![]() ![]() Last August, a 15-pack of 7圆-inch sheets of Lysol Disinfecting Wipes sold for $1. With the news of the price hike, the company said Dollar Tree would “materially expand its offerings, introduce new products and sizes, and provide families with more of their daily essentials.”īut I was hard-pressed to see much “material expansion” during my recent visit. ![]() Here’s what I found this time, including a price comparison of the six items that I was able to find in all three of the stores. To find out whether the two still reign supreme inflation notwithstanding, I did a one-man spot check, shopping for the same market basket of goods at the very same Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and supermarket I had visited in Brooklyn last year. In our report, Dollar Tree returned the lowest total prices for the entire haul 50 percent of the time, and Dollar General had the best prices the other half. Including myself, eight CR staffers and secret shoppers from across the country purchased 14 everyday items-pasta sauce, toothpaste, breakfast cereal, floor cleaner, and more-at the three dollar stores to compare prices against those at their local supermarkets. Last year, in " The Truth About Those Dollar Stores," Consumer Reports investigated the Big Three of "value" retail: Dollar Tree and the national chains Dollar General and Family Dollar. I had a good baseline point of comparison. ![]()
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