Dollar General? Mboro

[Paugus bay girl]

We do not need another store anywhere around here, especially a dollar store, there's already too many.

[Lakegeezer]

Yup, get your dollars ready. The General is coming to town. The building plans were approved after many conditions were met even with lingering doubt that, built in wetlands, its water runoff plan will actually work as engineered. In the end, there was no way to stop DG's corporate lawyers. Hopefully the town learned that designating commercial zones in wetlands wasn't the best idea.

[JADAQ]

Originally Posted by Paugus bay girl

We do not need another store anywhere around here, especially a dollar store, there's already too many.

I drive for a living, I see a dollar store in nearly every town I go through... Pretty sad!

[Doobs41378]

Originally Posted by JADAQ

I drive for a living, I see a dollar store in nearly every town I go through... Pretty sad!

They have been popping up a lot of places. There is a new one in Barnstead, Raymond and Tamworth. I have never been in one so cannot comment on what they are like, I do know it will not really fit in with the landscape right there across from the school.

[longislander]

Does anyone know if that tree clearing on RTE 25 near the school is for that Dollar General?

Yes it is!

Wait till the Select Board tries, again, to put "the gym" a little bit east of the store on Rt. 25.

[eyenotall777]

Originally Posted by Doobs41378

They have been popping up a lot of places. There is a new one in Barnstead, Raymond and Tamworth. I have never been in one so cannot comment on what they are like, I do know it will not really fit in with the landscape right there across from the school.

Add Alton to that as well, basically along RT 28 from Epsom Traffic Circle to Alton Traffic Circle, there are 3

[rsmlp]

They have every right to apply for and having been approved by the town to build a store. If you oppose, DON'T SHOP THERE.

This is "Live free or die" right?

[8gv]

I am surprised to read the opinion that the proliferation of Dollar General stores is sad. Their products are sold to meet the demands of consumers. Their stores provide jobs in the communities they serve. The real estate taxes paid help the budgets of the towns where they are located.

None of this seems sad to me.

What am I missing?

[noreast]

Originally Posted by 8gv

I am surprised to read the opinion that the proliferation of Dollar General stores is sad. Their products are sold to meet the demands of consumers. Their stores provide jobs in the communities they serve. The real estate taxes paid help the budgets of the towns where they are located.

None of this seems sad to me.

What am I missing?

Right, There just doing what stores do. The sad part is that our country is in a place where these are really the only brick and mortar stores thriving. They probably make a better neighbor than Walmart, At least there taking business away from that hell hole. Whats the answer? we'll never be back to the days of locally owned business's, That horse has left the barn unfortunately.

[Outdoorsman]

Originally Posted by noreast

Right, There just doing what stores do. The sad part is that our country is in a place where these are really the only brick and mortar stores thriving. They probably make a better neighbor than Walmart, At least there taking business away from that hell hole. Whats the answer? we'll never be back to the days of locally owned business's, That horse has left the barn unfortunately.

I certainly agree that these are the stores thriving VS locally owned and operated stores. I am not convinced that dollar stores are any better (or worse) than Walmart. They both sell imported (read cheap) product. And, from what I have read, Walmart (and most other chain stores) do quite a lot for the communities that they operate in.

[Flylady]

Dollar General employees a minimum number of people at minimum wage. Sells very cheap products from China. According to google they have been challenged for selling contaminated products from China.

Each community should ask what is the impact to the local family owned stores? Seems to me that if the family business can't make it against the competition of these chains, then there is a zero sum gain for the community in the form of taxes and employment.....just sayin.

[noreast]

Originally Posted by Outdoorsman

I certainly agree that these are the stores thriving VS locally owned and operated stores. I am not convinced that dollar stores are any better (or worse) than Walmart. They both sell imported (read cheap) product. And, from what I have read, Walmart (and most other chain stores) do quite a lot for the communities that they operate in.

I think you may have to read up on walmart. After they put out every local mom and pop (in many communities in rural America that's all there were) Then they hire those people at pennies on the dollar of what they use to make. Many communities want them to go away after they destroy there local economy. And lately they've been doing just that further damaging the area since there now the sole bulk employer. They do the same with there vendors by demanding an exclusive contract, then use that leverage to get the price they want, Leading to further squeezing of the vendors employees. They were getting so much backlash that they finally gave in to the pressure and went to a higher minimum wage. The profits were way down only do to there perception as socially the worst company in the world.

[Acrossamerica]

Do you remember how every town had a General Store and how when they died people were so upset. Well, welcome back the in town General Store. Just because it doesn't have creaky old floors and dusty shelves and offers three month old biscuits as many of the surviving general stores do, does not make them bad places. They are your in town general store of 2016. Enjoy. And in 50 years they will have acquired all of the dusty charm of the few old general stores currently left over from the last era.