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Pluralistic: Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores (27 Mar 2023)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on March 27, 2023April 1, 2023Categories UncategorizedTags consolidation, dollar general, dollar stores, dollar tree, food deserts, groceries, ilsr, institute for local self reliance, kkr, labor, monopoly, monopsony, pe, predatory buying, predatory pricing, private equity, Robinson-Patman Act, shrinkflation1 Comment on Pluralistic: Rural towns and poor urban neighborhoods are being devoured by dollar stores (27 Mar 2023)

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