Dollar General now sells about 20% of its products for $1 and the rest at higher prices. Five Below still sells a lot of products under $5, but it started raising its prices to the "Five Beyond" ($5 ...
If you strip that out, its same-store sales growth rate was only 1.3%. At a time when shoppers are looking for deals and ways to save, Dollar General isn't seeing a big flurry of activity.
A Peoria man was charged with armed robbery Monday, nearly 18 months after he allegedly used a machete to rob a Dollar General store in South Peoria, according to the Peoria County State's Attorney.