As many shoppers have witnessed, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created a need for retailers to rethink the overall shopping experience to limit the opportunity for the virus to spread.

Many retailers, such as Walmart, had devised various systems and protocols, but with the busy holiday shopping season fast approaching, fear is that the current protocols may not be enough. To this end, Walmart and others are now rolling back to the precautions they formed in the pandemic's earlier days

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The precaution in specific is that of limiting the number of shoppers permitted in the store at one time to that of

Admittedly, it is tempting to as much of your shopping at your local Dollar General Store—I mean, there is a new one popping up all the time. There is also the fact that shopping there is very affordable, and according to recent data, as many as 75% of Americans currently live within five minutes of a store. However, even with all this in mind, you may want to stop and think before heading out to shop.

More often then not, the opening of a Dollar General Store heralds in bad news for already established local businesses. It has been determined that