“We love our Smithville Dollar General!!!! The staff goes out of their way to help us any time we need or ask for it. Great products, great clearance, great prices. Restroom has always been available & clean for us. Wish we could still get our rolls of quarters there for our laundry mat at our apt. but the manager said they can't do that for us anymore, & I guess I can understand that. Anyway great store great people except Aaron, he asks people for $ even when he's working. Don't care for him, but every1 else is awesome!!!”
“I normally shop at the north location, but this had a bunch of the stuff that's always cleaned out at the north location. Definitely will stop back in when in the area.”
“The decal set I've just received is fantastic! I have never before seen the high quality shown in this type of product. Looking forward to application on my 1:32nd scale F-4. Thank you.”
“Friendly staff.....this morning in the snow...the female employee was scooping the front of the parking area with a shovel. Dollar General management should be ashamed .as much money as the company makes not only do they only schedule one person a shift at this store...making it inconvenient for both customers and employees...they can't pay to have snow removal. Shame on you.”
“I visited FIVE different Dollar Trees in the greater KC area yesterday. This Barry Road location was BY FAR the most tidy & organized one! Yes, there were 2 carts with boxes to be shelved, & it was not 100% spotless. And yet it was generally clean, bright, tidy, & stocked - a far cry from the other stores. The aisles were wide open & accessible, except for those 2 carts, & an employee was actively working to move displaced items. I approached & thanked her, explaining what I’d seen elsewhere. She was very cheerful & polite & seemed genuinely excited to have a store she could be proud of, but I forgot to get her name. The young man at the register, Mo, was also polite & friendly. This makes me want to come back. I will add that the store had 2 (& both working!) price scanners. That was rare in my findings elsewhere. The other store had none or didn’t work or only had one. Big props for this, with all the price changes happening! This store had been one I was avoiding, due to its previous lack of organized shelves & overall messiness & lack of cleanliness. I will now add it to my favorites! Dollar tree, take note! Have some pride, managers! It matters!”
Burlington Stores is giving its locations a major makeover. The off-price retailer has already transformed about half of its 1,115 stores and plans to complete the redesign across its entire fleet by the end of 2026. The company calls this makeover "Store Experience 2.0." Gone are the cramped aisles and confusing layouts that once defined discount shopping. Instead, Burlington is creating wider walkways, organized sections, and clearer signs to help shoppers find what they need.
Dollar General is adding more of its private label food offerings to stores, following similar moves by big retailers like Walmart and Amazon as store brands keep growing in popularity. The store is launching new items under its own labels, including ice cream, cinnamon rolls, coffee syrups, and salad dressings. The move comes as store brand sales reached $271 billion in 2024, up nearly 4% from 2023.
Daiso, the beloved Japanese retailer known for its variety of affordable household goods, is expanding further in the U.S. market. This week, the company is celebrating the grand openings of three new stores in Texas and California. On Saturday, Aug. 10, Daiso debuted an 8,000-sq.-ft. location in Beaumont, Texas, at Dowlen Towne Center, as well as two Southern California stores - a 6,319-sq.-ft. space in Van Nuys at Mid Valley Marketplace and a 5,200-sq.-ft. store in Westminster at Westminster Center.
Dollar Tree is moving into 170 former 99 Cents Only stores, marking a big shift in the discount retail landscape. The company announced Wednesday it's taking over leases in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas, with plans to reopen the stores under its own brand as early as fall 2024.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet just landed a great deal of its own, winning a $14.6 million bankruptcy auction for 11 former 99 Cents Only store locations across Texas. The discount retail chain pounced after 99 Cents Only abruptly went out of business in March, shuttering all 371 of its stores in California, Arizona, Texas, and Nevada. Ollie's quickly made an opening "stalking horse bid" to grab over a dozen of the empty properties.
