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In reply to the discussion: The Dollar Store Backlash Has Begun [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)My family lives in small town North Louisiana. An area that continues to suffer from brain drain. Most of the bright kids who make it to a decent school or technical program go somewhere else.
They have several dollar store but one Halfway decent grocery story that does sell a modest(compared to Publix) assortment of produce.
But you dont see people buying it. Even my family who can afford fresh or even frozen vegetables(often better than fresh) still insist on canned veggies loaded with sodium even though many of them have hypertension. They say it takes too long to cook the fresh stuff.
The grocery store would stock more produce if people wanted it. But my experience is they do not. Vegetables are an afterthought to many people. Meat, potatoes and rice make up a meal to them. I should add that Onions, celery and green peppers are used a lot as they are the basis of so many Louisiana meals. But in the sauce.
I have seen the pattern repeated when I travel in rural north Florida as well.
Cant speak for out west.