I was in a long check out line yesterday because only one person was working. Someone behind me asked the cashier if she had any help and she said, "just my manager but she's in the back working on something else." The person behind me said, "God Bless you for working because nobody else seems to want to. We've got that idiot, Biden in office so now I have to buy my groceries here to afford to eat. We need Trump back and everyone's afraid to say it. Well, I'm not afraid, I'm saying it to you all!"
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I want to take a minute to clear something up for any readers here: Dollar Tree is not a good place to go if you are struggling to afford groceries.
Their business model is weirdly small portion sizes and lots of processed products with long shelf life.
For many prices, if you do the math, you'll find buying the smaller portion Dollar Tree sells ends up being more expensive per serving than buying the bigger portion a grocery store sells.
Instead, if you are struggling to afford groceries, you should be shopping at a regular grocery store, but avoiding the "center aisles." You should be shopping for only the raw essentials: lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, and things like flour and plain rice. You should intentionally be avoiding things like boxed rice "kits," frozen meals, and, of course, things like chips.
Dollar Tree isn't a good place to go, but a place like Save A Lot can be. They sell real food (meats and produce), but their prices are lower than a Kroger or Publix. The meat and produce is lesser quality, but that's the cost savings.
Aldi's is a better alternative. Their store brand items (most of the store) are excellent, good produce and meat. And their prices are great. I can get two full bags of groceries there - nearly all produce and meat and staples - for less than what I'd pay for one bag at Walmart or Martins. Other than a rare Food Lion, those are the only grocery stores here. Walmart has jacked their prices up so much - more than the other stores - they are noticeably losing customers here.
We have some nice direct at the farm farmstands here but they've become chi-chi tourist attractions and are often more expensive than any.
Aldis is fine, too. I mentioned Save A Lot because that's what we have near me, but Aldi's is another alternative.
Anything but Dollar Tree, which is a business model that preys on poor, stupid people who can't do the math.
Love ALDIs and LiDL!