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Dollar stores are overcharging people who can’t afford to be overcharged

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 08, 2025
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A Dollar General store in Bethlehem, NC. (J. Michael Jones/shutterstock.com)

When the shelf says $5 and the register says $7.65, who’s going to notice?

Dollar stores built their brand on one promise: low prices for people who can’t afford to shop anywhere else. A Guardian investigation reveals they’re not keeping that promise — and their most vulnerable c…

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