Family Dollar closing on Somerville Ave (not Davis Square)

[ron_newman]

The Family Dollar on Somerville Avenue, near Conway Park, has a STORE CLOSING banner hanging outside. As far as I know, our Family Dollar in Davis Square is staying open.

The few times I've gone there, the Somerville Ave. store seemed less cluttered, better organized, and friendlier than the Davis store.

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[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

I agree that the Somerville Ave store was more organized. I much preferred this location to the Davis location. They've been there for years, I was surprised that they are leaving. Actually, they're turning into a Dollar Tree. Which in a sense I prefer. I feel I don't have to hike to Twin City anymore :P

I used to get laundry deter ham at that Family Dollar which I stopped doing because they raised the prices. They were actually cheaper to get at Star or CVS. I will miss a lot of the stuff that they sell that Dolar Tree doesn't though.

[ron_newman]

That makes some sense since the Dollar Tree company is taking over the Family Dollar chain (while keeping the two chains separate). Where did you hear that the store will be converted?

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

All of the stuff that isn't a dollar is half off so I was in there shopping a week or two ago and they had a sign hanging from the ceiling that said something like, Dollar Tree coming soon.

[ron_newman]

Thanks. When I went by, the store wasn't open. They've cut back their closing hour to 7 pm instead of 9.

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

I knew something seemed odd. I walked by there around 8:30 about a week or so ago and figured I'd stop in but noticed it was closed so I kept walking, I didn't think to go look at the hours. Thanks for the info. I wonder when they are closing and the Dollar Tree will be there?

[ron_newman]

When I passed the store today it was closed, with a construction crew working on it. They told me it would take a couple weeks to convert into a Dollar Tree.