Agree, this is store whose time has come and gone.
Right up until a couple of years ago there was a lot of things, especially in the food area, that were either a really effective budget stretchers or pantry essentials.
Right up until South Africa totally shut down there was good canned food, especially fruit coming out of there. For years the best jams and jellys were coming from Poland. I was even getting Korean oysters there for awhile. I dont know where the lobster bisque was coming from but that was better than some of the stuff I had been served in expensive restaurants.
I still keep 3-5 gallons worth of quarts in shelf stable milk on hand. Cant even find this around here at other stores.
I havent been able to find giardiniera most places and when I can its the crap with the hot peppers in it. Last summer I was able to buy a couple of cases worth of the stuff without peppers from Egypt. Admittedly, they dont use regular vinegar and spices so when I open a new jar I transfer the vegetables to a jar full of extra dilled and garliced recycled pickle brine but it turns out better than anything I can buy.
Porky rinds are still a couple of pennies cheaper than that at the regular grocery stores.
Two weeks ago A1 original was almost $4/10oz bottle at Walmart, generic just over $3, but A1 Thick and Hearty (I like better) across the street at Dollar Tree was 2 5oz bottles for $2.50.
I know some might disagree with buying the smoked mussels there (china bad, oil bad, smoke bad) but I doubt those are doing me any more harm than snacking on a fistful of cookies would.
Mackerel? What else can you buy for a that little in one can and share with your dog and cat for lunch with all three of you being glad for it?
I really dont know about the items in the rest of the store but if you know what youre paying elsewhere then you can still find just as good if not occasionally better food items at Dollar Tree.