Dollar Tree

For «dollar» stores, this is the chain to hit up. I discovered them recently in another city and have visited this location multiple times since then.
Everything really is A DOLLAR in here. Or less. Stock can be hit or miss at times, but since it’s not a huge store, you can familiarize yourself with their shelf arrangement pretty quickly and then breeze in and out in a flash. Some merchandise is a true bargain (greeting cards, gift wrap items, school supplies), but other items are left for you to decide. I bought a kitchen item here that worked for about 2 weeks and then bit the dust. Since it was only a buck, it didn’t bother me that much, though. I’ll just put that in my collective memory of items to avoid. But other things are definitely worth it – like the 6-​pack of retractable ball-​point pens that are far superior to anything available at any office supply store!
Employees are friendly and the store itself is pretty well organized, clean and maintained nicely. Parking is certainly ample since this is located in a former grocery store-​anchored strip center and there aren’t a whole lot of other stores now other than Goodwill.