Dollar General

Dollar General stocker and advocate David Williams hopes the complaint and settlement will lead to positive changes for employees.

The discount store chain has added fresh fruits and vegetables at more than 5,400 stores. Grocery store advocates say the move could hurt mom-and-pop grocers.

Dollar General opens about three locations a day. Advocates against the rapid expansion released a four-step guide for keeping stores from opening.

A recent report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance laid out 17 problems with dollar stores, but some researchers said there isn’t a consensus yet.

Dollar store brands have expanded at a fast rate across the U.S. — especially in the Gulf South — over the past 15 years. Here’s what’s driving the trend.

Fired up by a labor movement that’s seen big union victories recently, dollar store workers are organizing in their own way to improve work conditions.