outhouse in the middle of an open field and I guarantee a DG will pop up beside it hoping to make money selling toilet paper.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 16, 2019, 03:41:22 PM
Side by side Family Dollar and Dollar Tree in an old Kroger in Saginaw Michigan(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190316/0075d81cf84e01f3b263fa091f638bdf.jpg)
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: webny99 on March 16, 2019, 04:23:08 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on March 07, 2019, 09:10:25 AM
Yeah, Dollar Tree is, well, a junk store.  Everything is one price (one dollar, which means that inflation means the merchandise gets lower in quality every year).  It is just junk.  Leftovers, arts and crafts crap, coloring books, whatever.
There's a place around here (with fewer locations) called "Five Below", where everything is $5 or less, which makes more sense as inflation continues. What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?

There are a few Five Below locations in my area. They were really big when they first opened: they market much more explicitly to young kids and teens than the other stores in this thread. They have less everyday household needs, mostly just toys, candy, games, etc.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 16, 2019, 04:35:39 PM
Quote from: webny99 on March 16, 2019, 04:23:08 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on March 07, 2019, 09:10:25 AM
Yeah, Dollar Tree is, well, a junk store.  Everything is one price (one dollar, which means that inflation means the merchandise gets lower in quality every year).  It is just junk.  Leftovers, arts and crafts crap, coloring books, whatever.
There's a place around here (with fewer locations) called "Five Below", where everything is $5 or less, which makes more sense as inflation continues. What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?

There are a few Five Below locations in my area. They were really big when they first opened: they market much more explicitly to young kids and teens than the other stores in this thread. They have less everyday household needs, mostly just toys, candy, games, etc.
I didn't think that Five Below sold the same stuff that Dollar Tree and Family Dollar do.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 16, 2019, 04:37:32 PM
As far as dollar stores go I think Dollar General is my choice.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: webny99 on March 16, 2019, 04:43:28 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 16, 2019, 04:35:39 PM
Quote from: webny99 on March 16, 2019, 04:23:08 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2019, 09:12:01 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on March 07, 2019, 09:10:25 AM
Yeah, Dollar Tree is, well, a junk store.  Everything is one price (one dollar, which means that inflation means the merchandise gets lower in quality every year).  It is just junk.  Leftovers, arts and crafts crap, coloring books, whatever.
There's a place around here (with fewer locations) called "Five Below", where everything is $5 or less, which makes more sense as inflation continues. What do think about that store, if there are any in your area?
There are a few Five Below locations in my area. They were really big when they first opened: they market much more explicitly to young kids and teens than the other stores in this thread. They have less everyday household needs, mostly just toys, candy, games, etc.
I didn't think that Five Below sold the same stuff that Dollar Tree and Family Dollar do.

They sell some stuff similar to Dollar Tree, but are usually smaller, brighter, stores and way more kid-friendly.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: webny99 on March 16, 2019, 04:50:47 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on March 07, 2019, 01:11:08 PM
Quote from: txstateends on March 07, 2019, 01:42:56 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.
Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Funny that DT and FD are the only 2 standout tenants (short of calling either one of them "anchors") in that center.  I wonder if either one of them will survive the announced closings.
As for Mr. Shirtless, the SUV's door is open and no one is in the driver's seat, so I would have to guess he's the driver.  Up to?  Getting a shopping list?  Finding a shirt to put on before going in the store?  No telling.  So weird to see anyone in a GSV pic because the Google car usually is so intent on not catching anyone in an act to the point of blurring them.
I believe GSV only blurs people's faces.  Since the guy isn't facing the GSV camera, no blurring was done/needed.  Other GSVs I've viewed have shown people, but not their faces, as well.  The maroon SUV looks to be a 2000-2006 era Tahoe.
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 07, 2019, 07:24:18 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Not sure lol. Knowing this town it could be anything. Possibly a drug deal that stuff goes on around here. I'm not totally sure what he's up to though.
Getting ready for his appearance on Cops by any chance?  :sombrero:

Looks like the trunk is open, too.

Personally, I wouldn't bat an eyelash at seeing a shirtless guy in a plaza - at least not in a small town or city. Maybe I've just spent too much time in the rural rust belt in the summer months, lol.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: allniter89 on March 16, 2019, 05:00:03 PM
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Quote from: PHLBOS on March 07, 2019, 01:11:08 PM
Quote from: txstateends on March 07, 2019, 01:42:56 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.

Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Funny that DT and FD are the only 2 standout tenants (short of calling either one of them "anchors") in that center.  I wonder if either one of them will survive the announced closings.

