There you go with that reflexive sniffiness about dollar stores. You get what you pay for, right? Nothing but brand-name knockoffs or cheap stuff built to not last, you figure. And then the biggest player in the game, Dollar Tree, raised its baseline price from $1 to $1.50 on most items and up to $7 on premium items. How is that even a dollar store?
For many products sold at dollar stores, you're not wrong about quality and value, as we told you in our guide to the worst things to buy at dollar stores.
But there are also lots of good deals lurking at the dollar store, and with inflation eating ever deeper into household budgets, everyone is looking for a way to save. Analysts note the Dollar Trees of the retail world are widening their selection – and, with it, their range of customers. Alongside those with tight budgets, you'll also find people less short on cash (as well as ever more millennials) bargain-hunting in the aisles of dollar stores.
