With prices creeping up, more Americans are turning to dollar stores

Stamford Advocate ^ | Aug. 20, 2021 | Abha Bhattarai , The Washington Post

[rdl6989]

There’s a Dollar general on every street corner here.

[Leep]

Dollar store Parm cheese is wood filler.

[dfwgator]

I went to a dollar store a couple of weeks ago, and the owner of a local convenience store was buying cases of things to mark up and sell in his store a couple of miles away. Temped got see what some of those Mark-ups look like.

Smart businessman. If he makes money on it from suckers, more power to him.

[gundog]

Oh, I’m sure. I don’t object, in principle, but the guy’s a bit of a prick.

[proud American in Canada]

LOL! Gotta love Apu!

[dpetty121263]

Dollar General, Family Dollar are in one class and Dollar stores are in a lower class.. I would be scared of eating anything from Dollar stores as from what I have observed the canned goods and packaged foods are from either overseas or no name brand, never heard of types. The Dollar General, Family Dollar types sell purposely downsize the items, less bang for the buck compared to Wal Mart or Kroger’s..

[dfwgator]

The real reason liberals hate Apu.

[Leep]

I used to buy dollar store items..back when they weren’t pure crap..and sell them at flea markets for $5-6.

[gundog]

No smarter than the homeless that pick people’s flowers and sell them on the street.

[Leep]

The Walmart GV brand is fairly good and about 1/3-1/2 less than name brand.

[Fury]

Re: 18 - Good post. My Mom was always skeptical of dollar stores.

[gitmo]

How does a dollar store cause a food desert?

[heavy metal]

the dollar general near my place is like a mini walmart and is the only store within 15 miles...

the prices are cheaper than grocery stores...

and the products are the same weight and size as any other stores...

[CornPop]

Slightly different topic: Went to the grocery store to get some turkey breast for smoking some jerky. It was 4.39 a lb. It was half that, last year.

[gitmo]

I don’t object, in principle, but the guy’s a bit of a prick.

Don’t all retail stores do the same thing?

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Nothing in Dollar General stores is $1 anymore last time I went into one.

[Dr. Sivana]

Correct. Some people confuse Dollar General with Dollar Tree which is 99% everything for $1. (helium balloons are an exception).

[heavy metal]

the dollar general stores i have been to my area have a 1 dollar isle...

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Ok, I don’t remember seeing that aisle - but thanks for clearing that up.

[Dr. Sivana]

It wasn’t there an article here yesterday that dollar stores were a scam and the markup and the margins are much higher at dollar stores than regular supermarkets?

If there was, it wasn't fair. First, they compete against very high priced convenience stores as much or more than they do against Kroger, Publix and Stop & Shop. Second, if everything is a dollar, as it is at Dollar Tree, some deals HAVE to be beter than others. Third, if they are skimping on size, it is not fair to compare the per ounce cost of a 7 oz box of Cap'n Crunch at the Dollar Tree to the 40 oz. box at the CostCo.

Is everything there a deal? No. Is it a scam? Also no, unless you consider CVS and Circle K a scam, too.