When that happens, dollar stores essentially take over the market, making it impossible for independent local retailers, like Foodliner, to thrive. and it, along with its competitors Dollar Tree and Family Dollar (which is owned by Dollar Tree), have made a killing in recent years by expanding into some of the county’s most vulnerable communities: small, rural towns, and urban, predominantly black neighborhoods. This August, the Foodliner permanently closed.ĭollar General is the fastest-growing retailer in the U.S. By last year, they rang up only around 125 people sales dropped by 40%, he told The Guardian. Almost immediately, Nech saw a drop in the flow of customers through Foodliner. That changed when a Dollar General opened in Haven in February 2015.
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