On 12/18/2018 5:12 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "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:
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>>>>>> 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.

The canned beans (I use several types in my spicy five bean soup) are
around 79-89 cents per can. I didn't really bother to check the price
but I know they were under a dollar. Point is, it's close to home so I
didn't have to drive to town. They sell the same name brand canned
beans I could find at the grocery store. They also have their own store
brand. Just like the grocery store.

I don't go to Publix or Food Lion unless I have a fairly full shopping
list or want specific things that I know a dollar store wouldn't carry.

Deciding to make the bean soup was a spur of the moment thing. I
wouldn't drive all the way to the grocery store just to buy canned beans
to make soup. So I bought canned beans at the Family Dollar. The soup
was delicious!

Jill