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Dollar store entry tended to have a larger impact on independent grocery stores in rural census tracts, 2000–19

by Keenan Marchesi
3/18/2025

Bar chart showing percent loss after the entry of a dollar store in number, employment, and sales for independent grocery stores in rural and urban census tracts, and the average percent loss, from 2000 to 2019.

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Using proprietary data, researchers from USDA, Economic Research Service, North Dakota State University, and the University of Connecticut found that the entry of dollar stores had a more significant impact on independent grocers in rural census tracts than in urban ones.

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