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    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Joe Mackey on Sat Mar 13 16:34:16 2021
    JOE MACKEY wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-

    This went on for several items and the clerk finally said, "Ma'am, everything in the store is one dollar". :)

    I have seen that happen before in a Dollar Tree. <G>

    I do a lot of shopping at Dollar General for basics.
    People talk about how cheap things are a big blue box store but they aren't. DG has them beat on just about everything.

    There are DG stores all over out here in the country. They're in places
    that a big box store would never locate ... and how DG is making a lot
    of money. DG has a lot of good stuff that I don't have to drive 15
    miles into town to get.

    My mom taught me to shop around for good deals so when I
    go shopping, I usually will go to four or five stores to
    get what I want.

    For general daily items Aldi is best for food.

    Yep. Plus it's clean, quiet, and friendly. Just don't forget your
    quarter.

    BTW, I used to work for a company that makes a lot of ALDI's house brand
    of cereal bars and crackers.

    Sav-a-lot for meat.

    Here, it depends on what you want. Food City, a regional supermarket
    chain, has butchers that do a lot of custom cuts. Their meat prices are
    good but if it's just me, Sav-A-Lot is good. ALDI also has good prices
    on meat here.

    DG for general household items.

    I buy a lot of general household stuff at Dollar Tree. I also check out
    ALDI's special buys section.

    I very seldom buy name brand items. About 98 per cent of my items
    are store brand which is just as good as name brand.

    In many cases, the generic stuff is the same thing as the brand name.

    Same food item, same process, just put in different boxes.

    Yep!

    I do shop at Walmart for a few items that I cannot get anywhere else for
    a decent price. I do like Walmart's brand of drink mix.

    Right now, I can't do a lot of comparison shopping as my dad drives me
    around. Once I can get Social Security and a car, I'll shop around yet
    again. I miss being independent.

    -- Sean

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