In fact, I seem to remember having those same Dawn bottles in the Dollar General $1 section at one point (though they may not any longer).storewanderer wrote: ↑February 16th, 2024, 9:54 am But is the higher unit price even any different than what customers would see in any other store for the smallest size package available at any other store?
For instance if you can find it the (previously 10 ounce, then 8 ounce, now 7.5 ounce) Dawn or Palmolive at the drug store chains is about 1.99 (Walgreens 1.29 on the smallest Dawn trying to compete with Dollar Tree)... Wal Mart has these at 1.24 in a couple varieties... it is 1.25 at Dollar Tree. This small container is a higher per unit price than a 20 ounce container at any store.
There are many reasons to buy smaller packages. It is not always a false bargain. And if these publications are going to attack small size packages those comments apply to all retailers. Not only Dollar Tree.
I mean I don't use much milk so I often buy a pint of milk. 16oz 99cents. Kroger still sells pints unlike Safeway who charges more and downsized to 14oz. A whole gallon is in the 3.59 range. I am paying WAY more per unit for the pint. But it is all I can use within a week or so of purchase.
You are definitely right that much of what Dollar General carries is exactly the same sizes as supermarkets, and in at least some cases also cheaper for the item.
Not to mention that in many cases, they may also be closer than the supermarket (as they are in many areas where a supermarket is not found, in addition to ones that they are), which makes them worthwhile for many even if they can't get everything there (to limit the number/frequency of longer trips to a supermarket).
Here's one odd one for Dollar Tree as well - Scotties Tissues. I have here two boxes, as follows:
128 Tissues 9x7.9" (71.1 Sq. Inches)
110 Tissues 8.2x8.4" (68.88 Sq. Inches)
Both 2 ply, both purchased around Dec of last year, both $1.25. And the one from Dollar Tree is... the one with 128 sheets!
The 100 Count was actually regularly $1.79 at the supermarket in the same plaza (just on sale 4/$5 that week).
There are likely other similar items, that is just one I happened to notice, having been out of them and wanting to get a quantity without looking like I was cleaning out a store or something