I was at my local Dollar Tree, today. Found two really good deals on canned Albacore Tuna and Teriyaki Sauce. It pays to look at ALL the foodstuffs and read labels as to carb count and where it's made.
I don't buy China junk there...or anywhere.
shampoo
deodorant
razors
toothbrushes & floss
never really looked at the food
More important is best by dates
Well, Dollar Tree is now Buck and a Quarter Tree.
Yeah, I remember the time my Mom brought home some produce from a $1 store. It gave her a massive cockroach infestation in her kitchen. The roaches were hitchhiking on the produce. Had to pay professional exterminators to rid the house of them.
Dollar stores thrive in bad economies, even in high income areas
I don’t really think that any dollar stores are the place to buy any goods. To get all of your products to cost a “dollar”, the size of the product just keeps getting smaller. What used to be a dollar for a 12 ounce product, is now a 8 ounce container. You pay more for less product.
Dollar stores of any kind, are usually expensive compared to larger supermarkets. The trade off is usually locality.
I found places to purchase beans, rice, and dried vegetables in bulk. Now for some yummy SPAM.
Difference after City Market or Safeway style discounts?
Negligible, and goes negative as soon as you have to drive more because DG didn’t have everything.
Family Dollar, and the .99 cent stores are now pricing over Walmart prices. Screw them, they are taking advantage of the situation and price gouging.
And here is why... They bid on inferior or bad or almost going bad product by expiration date, or because of off sized product for a normal standard for produce and such. Goods from truck wrecks and such. The stuff other retailers just will not buy.
There is absolutely no reason why what they offer should be higher than Walmart who offers the better dated better produce for less that Walmart.
So except for a couple items, Walmart is actually cheaper over all. Especially for canned goods and fresh produce you would like to have a better shelf life.
Gimmicks and scams, starting with the name of the store...
How bad will it have to get for the Independents and “youths” to stop voting for the left?
I prefer Dollar General, but they closed the one down the road due to excessive theft.
Dollar Tree and $.99 cent are a waste of time.
The produce is horrible and at $1.49 for a apple size of cauliflower and $1.79 for similar broccoli both of which were in very sad state, are no bargain.
further, the eggs, meats and sandwish slices are the same price as Walmart, Grocery Outlet, etc.
Canned goods are also over $1 but, can still be had for under a dollar at Walmart, Grocery Outlet, etc.
When my Mom lived with me - a weekly trip to the $ store.
She loved buying their $1 packs of Windmill Cookies.
It still shop at Walmart and Target and Winn-Dixie and Publix...
but...
Been shopping more at Aldi and other lesser known supermarkets...
and...
I’m buying a lot of off-brands and store-brands, rather than the nationally known brands.
And, most of all, my family doesn’t miss those famous brands, and we’re still surviving.
‘Brandon’ introduced my to a lot of off-brand products, and the companies like Coke and Pepsi, are (for now) gone from y shopping list.
Those national and famous brands should be thanking Biden and democrats for making shopping lists more ‘diversified’.
I have found many great deals at our dollar Tree...Cards, wrapping paper, gift bags etc.
I also like the toiletries...and OTC meds.
Have not bought a lot of food there—did get some cracker/tuna packs for travel/bug out.
Yep - did some shopping at the Dollar Tree ($1.25 store) this morning for some essentials that cost 2-3-4 times more at other stores.
Bought a jar of pickles there a while back...they were made in India. I was hesitant, but they weren’t too bad. And I’m still alive. Don’t think I’d buy them again though.
How do you calculate same-store sales?In order to calculate the same store sales metric, a store's sales in the current period are divided by its sales in the prior period. After that, the result must be multiplied by 100 to express it in percentage form.
I shop at DG and Dollar Tree...too
I can afford to shop elsewhere,..but I can get what I want..and some cheaper at those places.