Source: Grocery Dive Stubborn inflation and ultra price-conscious consumers have created the perfect storm for discounters. So far this year, Dollar General opened its 20,000th store, announced plans to open 800 locations in 2024 and brought fresh produce to more than 5,000 stores. Competitor Dollar Tree, though scaling back by [...]
By Laurel Kalser Source: HR Dive Dollar General violated federal labor law when corporate officials threatened to close a Connecticut store if employees voted for a union, illegally surveilled their actions and fired a pro-union employee, an administrative judge for the National Labor Relations Board opined in Dolgen Corp. and [...]
By Bill Wilson Source: Supermarket News Dollar General’s safety violation pace has remained constant over the last few months, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) even added a little momentum following more inspections in the Tampa, Fla., area. There, inspections at two Dollar General stores revealed employees being [...]
By Greg Jaffe Source: The Washington Post The afternoon shift workers at Dollar General No. 18060 had listened with growing panic as an executive accused their store manager of stealing. They could hear the yelling and threats in the back office, a scene that had shaken all of them — [...]
By Jeong Park Source: The Sacramento Bee More than 40 workers at a Dollar General warehouse in West Sacramento could be among the first in the company to join a union, representing a significant milestone in organizing one of the biggest employers and industries in the country. The employees last [...]
By Chris Isidore Source: CNN Business Shellie Parsons never thought she'd be supporting an effort to win union representation at the Dollar General store where she's worked for a bit more than a year. "I was actually against unions," said the 37-year-old single mom. "I'd heard a lot of bad [...]
By Hamilton Nolan Source: In These Times In less than two weeks, a tiny group of a half dozen workers in Barkhamsted, Connecticut will vote on whether to become the only unionized Dollar General store employees in America. These six people in a small town about 20 miles northwest of Hartford now find themselves [...]
By Nathaniel Meyersohn Source: CNN Business Dollar store chains are starting to offer fresh groceries at some stores after years of criticism that they don't provide enough healthy food options for their customers. Family Dollar has started selling apples, oranges, onions, potatoes, and other fruit and vegetables, and frozen poultry, [...]
By Jon Springer Source: Winsight Grocery Business It never fails to boggle the mind to take in just how big and fast Dollar General has become. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based discounter today operates more than 17,000 stores in 46 states. In units, that’s more than either McDonald's or Starbucks, or 7-Eleven [...]
A growing number of large US chains are offering their workers incentives to get Covid-19 vaccines. Grocery chain Aldi said Tuesday that it will provide its hourly workers with two hours of pay for each vaccine dose they receive, giving workers up to four hours total of paid time off. [...]