Family Dollar & Dollar Tree Workers Describe 'Unhygienic, Disgusting' Stores, Rodent Infestations
- Family Dollar and Dollar Tree workers describe stores as 'unhygienic and disgusting,' with rodents taking shelter in stock rooms that are stuffed full of boxes. Business Insider/MSN, March 27, 2022.
- In February, FDA inspectors found a rodent infestation at one of Family Dollar's warehouses.
- Because of this, Family Dollar – and its sister chain Dollar Tree – have come under scrutiny.
- Workers at these chains say that pest issues have been going on for years.
It's been 6 months since Jayson started his job as a cashier at a Family Dollar store in Maine and he's already preparing to quit. He's tired of working in a store that's understaffed, unclean, and unsafe because it's so stacked up with boxes of inventory, he tells Insider. Jayson – who did not wish to share his full name through fear of retribution but whose identity is known to Insider – is one of 12 former and current Family Dollar & Dollar Tree workers who shared similar experiences in recent conversations. The Family Dollar chain is owned by Dollar Tree.
These workers described the conditions in the chains' stores as "unhygienic and disgusting," where rodents roam in backrooms that are piled high with boxes, and around stores that are rarely cleaned. Their comments, which come in the wake of an FDA investigation that unearthed a rodent infestation at one of Family Dollar's distribution centers in Arkansas and led to it temporarily closing 404 stores, suggest that the rodent issues are far more widespread than at just one warehouse.
In a statement to Insider, Kayleigh Campbell, a spokesperson for both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar said that the company is "committed to providing safe and quality products" for customers and "complying with all applicable federal, state and local occupational health and safety laws." 'To call it chaotic is an understatement': While Jayson hasn't seen a live rodent in the shopping area of his store, he has disposed of dead rats caught in traps in the stock room and come across rodent faeces. "My location is constantly dirty, floors not maintained, dirt and dust everywhere, and completely infested with spiders," he said...
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