"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/17/2018 2:32 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 12/16/2018 9:21 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 12/16/2018 9:06 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>> A few years back there was a story about some guy who lost 100 lbs
>>>>> by walking to the dollar store every meal and getting his food
>>>>> there. Say what? Then they showed his dollar store, they had
>>>>> fresh produce. This is nothing like the dollar stores in my
>>>>> neck of the woods.
>>>
>>>> I've never seen fresh produce at a dollar store, regardless of the name
>>>> on the storefront.
>>>
>>> It's not as if I've taken a tour of the area's dollar stores
>>> but the few I visited carried limited food. Because of something
>>> mentioned here I'd checked out the refrigerated section and it
>>> was slim pickings. Canned food and snack food, otherwise. Even
>>> if it's a long walk, I would not want to lose weight eating only
>>> what they had to offer.
>>>
>>> But they showed pictures of where the guy shopped and yes, there
>>> was produce. Probably in California.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>>
>> Well, I think there are Dollar General Stores, Dollar Tree Stores, and
>> Family Dollar Stores. I believe the Dollar General Stores and Family
>> Dollar Stores carry fresh produce, but then many things cost a lot more
>> than a dollar there too. Our Dollar Tree does not carry fresh produce,
>> lots of frozen veggies (never buy TJ Farms anything in veggies or fruit
>> terrible quality) and canned veggies though.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> There's a Family Dollar about 6 miles from my house. (No, not everything
> is a dollar and I believe Dollar Tree owns them now). They don't carry
> fresh anything. It's only in the last few years they started stocking
> frozen veggies (Pictsweet Farms brand) and the variety is very limited.
> They do stock a lot of canned vegetables. I have no problem buying canned
> beans for soup (Bush's is the brand I see most often). It's a good place
> to buy things like toilet paper, paper towels and laundry detergent. Name
> brands, cheaper than at the grocery store and much closer to boot.

Are the beans $1 per can? If so, I can get them cheaper at the grocery
store. Dollar Tree sells Libby's veggies for 79 cents a can but I can get
cheaper veggies at the grocery store.