Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard
I don't think that people in this thread appreciate how prevalent grocery shopping in dollar stores is. In the US, half of shoppers buy groceries from a dollar store. They do it because it's literally all they can afford anything else. There are more dollar stores than Walmart, Starbucks and McDonald’s combined.<p>"Kyle Dishman can’t afford to shop at the local grocery store anymore. Instead he goes to Dollar General, where he can make $40 stretch into a week’s worth of groceries and the occasional can of motor oil for his Chrysler 300."<p>Sources:<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/20/growing-number-americans-are-relying-dollar-stores/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/20/growing-n...</a><p><a href="https://www.mashed.com/224027/think-twice-before-buying-food-at-dollar-general/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mashed.com/224027/think-twice-before-buying-food...</a><p>EDIT: Of course not all things cost $1, but it's certainly weighted in that direction. You don't go to a dollar store for nice things; you do it because it's the only option for you. A lot of the responses seem to want to debate how poor people are making choices, and I think that misses the point.