The Birmingham city council has approved a measure limiting new "Dollar General" and "Dollar Tree" type stores from opening new locations within a certain distance of existing stores.
Why?
As CNN reported:
"Advocates of tighter controls on dollar stores say the big chains intentionally cluster multiple stores in low-income areas. That strategy discourages supermarkets from opening and it threatens existing mom-and-pop grocers, critics say."
As posted earlier here on TimLennox.com, the grocery business is facing a new disruption in Alabama with the arrival of Aldi, a German chain that lowers prices by limiting selection and, famously, charging a quarter to "rent" a shopping cart....the money is returned when the cart is replaced. Aldi is challenging Walmart, which recently opened several groceries only stores in Montgomery.
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