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   -=> JOE MACKEY wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-   
      
    JM>   This went on for several items and the clerk finally said, "Ma'am,   
    JM> everything in the store is one dollar".  :)   
      
   I have seen that happen before in a Dollar Tree.    
      
    JM>    I do a lot of shopping at Dollar General for basics.   
    JM>    People talk about how cheap things are a big blue box store but they   
    JM> 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.   
      
    JM>   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.   
      
    JM>   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.   
      
    JM>   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.   
      
    JM>   I very seldom buy name brand items.  About 98 per cent of my items   
    JM> 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.   
      
    JM>   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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