[Zhang Fei]

FWIW....I live on a tight budget made doable by cutting corners with careful non-wasteful shopping. Family Dollar and most of the others are nowhere near as good for quality + price on basic items as is Dollar General. It would be nice to know how many of these closing Family Dollar stores compete with a nearby Dollar General.

I think you'll find that Dollar Tree is on par with Dollar General. Family Dollar is the pits. The dollar stores have replaced the five and dimes that used to be everywhere. I think they fill a huge niche that was left vacant when Woolworth's shut down its entire chain of money-losing five and dimes and renamed itself Foot Locker.

[grania]

Both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are good. It depends what you’re purchasing. The others are the pits, I agree.

[cherry]

speaking of Woolworths, I loved that little store....I could do may entire Christmas shopping for 4 brothers and a sister and Mom and Dad there for $2-$ when I was a child.....best of times back then....