• Krudler@lemmy.worldOP
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    12 days ago

    There is this chain of stores called Dollarama. They were the dollar store that came in and drove all the other dollar stores out of business… It didn’t take them more than a couple years.

    Now all the dollar stores are gone and Dollarama is pretty much the only one that remains. And naturally, the prices have gone up.

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      12 days ago

      Are those connected to Dollar General in the US? They popped up everywhere sometime around 2013-2016 (within miles of each other) and have a very similar looking candy (pretty good for $1 too).

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        12 days ago

        I actually think not, they’re a privately held, non-franchised company. Or at least that’s what it was when I last looked into it

        But all they seem to do is import trash from China in bulk, then distribute it to the various local stores

        So I would not be surprised to find similar products all over the place in various dollar stores and in other countries

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      12 days ago

      the netflix of dollar stores. only I guess there weren’t many well known rental places other than blockbuster