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Food desert bit; copied and modified from my work on Dollar Tree. Per MOS:LEAD: "The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic. It should identify the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies." I think this is a prominent controversy. If you disagree, please post on talk page and we'll discuss. I'll be monitoring this page from now on. |
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{{Short description|Retail store that sells inexpensive general merchandise}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}[[File:99CentsOnlystore-Dallas, TX.jpg|thumb|99 Cents Only Stores in Dallas, Texas]]
[[File:Woolworth - Kresge Scranton PA vintage 78 Better Copy.jpg|thumb|F. W. Woolworth and S. S. Kresge stores on Lackawanna Avenue, in downtown [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]], Pennsylvania. The two stores were often found near each other in downtown areas.]]
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In many countries, stock can be imported from others with lower variable costs, because of differences in wages, resource costs or taxation.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} Usually, goods are imported by a general importer and then sold to the stores [[wholesale]].{{disputed inline|date=September 2013}}
Another source of stock is overruns, surplus items and out-of-date food products. Real Deals, a regional dollar store in the [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], New York area, is stocked almost entirely with surplus goods such as these.<ref>{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Tobin |url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/business_is_booming_for_auburn.html |title=Business is booming for Auburn-based dollar store chain |work=The Post-Standard; syracuse.com |date=April 2009 |access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> The legality of selling out-of-date goods varies between jurisdictions: in general, most items (with a few exceptions, particularly certain perishable food items depending on the state) can be sold in the United States regardless of their sell-by date,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/transparency/basics/ucm210073.htm|work=US [[Food and Drug Administration]]|title=Did you know that a store can sell food past the expiration date?|access-date=8 September 2013|date=13 April 2013}}</ref> but in the United Kingdom it is illegal to sell goods after their "Use
===Demography===
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=== Allegations of creating food deserts ===
Dollar stores have been alleged by a number of studies, individuals, and organizations to proliferate [[Food desert|food deserts]]: areas with limited access to healthy and affordable food.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chenarides |first1=Lauren |last2=Cho |first2=Clare |last3=Nayga Jr. |first3=Rodolfo M. |last4=Thomsen |first4=Michael R. |date=September 2021 |title=Dollar stores and food deserts |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143622821001132 |journal=Applied Geography |volume=134 |doi=10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102497 |via=[[Elsevier Science Direct]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Corkery |first=Michael |date=2023-03-01 |title=As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Say No |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/business/dollar-stores-rejected.html |access-date=2024-07-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Wesley |date=2022-04-20 |title=As Dollar Stores Proliferate Food Deserts, Some Communities Push Back |url=https://www.eater.com/23026173/dollar-store-general-food-deserts |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Eater |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Chris |date=2023-04-26 |title=Dollar Stores Are Becoming Problem for Grocers |url=https://foodinstitute.com/focus/dollar-stores-are-becoming-problem-for-grocers/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=The Food Institute |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=North Texas dollar stores are adding produce. Is it really a win for food deserts? |url=https://www.keranews.org/news/2023-12-20/north-texas-dollar-stores-are-adding-produce-is-it-really-a-win-for-food-deserts |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=KERA News |language=en}}</ref> Dollar stores are alleged to outcompete local grocery stores, and end up being one of the few options available for purchasing food in some communities.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2019-12-08 |title=Dollar Stores and food deserts: The latest struggle between Main Street and corporate America - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dollar-stores-and-food-deserts-the-latest-struggle-between-main-street-and-corporate-america/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Dollar Tree has disputed this claim; it claimed that in a number of cases it created food options in food deserts.<ref name=":1" /> In 2023, Dollar Tree reportedly stopped selling eggs when the price of eggs increased.<ref name=":2" /> In line with these allegations, a number of U.S. states have passed restrictions on where new dollar stores can be opened.<ref name=":3" />
==By region==
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*five and ten cent store, five and ten, five and dime (a [[Dime (United States coin)|dime]] is the name of a US ten-cent coin).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nilsson |first1=Jeff |title=Woolworth: A Five and Dime Story |journal=Saturday Evening Post |date=12 February 2011 |url=https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/02/woolworth-a-five-and-dime-story/}}</ref>
*dime store
*5, 10 & 25c stores<ref>{{cite book |title=City Business Directory of Greater Los Angeles |date=1948 |publisher=City Business Directory Publishers. |url=https://
*five cent to one dollar stores<ref>{{cite web |title=Image 282 of California - Yellow Pages - Los Angeles Central Area - June 1948 A through KEY |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/usteledirec.usteledirec02304/?sp=282&st=image&r=0.18,0.191,0.513,0.302,0 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |access-date=29 March 2024 |date=June 1948}}</ref>
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==== Variety store chains in North America ====
* In [[Canada]]: [[A Buck or Two]] (163+), [[Dollarama]] (1,095),<ref>{{cite web|title=Fourth Quarter MD&A|url=http://www.dollarama.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/4th-Quarter-MDA.pdf|website=Dollarama Financial Information|accessdate=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630193119/http://www.dollarama.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/4th-Quarter-MDA.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Dollar Tree Canada]] (226),<ref name="dollartree" />
* In [[Mexico]]: Prichos, Waldo's Dollar Mart, [[Miniso]], [[PesoRama]] (JOi Dollar Plus stores)
* In the [[United States]]:
==== Names for variety stores in North America ====
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[[File:100-Emon.jpg|thumb|100-yen at Kōnoike, [[Higashiōsaka]]]]
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In Japan, [[100-yen shop]]s (百円ショップ hyaku-en shoppu or 百均 hyakkin) have proliferated since around 2001. This is considered an after-effect of a decade-long recession of the Japanese economy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bender|first1=Andrew|title=Bargain hunting at Japan's 100-yen stores|url=
For a few years, 100-yen shops existed not as permanent stores, but as vendors under temporary, foldable tents. They were (and still are) typically found near the entrance areas of supermarkets.
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