Dollar store brands are facing a reckoning after customers slam the industry for selling expired items and creating 'food deserts'

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Dollar store brands are facing a reckoning after customers slam the industry for selling expired items and creating 'food deserts'
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Despite strong sales and rapid growth, dollar store brands are receiving increasing backlash for dubious practices.

Despite strong sales and rapid growth, dollar store brands are receiving increasing backlash for dubious practices like selling expired products and contributing to food deserts by taking over retail space in low-income rural communities. Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar were collectively fined $1.2 million for selling expired over-the-counter medicine, faulty motor oil, and failing to comply with New York state law policies regarding bottle deposits.

Despite strong sales and rapid growth, dollar store brands are receiving increasing backlash for dubious practices like selling expired products and contributing to food deserts by taking over retail space in low-income rural communities. Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar were collectively fined $1.2 million for selling expired over-the-counter medicine, faulty motor oil, and failing to comply with New York state law policies regarding bottle deposits.

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