“Amazing store! It's very easy to get around and find what you're looking for! Wonderful customer service! When I was there, it was very busy, but the employee still helped me and made me her number one focus when I asked for help! For being a new store, they are doing a great job!”
“Wanted to give a shout out to Harley for checking on the availability of an item, setting it aside for me, and ensuring the whole process went smoothly when I went to pick it up and pay for it! Also a shout out to Gage for being friendly, pleasant, and efficient at the register. What great customer service!”
“To be fair, when I arrived it was only my first or second time ever being there I think I've been there twice but when I arrived most recently, there was only one guy working and he was also trying to stock shelves at the same time. So the place was in disarray but I would expect it that way. He was very friendly and very nice and we had a nice conversation. He just seemed unbelievably busy because he was trying to do two jobs Is the complaints I have about the place are that some of the things they sell are way too pricey for a dollar store. And I know that's all Dollar Generals Number two, and this may impact some people but not others, you are absolutely hit with the smell of very very strong heavy chemicals the moment you walk in the door. And I think that's because they keep their heavy chemicals sort of in the center aisle towards the back. I think maybe it would be less smelly if they put them along the very very back wall? I don't know? But it's unbelievably overwhelming. I did not stay long simply for that fact. It actually was making me sick. Three, they just didn't have a very good variety of craft stuff. Which Maybe it's just not what they sell? I don't know. And there just weren't a lot of options when it comes to things like kitchenware. And Beauty accessories for the hair. That was very very limited. And I mean extensively limited. I think it has good deals on some items. Like toilet paper and paper towels and things like that. But when it comes to a lot of other things that I personally use, I just don't find anything useful in the store. I actually find a lot more at the regular dollar stores where everything is just a dollar. On top of that, the shopping center that it's in, Northgate plaza, it's just very vacant. It's a little tiny bit nerve-wracking when you go there because you feel like you're almost in a ghetto strip mall. Because there's just nothing around you. So it's just not very populated and you just kind of get a really uneasy feeling. Maybe that's just me? The reason I gave it a four-star is because it is what it is. It's a dollar general. And most people who shop at Dollar Generals know what they're getting themselves into. I really was not aware of what was in there and I expected way better deals and I guess I just expected everything to be a lot less expensive because I'm on a massive budget. And the man that was working there was very friendly and very kind and very sociable and he really was working hard. So basically the four stars are for him. And the minus one star is just for everything else.”
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.
