I've never seen anything like fresh produce in a Dollar General.
You can get great deals on early 2000s action DVDs. But no fruits or
veggies, typically.
I scraped the locations of all the Dollar General stores a while back.
If it's something you'd be interested in, let me know. I'll dig it up
and send it along.
On 2017-07-10 09:09, Hillary Shaw wrote:
> Let's hope they do........wonder what the fresh fruit and vegetable
> offering will be like? I see Dollar Stores is planning on offering
> 'more' fresh produce, but if you Google 'Dollar General Stores' or
> 'Family Dollar Stores' and click 'Images', fresh produce doesn't
> exactly feature prominently in those pics.
>
> Dr Hillary Shaw
> www.fooddeserts.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reed Underwood <[log in to unmask]>
> To: hillshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: CRIT-GEOG-FORUM <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 10, 2017 2:27 pm
> Subject: Re: Has Kimball (WV) got a future?
>
> This story has played out in countless places across the U.S.
>
> The most likely outcome: Dollar General or Family Dollar will plant a
> mini-Wal-Mart store to sop up the leavings.
>
> On 2017-07-10 08:11, Hillary Shaw wrote:
>> Kimball loses its main supermarket, a Wal-Mart. The community lost a
>> lot more than its only supermarket too.
>>
>>
> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/what-happened-when-walmart-left
>>
>> Not just the town's only foodstore, but its main employer, social
>> centre, and food bank supporter too.
>>
>> Worth a look on Google Streetview (make sure you get the right
>> Kimball, in West Virginia ( WV ) there are others in the US. The
>> place has similarities to the Welsh Valleys communities,
>> http://fooddeserts.org/images/CURA%20project.htm
>>
>> It's hard to see an economic future for the place, many other stores
>> closed up, and that was in 2015 (Google Stretview date) - and
>> giving the main road through the place the name 'Coal Heritage Road'
>> isn't going to help......you can't eat coal heritage, and it doesn't
>> pay very good wages either.
>>
>> http://fooddeserts.org/images/000USA.htm
>>
>> Dr Hillary J. Shaw
>> Director and Senior Research Consultant
>> Shaw Food Solutions
>> Newport
>> Shropshire
>> TF10 8QE
>> _www.fooddeserts.org_ [1]
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>
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> [1] http://www.fooddeserts.org_
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