On 12/17/2018 5:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-12-17 4:23 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
>> There's a Family Dollar about 6 miles from my house.Â* (No, not
>> everything is a dollar and I believe Dollar Tree owns them now).Â* They
>> don't carry fresh anything.Â* It's only in the last few years they
>> started stocking frozen veggies (Pictsweet Farms brand) and the
>> variety is very limited.Â* They do stock a lot of canned vegetables.Â* I
>> have no problem buying canned beans for soup (Bush's is the brand I
>> see most often).Â* It's a good place to buy things like toilet paper,
>> paper towels and laundry detergent.Â* Name brands, cheaper than at the
>> grocery store and much closer to boot.
>
>
> I walked past a Dollar Store today. I guess inflation has hit. A sign on
> the front window said everything is $1.25.
>
I can't say I've ever seen a "dollar store" where everything in the
place only cost a dollar. Just like when I was growing up there were
stores referred to as "5 and Dime" but not everything cost only a nickel
or 10 cents. It's just a name, not a promise, people!

I DID buy a couple of 2019 wall calendars there this past week, those
*were* only $1.

As I said, I do buy toilet paper, paper towels and laundry detergent at
the Family Dollar. The same name brands I could find at the grocery
store but with a much lower mark-up. Not as far to drive, either.

I seriously doubt people shopping at Family Dollar for anything will
affect grocery stores in the Beaufort area. Nationwide? I couldn't say
with any certainty but I seriously doubt it.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/17/2018 5:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2018-12-17 4:23 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> I walked past a Dollar Store today. I guess inflation has hit. A sign on
>> the front window said everything is $1.25.
>>
> I can't say I've ever seen a "dollar store" where everything in the place
> only cost a dollar. Just like when I was growing up there were stores
> referred to as "5 and Dime" but not everything cost only a nickel or 10
> cents. It's just a name, not a promise, people!
>
> I DID buy a couple of 2019 wall calendars there this past week, those
> *were* only $1.
>
> As I said, I do buy toilet paper, paper towels and laundry detergent at
> the Family Dollar. The same name brands I could find at the grocery store
> but with a much lower mark-up. Not as far to drive, either.
>
> I seriously doubt people shopping at Family Dollar for anything will
> affect grocery stores in the Beaufort area. Nationwide? I couldn't say
> with any certainty but I seriously doubt it.

I got a calendar at a small dollar store where one of Angela's friends
works. This store sells much of the same stuff as Dollar Tree and they also
have good smelling incense for 25 cents per stick. My calendar is a plain
one but I had gotten to the point of needing one and the Dollar Trees are
currently hard for me to get to. One has a TJ's moving in so there is a
current lack of parking. The closest one has a parking lot that is hard to
get in and out of due to construction and traffic. And my favorite one has a
road closed so I would have to go many miles out of my way to get there. The
others are just not in my flight path.