For folks without cars living in isolated areas, the opening of a nearby dollar store can be a gamechanger that cuts the amount of time — and money — needed to travel and shop for groceries.
But while they’re closer and cheap, Tufts University researchers warn shoppers to beware the frozen ready meals, instant noodle cups and fudge-and-marshmallow cookies that fill their shelves.
As dollar stores have doubled their share of the groceries market in rural American this past decade, their wares are driving up rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other health problems.
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