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Default Anything worth buying at the dollar store?
On 6/29/2013 9:00 PM, wrote:
> Food, spices, gadgets, cookware, disposables?
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> Cheri mentioned the Dollar Tree in the off-topic thread, which made me wonder if I could put dollar stores on topic.
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> There is also a Big Lots store near my house that I have been tempted to check out.
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Not all dollar stores are the same. I buy milk and eggs at Family
Dollar on a regular basis. It's less expensive and I don't have to
drive 20 miles to the grocery store for basic stuff. Toilet paper,
paper plates, paper towels. Also laundry and dishwasher detergent.

That's where I buy canned butter beans (laughing) - call them limas, I
don't care. I buy dried pasta, dried beans, lentils... They also
sell sour cream, cream cheese, small blocks of cheese (cheddar, monterey
jack/colby blends) and bags of shredded cheeses. Okay, we're not
talking "gourmet" cheeses but if you want to make simple mac & cheese or
a dip, they've got the cheese.

One of my brothers scoffed, "dollar stores?". As if shopping there was
somehow belittling. Since when is saving money something to scoff about?

A person who used to post here once complained it was all store brands.
That has not been my experience. Sure, they have their own brands.
Yet you can certainly find (e.g.) Tide detergent, etc. You're not stuck
with buying the store brand simply because it's a dollar store.

I'm just happy I don't have to drive 20 miles to buy toilet paper. LOL

Jill
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