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Wow, is it the fact checking department's day off? I mean they actually interviewed the president of Dollar General and yet they haven't figured out the fact t

Wow, is it the fact checking department's day off? I mean they actually interviewed the president of Dollar General and yet they haven't figured out the fact that Dollar General is not a dollar store. Guess what Family Dollar is not a Dollar Store either.

noahc 15y ago
I'm not sure what part of the country you are from, but I think this is a regional difference. Here in the midwest it is common to say, "I"m headed to the dollar store" and mean either Family Dollar or Dollar General.
- stonemetal 15y ago
  Must be, around here(South Texas) dollar store implies a place where things cost a dollar.
Goladus 15y ago
I'm not sure there are any true "dollar stores" any more in the sense that "Everything is one dollar." However the stores evolved from the original gimmick are still called dollar stores even if the strict definition no longer applies.
- jbermudes 15y ago
  The "99 cent only" stores are still true to their word (nothing is over a dollar), but they recently had to raise their prices to 99.99 cents, heh.
- athom 15y ago
  I remember when you'd still hear people refer to dime stores, though I'm pretty sure the term was obsolete well before my time.
  - kevinpet 15y ago
    There's a "five and ten" store in Palo Alto, but it's $5 and $10.
- noahc 15y ago
  I'm not sure of the name but there is a true dollar store. I think it is called, "The Dollar Tree" and everything in them is a dollar. You find them throughout malls in the midwest.
- stonemetal 15y ago
  Dollar Tree the place the author visits in the article is a actual everything is a buck store.
matdwyer 15y ago
In Canada Dollarama is the market leader, and they've recently added $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 items. I honestly think you could grocery shop there - they have things like pasta sauce which is made specifically for them (same kind I buy in the grocery store, but at dollarama it has the label printed with dollarama price tag). There are tons of fantastic buys and I go there all the time, despite probably not needing to. I buy a ton of office stuff there too (even DVD sleeves, which I run through like you wouldn't imagine). They even have iPhone cases, chargers, USB cables, etc. I don't know what I'd do without them...

noahc 15y ago

I'm not sure what part of the country you are from, but I think this is a regional difference. Here in the midwest it is common to say, "I"m headed to the dollar store" and mean either Family Dollar or Dollar General.

stonemetal 15y ago
Must be, around here(South Texas) dollar store implies a place where things cost a dollar.

Goladus 15y ago

I'm not sure there are any true "dollar stores" any more in the sense that "Everything is one dollar." However the stores evolved from the original gimmick are still called dollar stores even if the strict definition no longer applies.

jbermudes 15y ago
The "99 cent only" stores are still true to their word (nothing is over a dollar), but they recently had to raise their prices to 99.99 cents, heh.
athom 15y ago
I remember when you'd still hear people refer to dime stores, though I'm pretty sure the term was obsolete well before my time.
- kevinpet 15y ago
  There's a "five and ten" store in Palo Alto, but it's $5 and $10.
noahc 15y ago
I'm not sure of the name but there is a true dollar store. I think it is called, "The Dollar Tree" and everything in them is a dollar. You find them throughout malls in the midwest.
stonemetal 15y ago
Dollar Tree the place the author visits in the article is a actual everything is a buck store.

matdwyer 15y ago

In Canada Dollarama is the market leader, and they've recently added $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 items. I honestly think you could grocery shop there - they have things like pasta sauce which is made specifically for them (same kind I buy in the grocery store, but at dollarama it has the label printed with dollarama price tag). There are tons of fantastic buys and I go there all the time, despite probably not needing to. I buy a ton of office stuff there too (even DVD sleeves, which I run through like you wouldn't imagine). They even have iPhone cases, chargers, USB cables, etc. I don't know what I'd do without them...