A LIVID shopper at Dollar General has fumed at the store’s price tags claiming they’re “always wrong.”
The customer has hit out at the discount store chain claiming he “wouldn’t have bought” the item if it were priced correctly.
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Taking to social media, he queried why products scanned at different prices to what they were labeled.
Two packets of Assorted Quaker Cereal packets were on sale for $6 so he popped two in his basket.
However when he went to scan them they came up at $4.05 each, a price he said he wouldn’t have paid.
On X, he wrote: “Why are the prices always wrong in your store?
“Not only were these cereal not two for $6, it actually rang up at $4.05.
“If I didn’t need this I wouldn’t have bought it.
“This is a regular occurrence at my local store.
“Is there anything you can do?”
Dollar General reached back out to the disgruntled customer asking for more information.
A spokesperson for the store said: “Hi. Thank you for reaching out. Can you please send us a DM? Thank you – Sonny.”
This isn’t the first time the discount chain has faced unhappy shoppers.
Last month, Dollar General bosses confessed to their customers that they would be hiking prices up.
Consumers are being crippled by rising prices all across the country as retailers are tackling a difficult economic climate.
The US Sun reported in February that along with Walgreens, Dollar General was facing huge closures and employee layoffs.
Now, CEO Todd Vasos has admitted that the company doesn’t expect things to improve in 2025.
The chief said on an earnings call on Thursday: “Our customers continue to report that their financial situation has worsened over the last year, as they have been negatively impacted by ongoing inflation.
“Many of our customers report they only have enough money for basic essentials, with some noting that they have had to sacrifice even on the necessities.
“As we enter 2025, we are not anticipating improvement in the macro environment, particularly for our core customer.”
Vasos said that customers are expecting value and convenience “more than ever” from the dollar-store chain.
Dollar General reported that its customer traffic fell 1.1 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2024.
It also revealed that it would close a whopping 96 stores this year.
Vasos continued: “We’ve started to see where [our customer is] getting her sea legs, if you will, on the additional inflation that’s been very sticky out there, and she’s starting to understand her budgets even more.
“Given the already stressed financial condition of our core customer, we are closely monitoring these and any other potential economic headwinds, including any changes to government entitlement programs.”
The Sun has reached out to Dollar General for a comment.
