The Dollar Store Backlash Has Begun

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25. Actually, Albuquerque is now swimming in organic food stores

Two Whole Foods Markets, two Trader Joe's, three La Montanita-Co- Op stores, two Natural Grocer stores, plus Sprouts and some smaller stores. And in the summer, lots of farmers markets.

Of course, I live 90 miles away from these stores, in rural NM. I go to Albuquerque 2 times a month for organic groceries. The closest town to me, Mountainair, has a 2 block downtown and when the dollar store came in, it really hurt all the small businesses. In fact, our little grocery store closed down and we had a "Go Fund Me" to open our store back up. So, for almost 2 yrs we were a food desert with the closest grocery store almost 40 miles away (Walmart). Our grocery store is still struggling because of the dollar store with their disgusting food. We do have some organic vegs in our new grocery store and in the summer a small farmer's market.