Sanford: Family Dollar customers deserve better than contaminated products
An inspection of the West Memphis Family Dollar distribution facility, seen here on Feb. 21, found, among other unsanitary conditions, a rodent infestation. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu.
The expansive discount chain – with seemingly a store on every corner in Memphis — is mired in a financial and public relations nightmare of its own making because it put corporate profits over public safety.
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