Top 5% here and I go to the Dollar store twice a month for certain things.
Old man Rockefeller used to hand out dimes during the Great Depression
Top of the bottom 1% and proud of it. Our Dollar Tree is pretty high class, I went in yesterday for 3 bottles of water. I like the water and it comes in tall square jugs which fit in my frig. I bought 23 items before I left. I am a sucker.
Have talked to others in other small towns that do not get the type brand name items ours does. One item costs 1.88 at Walmart, course as the name says a dollar at our store.
They get overruns of different products and when they are out they are out. Another product costs 3.79 at Walmart and I get it for a buck. One other plus, they train their people well and I have yet to have a lousy clerk, the place is always clean and organized and you never see stuff on the floor.
I am also a member of Sam’s Club and get my meds at half the price of Walmart, I shopped Cvs, Walgreen, Rite-Aide and Walmart was cheapest till I found that the top of the line membership at Sam’s cut in half my med bill. Paid for my membership the first time I used it.
I buy my sweetener at Dollar General, stevia, it is half the price of Walmart. My meat at Kroger when the sale is good enough. Only have one gripe with Kroger, I am on a diet and to get to the meat dept. have to go thru the bakery. Great idea for Kroger bad idea for me. Would like to strangle whoever came up with it.
I am not a poor consumer I am a smart consumer. My old grandmother used to say, It’s not what you make, it’s what you keep. She had 13 kids and adopted 2 others, she knew how to squeeze value from a dollar. She passed away wealthy, never had a credit card and owed not one cent to anyone.