As for Mr. Shirtless, the SUV's door is open and no one is in the driver's seat, so I would have to guess he's the driver.  Up to?  Getting a shopping list?  Finding a shirt to put on before going in the store?  No telling.  So weird to see anyone in a GSV pic because the Google car usually is so intent on not catching anyone in an act to the point of blurring them.
I believe GSV only blurs people's faces.  Since the guy isn't facing the GSV camera, no blurring was done/needed.  Other GSVs I've viewed have shown people, but not their faces, as well.  The maroon SUV looks to be a 2000-2006 era Tahoe.

Quote from: Flint1979 on March 07, 2019, 07:24:18 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Not sure lol. Knowing this town it could be anything. Possibly a drug deal that stuff goes on around here. I'm not totally sure what he's up to though.
Getting ready for his appearance on Cops by any chance?  :sombrero:
I thought a requirment for being on Cops is  shirtless or wear a wife beater.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 16, 2019, 06:42:52 PM
Quote from: txstateends on March 07, 2019, 01:42:56 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.

Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?

Funny that DT and FD are the only 2 standout tenants (short of calling either one of them "anchors") in that center.  I wonder if either one of them will survive the announced closings.

As for Mr. Shirtless, the SUV's door is open and no one is in the driver's seat, so I would have to guess he's the driver.  Up to?  Getting a shopping list?  Finding a shirt to put on before going in the store?
No telling.  So weird to see anyone in a GSV pic because the Google car usually is so intent on not catching anyone in an act to the point of blurring them.

There was an 'activist investor' wanting Family Dollar and Dollar General to merge a while back.  Family Dollar didn't want to hear his grief anymore, I guess, and that's when the FD-Dollar Tree deal was announced.... pissing the 'investor' off to no end, I'm sure.
I can keep you posted on that location since it's only about a mile and a half from my house. At one time the whole building was Kroger but they relocated and combined with another Kroger store further down State Street and Family Dollar opened there and was the only tenant for the longest time. Dollar Tree opened in about 2014-2015.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: Flint1979 on March 16, 2019, 06:50:39 PM
Quote from: webny99 on March 16, 2019, 04:50:47 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on March 07, 2019, 01:11:08 PM
Quote from: txstateends on March 07, 2019, 01:42:56 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 06, 2019, 09:26:13 PM
In my town there's a Family Dollar and Dollar Tree right next to each other. Family Dollar opened first, then Dollar Tree opened about a year or two later. Both are in an old Kroger store.
Here's a GSV of it. What's inside the glass in between the stores isn't anything, it's just the old entrance to Kroger when it was open. Kroger relocated in 2008.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.436678,-83.9889251,3a,23.1y,350.27h,88.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8UJVDt7W1iuDL1RHpAiC7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D194.05917%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Funny that DT and FD are the only 2 standout tenants (short of calling either one of them "anchors") in that center.  I wonder if either one of them will survive the announced closings.
As for Mr. Shirtless, the SUV's door is open and no one is in the driver's seat, so I would have to guess he's the driver.  Up to?  Getting a shopping list?  Finding a shirt to put on before going in the store?  No telling.  So weird to see anyone in a GSV pic because the Google car usually is so intent on not catching anyone in an act to the point of blurring them.
I believe GSV only blurs people's faces.  Since the guy isn't facing the GSV camera, no blurring was done/needed.  Other GSVs I've viewed have shown people, but not their faces, as well.  The maroon SUV looks to be a 2000-2006 era Tahoe.
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 07, 2019, 07:24:18 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on March 06, 2019, 11:19:39 PM
What's the shirtless dude next to the maroon Blazer (Tahoe?) in the parking lot up to?
Not sure lol. Knowing this town it could be anything. Possibly a drug deal that stuff goes on around here. I'm not totally sure what he's up to though.
Getting ready for his appearance on Cops by any chance?  :sombrero:

Looks like the trunk is open, too.

Personally, I wouldn't bat an eyelash at seeing a shirtless guy in a plaza - at least not in a small town or city. Maybe I've just spent too much time in the rural rust belt in the summer months, lol.
Yeah I doubt anyone even paid him any attention. The street that Family Dollar and Dollar Tree face is a one way street and traffic is generally paying attention to the street. It's eastbound M-58.
Title: Re: 390 Family Dollar stores to close, 200 will convert to Dollar Tree
Post by: LM117 on April 04, 2019, 09:44:11 AM
Well, the FD on VA-41 in the Mt. Hermon area near me is finally getting the "Dollar Stops"  and more coolers. The inside is a total mess from all the work being done with hardly any room to walk. I'm not sure why they don't close temporarily until the work is done. Some of the aisles have been rearranged, which is a shitty layout, IMO.