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Discount stores edging out food banks for goods

Nov 24, 2011
Food producers are increasingly selling their mislabeled and soon-to-be expired goods to discount stores instead of giving to food banks.

Dollar store sells for big bucks

Oct 11, 2011
Discount and dollar stores have become so popular with shoppers that big-time investors -- who would have turned up their noses a few years ago -...
A discount store sells soda for one dollar a six-pack in Ontario, Calif.
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