Dollar Stores

Dollar General, Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree are expanding at a breakneck pace across urban neighborhoods and small towns alike. There’s growing evidence that these stores are not merely a symptom of economic distress. They’re a cause of it.

Our latest reports and resources:

Detail the predatory tactics of dollar stores, the devastating impacts of these chains, and the need for both local and federal action.
How you can join the growing number of communities that are rejecting the dollar store encroachment and how your communities can encourage the development of full-service grocery stores instead.

Dollar Store Restrictions

As dollar stores multiply rapidly across the U.S., cities are developing dollar store-specific policies to rein in their growth. Such policies include “dispersal restrictions" that set limits on how close new dollar stores can be to existing ones. These ordinances account for the existing concentration of dollar stores within a neighborhood or city and help ensure that these chains cannot amass at such a density that they impede opportunities for grocery stores and other businesses to take root and grow. Our new map shows dollar store defeats and restrictions across the country.READ MORE