4.2M views · Sep 7, 2023 · 19:48 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2023–2025
A Wendover Productions video on how dollar store chains expanded across America and why they displace grocery stores in small towns. It covers their business model and supplier leverage.
Why Hacker News points people here: Offered as a good explanation of the business of dollar stores and how they affect local grocers.
“I think it does a good job explaining the problem”HN comment, 2023
“I think it does a good job explaining the problem”
Explains how dollar stores displace grocers.
> There is nothing inevitable about the dollar store putting the grocer out of business. I recently came across this, and I think it does a good job explaining the problem: this video
“A couple of good videos about the business of dollar stores with similar takes”
Business of dollar stores.
A couple of good videos about the business of dollar stores with similar takes: link (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) this video (Wendover Productions)
“Wendover on YouTube did a video on this recently [0].”
> Their cost structure nickel and dimes the consumer so much that by the time you get to the destination you may have paid more for a much less comfortable trip That lends more credence to the comparison against Dollar General and similar discount stores. Dollar stores generally charge a higher price relative to quantity, but they offer smaller quantities than big box stores which allows their customers to spend less (but also get a lot less). Wendover on YouTube did a video on this recently [0]. [0] this video
“they can get better deals from suppliers than Walmart and even get custom SKUs”
Dollar General's supplier leverage and custom SKUs.
There's a minute or two in this video(1) about DG from Wendover Productions last year that discusses this. Apparently they're so powerful they can get better deals from suppliers than Walmart and even get custom SKUs ($1 sizes of Tide Detergent, for example) from them to be the product on shelves in DG. Kinda crazy. 1) this video
