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[fthunt]

I'm new to Dollar General shopping - new store recently opened nearby...........stopped & shopped once weeks ago.  Tonight opened a new tube of major brand toothpaste and noticed the little round sticker saying.................product intended for sale at Dollar General.  Now I recall at time of purchase - toothpaste usually cost $5 or more for giant size at regular drug stores; but I paid like 2 bucks at DG.     Felt like I was stealing.  Are their low prices based on volume purchasing or something else?  I'm gonna be living at that store! 

[sunshine 919]

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@fthunt wrote:

I'm new to Dollar General shopping - new store recently opened nearby...........stopped & shopped once weeks ago.  Tonight opened a new tube of major brand toothpaste and noticed the little round sticker saying.................product intended for sale at Dollar General.  Now I recall at time of purchase - toothpaste usually cost $5 or more for giant size at regular drug stores; but I paid like 2 bucks at DG.     Felt like I was stealing.  Are their low prices based on volume purchasing or something else?  I'm gonna be living at that store! 

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I think it may be volume.  We have dollar stores and 99 cent stores.  In fact I stopped in and purchased a light bulb.  When I am baking for someone I go to the dollar store and purchase zip lock containers and I don't have to worry about getting the container back.

[BeccaLou]

@fthunt That is the norm for dollar general. We do a lot of shopping there. But I like dollar tree the best. If you have one, their prces are all a dpllar and they have more of a variety.

[insomniac2]

I LOVE DOLLAR GENERAL!

[SydneyH]

I shop heavily at my local one because they accept manufacturer's coupons and their digital ones. I can amass a well-stocked stockpile which allows me to gift to my college age son and not shop for certain household items for months.

[Annabellethecat66]

https://www.businessinsider.com/10-things-you-should-never-buy-at-the-dollar-store-2016-7

This is a few years old...but basically the article is still saying buyer beware.

In other words be smart at what you buy at the dollar store.

[cowboy sam]

Add me to the list that loves Dollar Gerneral stores...i just restock my freezer  with food from there 2 hours ago!!

We do have a grocery store in town but so over priced  and you really need to check the dates on food!  I have bought items and got home and then checked dates...i had to take sandwiches and a few other items to get my money back!!

At Dollar General i don't have too !!

[Catty2]

There is one close to my house and I'm there every few weeks. 

[ValuSkr]

There are no Dollar General stores near me, but my understanding is that they are more like a supermarket than a true dollar store - i.e. weekly circular and sales, store brands, and they don't have $1 pricing for everything.

[shoptilyadropagain]

We have two of them in our little town but management is horrible.  The older one always looks like a bomb exploded and is poorly stocked and DIRTY.  For the past 3 or 4 years, I've vowed to never set foot in it again but then go in once a year and regret it.  The brand new one (about a year old) is kept a little better but I've been in others that are still much nicer than it.  I complained about our older one a few years ago online and received a call from the district manager who promised they were making improvements to the store, etc.  I told him the store is an embarrassment to the city and SHOULD be one to the corporation. 

I like Dollar General and they have great prices and deals but I refuse to shop at our two local stores.