Family Dollar-Meredith

[fatlazyless]

Something tells me that the new Meredith NH, former bowling alley location, which for the last 45-years was the local bowling alley, will be doing lots of Meredith business with both the locals and the visiters. That location has huge visibilty from the street, and should have easy and fast parking because it is a stand alone store as opposed to a mall store. It's the type of place where you can get in and out fast, and it has a big inventory of all sorts of items and has low price points.

The sign already attached to the construction entrance says something like "No Curse Words and No Smoking Allowed inside this Store!" so it most likely has a long history for doing business on the poorer side of its' 6800 different 44-states locations starting in Charlotte, NC. As far as I know, Family Dollar does not carry any cigarettes, chewing tobacco, snuff, beer, wine, wine coolers, lottery tickets, or newspapers. They just sell general household merchandise, consumer products like health, cosmetics, canned and packaged food items, & frozen food items, and some pretty good 3" wide paints brushes for just two bucks.

If you were hoping that Whole Foods or Trader Joe's would be opening up at the big vacant store space between the Rite Aid and the Olympic Sports, then you just might be a little surprised that you actually like the new Family Dollar. It's not a Dollar Store, it's a well organized and clean store where your dollar goes further.

Old fashioned corn brooms for sweeping the floor for $5.50. That easily beats the prices at the nearby Aubuchon Hardware or even at Wal-Mart. Locally, it comes closest to resembling the old Ben Franklin store except for the craft items.

[mets3007]

I can tell you that there are Family Dollar stores everywhere , there are a few upstate New York as well as NYC I have been to them and they are decent. You can get snack food at a good price and they do have bargains, you get what you pay for but its worth it sometimes as the price makes it worth it.

[NHBUOY]

...I use and endorse the Family Dollar in Lincoln,N.H....but I'm easy......

[fatlazyless]

Lincoln might as well be in a foreign country.

From Google, it says that 566 Main St #D, Laconia NH 03246 has a Family Dollar and I never knew that? I wonder, where the heck is 566 Main St in Laconia?

[MarkinNH]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Lincoln might as well be in a foreign country.

From Google, it says that 566 Main St #D, Laconia NH 03246 has a Family Dollar and I never knew that? I wonder, where the heck is 566 Main St in Laconia?

The Family dollar store must be the one at the corner by the stop sign on Main street. It's a couple of doors up from the Funky Monkey lounge. The old Colonial theater would be up on the right from the stop sign.

[patman]

There's a Family Dollar store in Ossipee next to Tractor Supply if that's closer for anyone who wants a preview.

[NHBUOY]

...we speak english here (kinda)...and unless someone's playing a heck of a joke on us, the Family Dollar store is next to the post office & bank...on Main St in Lincoln, N.H....btw...FLL...you ARE a wealth of info......

[Lakesrider]

Sounds great.....

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/retai...ly_dollar.html

However their stock is up 133% since 2008. So that is good for them and their investors.

Now sorry, but where is this store going in?

[MarkinNH]

Originally Posted by Lakesrider

Sounds great.....

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/retai...ly_dollar.html

However their stock is up 133% since 2008. So that is good for them and their investors.

Now sorry, but where is this store going in?

In Meredith, on route 3 North, in the old bowling / billiards place, on the right side of the road (headed North) just past the Meredith Ford dealership .

[fatlazyless]

So, I made an investigative visit to an un-disclosed Family Dollar store location yesterday and found out that while Family Dollar does not sell any cigarettes, beer, wine, lottery tickets, newspapers or ready-to-drink cups of coffee; they do sell small boxes of Nestle Raisinettes and a very similar chocolate covered raisin in a larger bag size from a different candy-maker for what seemed like some low prices.

So, with the Meredith police station just up the street, the new Meredith store
should become a safe retail environment for making that stop to get your daily chocolate covered raisin fix! Just be sure to keep those raisinettes out of your pocket or purse before paying for them! Understand!


If the store management had any brains, it seems like they could do some real good business selling cigarettes, beer, wine, lottery tickets, newspapers, and ready-to-drink cups of coffee and just forget about the chocolate raisinettes? So, what's up with this policy?

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

If the store management had any brains, it seems like they could do some real good business selling cigarettes, beer, wine, lottery tickets, newspapers, and ready-to-drink cups of coffee and just forget about the chocolate raisinettes? So, what's up with this policy?

Because:
a. there are a million convenience stores within a 1 mile radius that sell the things you listed
b. it is impossible to sell cigs, beer, and wine for $1. Heck, $1 won't even cover the tax on those items.

[songkrai]

I guess no one remembers Dr. Cataldo who had the venue constructed. Dr. Cataldo had his office where the old police station is.

[NHBUOY]

...I think FD$ is owned by Mormons, thus the absence of cigs & liquor items...

[fatlazyless]

For 5.50, the Plymouth - Family Dollar has a regular corn broom suitable for sweeping the floor, outside deck, or waving off prospective property buyers who wander past your "No Trespassing" signs. It was made in Mexico and had a real wood handle; a regular broom.

Across the parking lot at the Plymouth Hannaford's, which is a huge store complete with a pharmacy, the only broom for sale was an angle corn broom, also made in Mexico, and priced at 11.95.

That's a big difference, 5.50 verse 11.95 for two very similar products that do the same thing, sweep the floor or outside deck or whatever.

[SIKSUKR]

Maybe I'll buy one so I can sweep away some of these dead horse beating posts.

[patman]

Originally Posted by NHBUOY

...I think FD$ is owned by Mormons, thus the absence of cigs & liquor items...

Citation? I can't find anything to indicate that they do, at least not directly. NASDAQ has them listed as 50% owned by institutional investors:

http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/holdings.a...O&selected=FDO

[Argie's Wife]

FLL - Just a note of thanks for the tip about Family Dollar stores. We discovered the one in Rochester when we were shopping for birthday party decorations and favors for the oldest Arglet's party. He wanted a Harry Potter themed party and I was challenged to pull it off without breaking the bank.

I was able to fulfill his wish and then some for less than $30 for decorations, favors, and most of the food items other than the burgers and hot dogs, for 8 happy kiddos. The party was a big success - probably our best ever - and we kept the whole thing very affordable! Yea!

Thanks again for the tip!

[fatlazyless]

According to a news article down at the bottom of the front page in the latest Meredith News, 75-cents printed edition; the Meredith Family Dollar should open on about August 25. Tried to make a working link, but it's a no-go, since the story does not show up at all in their freebie internet edition.

The new Family Dollar has to be the best new Meredith store to be opening in the last twenty years in Meredith. All the good stores: Tape Escape, Wardo's, Ben Franklin, www.Parafunalia.com, Heath's Hdwe Meredith, Heath's Super Meredith, and Widdershin's all either moved away or closed permanently. And what did Meredith get in their place; a Verizon Store, a Hannaford's, an Olympia Sports, a Rite Aid, and a 14000 sq ft Crosspoint storefront that's been vacant since constructed on Thanksgiving 2008. It deserves to be vacant forever! What the H happened here to all those good old stores? Meredith got Crosspointed!

Family Dollar will be a welcome addition what with their very high quality $2.50 paint brushes, chocolate covered raisins, personal care products like shampoo and toothpaste, and microwave frozen lasagna........plus there's NO cigarettes, NO lottery tickets, NO beer, NO cheap wine, NO newspapers, & No ready-to-drink cups of coffee.....budda-budda-budda-BOOM....here's come the Meredith Family Dollar.....August 25!

[BlackCatIslander]

I am not sure what the future holds for Family Dollar but it has been a good investment for us. We sold in February. I suspect that they will do well in this economy.