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There's a Dollar Tree (competitor to Dollar General with a similar business model) in South San Francisco that I shop at sometimes for cleaning supplies/paper g
by kcorbitt 9y ago
There's a Dollar Tree (competitor to Dollar General with a similar business model) in South San Francisco that I shop at sometimes for cleaning supplies/paper goods/party items. I wouldn't trust most of their food offerings, but for the sort of thing I buy there they generally charge 30-50% of what a traditional grocery store in the area does. I have no idea how they can make this business model work with the cost of rent in the area, but I love it.
- huehehue 9y agoThe stuff Dollar Tree sells is reeeeally low quality. Take a cheap, dishwasher-safe, plastic cup for example. I can get those in bulk from Alibaba for $0.10 / cup. Dollar Tree might sell something like that for $1.00 -- there's a bunch of additional overhead, of course, but I think it makes perfect sense that they'd profit on stuff like that. Also would not be surprised if they shrugged those losses off as marketing (brand recognition / visibility) costs.