Candy and other perishables- DOLLAR GENERAL and others get the expired stock from Target, Walmart and others - it’s so nasty
This absolutely not true at the Dollar Tree Stores near our home. The candy and food have the same or better expiration dates as Walmart or the other stores in our area.
I have no connection to dollar stores other than being a long-time customer. I am sick and tired of people cutting down establishments such as Dollar Tree and Harbor Freight who have no experience shopping at them or using their products.
The article may have been valid in some places at some times but not now where we live. We have been shopping at dollar stores for decades and have not been disappointed with anything that we have purchased... especially the greeting cards which are still 50 cents apiece.
Of course, you don't expect a tool you spent a dollar for to be comparable to a Craftsman or the brands that professionals use. But the cleaning supplies, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and many, many other items including food are often identical and just as fresh. The windshield fluid is typically identical to what you get other places.
BetterReport.com has been around for a year... who knows who they actually are and what their motivation is. The article feels like a term paper written by one of the AI sites. Here is a good video from a consumer advocate that I have enjoyed watching for years on Youtube. He has 2.76 million followers, and we hardly ever miss one of his videos. We have trotted into Costco many times after he pointed out something that he highlighted. He just did a Dollar Tree video 2 days ago.
10 Things You SHOULD Be Buying at Dollar Tree in January 2025
I guarantee that most people here will enjoy the video... It shows actual items from the Dollar Tree instead of the idiotic clichés in the article. Dollar Stores are retailers who appeal to the same people as 5 and dime stores such as Woolworths used to. I loved those places growing up.