By
Nick Tabor, New Era Senior Staff Writer
Four
months after stocking their coolers with beer and their shelves with wine, the
Dollar General corporation now plans to introduce cigarette sales as well.
It’s
a “dying category,” said Mary Winn Gordon, vice president of investor and
public relations. But for now, store managers are reporting that customers want
them. So even if it only creates a one-time “bump” in revenue, Dollar General
will take it.
Some
Crofton residents are already boycotting the store just outside their town’s
boundaries because it sells beer and wine. They’ve mostly given up the fight to
have the store’s alcohol license revoked.
So
the introduction of tobacco products is basically moot to them.
