I used to work at Dollar Tree. There are 9 things I still buy there all of the time.

Tech Insider : Business
Dollar Tree exterior
I previously worked at Dollar Tree, and I still enjoy shopping there for daily essentials, party supplies, and more.

Dina Richards

I went to Dollar General to find $1 groceries. Here's what I'd buy and what I'd skip.

Tech Insider : Business
Person wearing sunglasses takes a selfie outside a Dollar General storefront with the sign visible.
Dollar General is adding more $1 items to its stores.

Alex Bitter/BI

Dollar General's CEO sees potential in 11,000 locations left empty as rivals like pharmacies shutter stores

Tech Insider : Business
A Dollar General store is seen at night as customers walk in the main entrance from the parking lot.
Dollar General sees opportunities to fill spots left behind as rivals close stores.

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Dollar Tree's $5 hammers show how it's catering to a new group of customers

Tech Insider : Business
FILE - In this May 26, 2016, file photo, a shopper searches her purse outside a Dollar Tree store in Encinitas, Calif. Dollar Tree Inc. on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $255.8 million. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)
FILE - In this May 26, 2016, file photo, a shopper searches her purse outside a Dollar Tree store in Encinitas, Calif. Dollar Tree Inc. on Tuesday, Nov.

Dollar Tree CEO says 'pressured' Americans are hosting smaller parties to save money

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
cups and mugs at dollar tree
Dollar Tree says its shoppers this holiday are "buying for need and then buying closer to the need."

Gabbi Shaw/Business Insider

Photos of trucks full of leaking detergent and spoiled food reveal a big challenge for Family Dollar

Tech Insider
A Family Dollar store.
Dollar Tree is considering a sale of Family Dollar.

Rogelio V. Solis/AP

Dollar General has shut down self-checkout at a whooping 12,000 stores in the last few months. Here's why.

Tech Insider
dollar general storefront people
Dollar General has cut thousands of self-checkout locations to fight theft.

AP Photo/Eric Gay

I shopped at Family Dollar and saw why the chain is struggling and shuttering stores

Tech Insider
Business Insider reporter Alex Bitter wears a dark blue polo shirt and sunglasses while standing outside a Family Dollar store in Maryland on a cloudy day. A black mini-van is visible to his left, as are thin grey bars in the window of the dollar store.
Business Insider visited a Family Dollar store in Mt. Rainer, Maryland.

Alex Bitter/BI

I visited a 'bin store' that sells Amazon returns for as little as 25 cents. It made me rethink my shopping habits.

Tech Insider
Where Ya Bin in Dublin Ohio
Where Ya Bin in Dublin Ohio

Gloria Dawson / Business Insider

Dollar stores are the new hot spot for beauty dupes

Tech Insider
The photographer holds a two-ounce jar of Watermelon Sleeping Mask, packaged in a small box, in the beauty aisle of a Dollar General store in Ohio.
Dollar General and Dollar Tree are getting attention on TikTok for their dupes of well-know beauty products.

Gloria Dawson/Business Insider

Subscribe to dollar-store