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Much of the food at dollar stores is the same stuff you'll find in regular grocery stores, just in smaller packages.
by RandallBrown 4y ago
Much of the food at dollar stores is the same stuff you'll find in regular grocery stores, just in smaller packages.
- prawn 4y agoI always got the impression that it was largely things with a long shelf life, to minimise waste. Which doesn't discount what you've said, but just worth asserting that it's a subset (not always healthy) of regular grocery stuff AND in smaller packages.
- bruceb 4y agoI would say 90% of the food in dollar stores is high in oil, salt, or sugar and most of the time all three. Most of it is cookies, crackers, potato chips, sauces, soda, etc. I have seen a few with decent staples such as wheat bread, eggs, meat but that is small pct of all foods. Rarely vegetables (or ever). Would be hard to eat healthy if got most of your food there. Regular supermarkets have plenty of bad food but still wide selection of nutritious food.