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Jul 19, 2021

Discount store chain Dollar General is moving into health care

We also talk infrastructure and discuss how concerns about the delta variant could affect the markets.

Dollar General has nearly doubled its store count in the last decade, filling in gaps in areas without big-box stores or grocery chains. — Dollar General has nearly doubled its store count in the last decade, filling in gaps in areas without big-box stores or grocery chains.
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What would rural health care from a discount retailer look like?
by Blake Farmer
Blake Farmer/WPLN News
Dollar General, with more than 17,000 stores, is moving into health care. Many rural communities have lost hospitals in recent years.
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