Rising prices are pushing shoppers to dollar stores
CNN
The Great Recession in 2008 pushed struggling Americans to rely more heavily on dollar stores and prompted other shoppers to visit them for the first time.
Now, more than a decade later, a similar pattern is showing up at US discount chains as shoppers try to manage record-high gas prices and the fastest growth in inflation in 40 years.
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