Walmart does indeed sell a lot of dollar store quality items like you’re describing. But for most items they have a higher quality (not high quality- just highe

Walmart does indeed sell a lot of dollar store quality items like you’re describing. But for most items they have a higher quality (not high quality- just higher) sitting right next to the cheapest one on the shelf. The kitchen equipment aisle is what comes to mind here - you can buy the cheap spoon for $.99 or you can buy the better one that doesn’t have the issues you describe for a few dollars more. Which one you buy is up to you. We just bought a midrange quality ice cream scoop from Target locally, the thought process being that Target usually has higher quality items. Then later that same day we went to Walmart for some low quality disposable items and saw that exact ice cream scoop for a dollar less than Target. Oops.