New Just-A-Buck® dollar store lets shoppers save money AND do good
A new Just-A-Buck store in the Midtown Shopping Center in Parma, owned and operated by S.A.W., Inc., the nonprofit partner of the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities, opened on April 27, 2009. It employs 15 workers who have mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, a store manager and two assistant managers. The workers with MR/DD will handle stocking and receiving, cleaning, check-out and bagging.
S.A.W. spent more than two years researching various franchise opportunities and investigating Just-A-Buck before making the 10-year commitment to ownership. A consumer study conducted prior to the economic turndown showed that more than one-third of all U.S. households regularly shopped at dollar stores on a monthly basis. The study further showed that dollar stores, once patronized primarily by low-income households, hold growing appeal for moderate and upper-income households, older consumers and ethnic groups.
In today’s economy, more and more shoppers are turning to bargain retail outlets like dollar stores to extend their budgets. Now, those shoppers can save money AND do good.
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