America is home to more dollar stores than McDonald’s

[n2doc]

Is there a dollar store near you? The answer is probably “several.”

Family Dollar FDO, -1.19% on Friday rejected the buyout proposal from Dollar General because of antitrust regulatory concerns.

In an attempt to ease those concerns, Dollar General DG, -2.28% had said it was willing to divest 1,500, or 7.7%, of the combined total of stores. But considering all the overlap seen on the map, especially east of the Mississippi, Family Dollar’s concerns are pretty clear.

Family Dollar continues to support the lower buyout offer from smaller rival Dollar Tree DLTR, +1.07% which has about 5,100 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Dollar Tree said Friday it would “divest as many stores as necessary or advisable” to obtain antitrust clearance.

more (graphs are worth looking at)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/america-is-home-to-more-dollar-stores-than-mcdonalds-2014-09-05

[leftyohiolib]

1. youre correct i dont think mcdonalds houses any dollar stores

[packman]

2. If there ever was a symbol for US Wage decline

it has got to be the Dollar stores and their clones. When shopping at Wal-mart becomes too expensive it should have been the canary in the mines warning.

[area51]

3. +1 n/t

[edhopper]

4. One thing about the Dollar Stores

it's one of the few places where the made in China, crap merchandize that everyone now sells is priced appropriately.

[adirondacker]

5. A solid waste transfer station that people pay for. Brilliant! I'd add every big box store to them

as well. Lowes, Homedepot, Walmart.
I walk into these places and see 90% roadside garbage.

[thatgemguy]

6. When was the last time

that our government was concerned about anti-trust issues? Corporations only grow "too big to fail".

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Never realized till now those stores are not in Washington and Oregon.

Yet, anyhow.