[lbo-talk] Dollar-store economy

[B.]

Dollar Tree is one of the larger ones around my area
[Dallas]. There was also a chain called Greenbacks,
but Dollar Tree bought them out. As well, there's a
variety of what appear to be independently-owned
dollar stores. Dollar General is ubiquitious, but it's
"fake" dollar store in that most of the items inside
are actually over $1.

I've often been surprised at what you can actually get
in these places. In some ways, it's comforting to know
that for $2 you could a jar of peanut butter and a
loaf of bread at one of these places and feed yourself
for a week or two, if you had to.

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DeborahSRogers" <debburz at yahoo.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Dollar-store economy


> Most of the dollar stores here were family-owned
businesses run by
> various asian and middle-eastern immigrant families,
reminescent of
> the old five and dimes from our childhood, where you
could find just
> about everything and nothing all in one trip.  
>