Yup. Dollar General is worse than a convenience store like 7-11, it's an expensive inconvenience store.

And we need more local co-op grocery stores like Berkeley Bowl, the Davis Co-op, and ATX Wheatsville.

I have yet to visit a co-op that had cheaper than grocery store prices. Every single one focused on quality over cost savings.

	▲	phil21 a day ago \| parent [-]
		This was not always the case. 30 years ago the customer base for bulk co-op places were lower-middle class/poor folks who had a decent amount of financial acumen. You'd go there with your own containers and buy staples by the pound. Or special order that 50lb bag of oats or flour for 1/4th the per-lb price of the local grocery store. They slowly morphed into bougie health nut/conspiracy hippie stores during my lifetime. Closest thing I've found to what I remember them being are food service stores which tend to require a business tax ID to buy from.