Talk:Family Dollar/Archive 1

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Fair use rationale for Image:Familydollarlogopng.PNG
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Not sure why it was classified as a "North Carolina" chain--Maddux31holytrinity 09:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Because its headquarters are in the state. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:46, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

How do they do it
A section or at least a paragraph or two needs to be put in on how they can afford to sell items for only $1 and still pay for their transportation, shelf space, rent the space the store is in, etc. How much of the material is surplus, given to the store for three, how much is "slightly defective" etc? Readers of an encyclopedia and consumers in general would want to know.

--Working in a Distribution Center, I see a lot of their product. It doesn't seem to be defective, I believe a lot of it has to do with the fact that instead of getting direct shipments from factories/suppliers right to every store's door, they centralize it into warehouses, which are then sent to the stores. A lot of the product is not brand-name, but brand-names are still offered. They use a highly-efficient conveyor system to get product from A to B, which saves time and money, along with the fact that they use only sparse employment at the stores. Some of their generic products are indeed low-grade however, and that is how they are able to keep prices back.

--The real drive is to be able to put as much as possible in with as little cost as possible, as explained above. The driving factor in most distribution centers is the Cost of Case, or in other words, how much does it cost to get this case X from the inbound door to the outbound door? Though many items are priced at $1, they are not shipped individually (of course), and with some packages holding up to 48 or more of the item, $0.50 or so for the $50 of product is a great trade.


 * This is not a true dollar store, so a lot of what is in the first paragraph wouldn't apply. But the rest are valid concerns. Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 22:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)