How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
www.theguardian.com
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes
  • ohlaph@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Boots theory leans on buying cheap repeatedly because that’s all one can afford at the time.

    The article is about inaccurate prices.