by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sun Dec 30, 2018 5:48 pm
Ha, so Jolt Cola is sold at one of them, Dollar General, I think. That has caused me to go into a few of them, because nobody else was selling my favorite vice.*
They're not... I mean, you go in there and the assumption is that everything is a dollar. Which things are not. Things are cheap though and I would argue that they have realistic pricing on pop and various non-exciting sundries. My college roommate stated that he would never pay more than $0.99 for two liters of soda and because of places like these cheap-ass dollar stores, it's still possible all these years later.
The article kind of blames these stores for the awful condition of neighborhoods they exist in, which is stupid. I mean, take a look at where the 'belt' of these stores exist and ask yourself if maybe the people inside these belts as a group collectively vote for a particular party that has made no qualms and no secret about screwing over the poor and helping those that are already well-to-do. Maybe one affects the other, I dunno. My neighborhood is predominantly blue and we have at least one of these stores.
I did like this from the article:
"The one in a whiter, more affluent neighborhood regularly advertises grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine[.]"
Yeah, that's the list of stuff that keeps you ultra-healthy, olives and wine.
I guess the other thing is that it's good that low-cost grocery stores exist, because I live in a household where we, ah, go shopping in stores like the ones mentioned - Whole Foods. They are expensive as all hell. The experience is of being in the store is a little nicer, I guess. The aisles are bigger? But honestly, the only thing I care about when it comes to a grocery store is if there's enough room to park.
* Rocket Fizz, a candy store, has recently started selling Jolt Cola as well.
Ha, so Jolt Cola is sold at one of them, Dollar General, I think. That has caused me to go into a few of them, because nobody else was selling my favorite vice.*
They're not... I mean, you go in there and the assumption is that everything is a dollar. Which things are not. Things are cheap though and I would argue that they have realistic pricing on pop and various non-exciting sundries. My college roommate stated that he would never pay more than $0.99 for two liters of soda and because of places like these cheap-ass dollar stores, it's still possible all these years later.
The article kind of blames these stores for the awful condition of neighborhoods they exist in, which is stupid. I mean, take a look at where the 'belt' of these stores exist and ask yourself if maybe the people inside these belts as a group collectively vote for a particular party that has made no qualms and no secret about screwing over the poor and helping those that are already well-to-do. Maybe one affects the other, I dunno. My neighborhood is predominantly blue and we have at least one of these stores.
I did like this from the article:
[quote]"The one in a whiter, more affluent neighborhood regularly advertises grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine[.]"[/quote]
Yeah, that's the list of stuff that keeps you ultra-healthy, olives and wine.
I guess the other thing is that it's good that low-cost grocery stores exist, because I live in a household where we, ah, go shopping in stores like the ones mentioned - Whole Foods. They are expensive as all hell. The experience is of being in the store is a little nicer, I guess. The aisles are bigger? But honestly, the only thing I care about when it comes to a grocery store is if there's enough room to park.
* Rocket Fizz, a candy store, has recently started selling Jolt Cola as well.