Dollar General

This is a great little store.
I don’t give 5 stars often because a business has to really impress me but this place is awesome.
This place is about a mile away from my house and this place is rocking. I got a bottle of planters peanuts for 2.50 $ It is 4.99 $ at safeway. My favorite cheddar cheese smartfood popcorn for 2.50 $. This place is so cheap, the only problem is it’s kind of ghetto. A lot of homeless people hangout around here.
There’s a ton of other stuff I got including shoestring potatoes, cheese balls, and other snacks all for half price at normal places. All of which were within sell by date and tasted really good. My grandma even got really cool easter stuff for a buck.
The people that work here are G R E A T. Both of the times I have walked in here I have been greeted and actually had conversations with the people. The first time I came in here I overheard a conversation about a guy working here about how he payed for a little girls toys because her mom didn’t have enough money. Pure human moment.
The other time a nice lady talked with my grandma for at least 15 minutes about her dogs and nasty food we found in this one aisle. I love this store. It’s a pretty fun store and you can find some really rare stuff and name brand stuff at cheaper prices.
If you’re doing some quick shopping and want to save a few bucks swing on over here and get some soda or chips here and save some of your hard earned cash.

You can take advantage of their clearance items, for example today I got purple dot items for, 50% off

California is starting to feel more like home to my Texas-​native wife, after 9−½ years of marriage: Dollar General just opened not far from our humble abode.
The food has a definite Southern feel to it. Brands and off-​brands that you’ll find nowhere else in the Bay Area. Staples like chicken & dumplings, beef stew, and gravy for your biscuits. It functions as the neighborhood general store.
As was mentioned below, this is NOT a dollar store where everything’s $ 1. Of course, I wouldn’t expect a 3′ tall nutcracker to be $ 1 (it was $ 30). But I found several things that I could buy at Dollar Tree or 99c Only for $ 1 and they were pricier here. They still have good prices though, and a wide selection of household goods.
It’s one block from a freeway entrance, so it’s convenient. You may want to hit Wal-​Mart or Dollar Tree, though. Unless, of course, you want a quick trip south of the Mason-​Dixon Line without hopping on a plane.

I don’t live to far from this location and have never been to a dollar general before this store. I’ve been there several times and although the prices are great the staff appears to give off the vibe that you are bothering them when you need to get checked out.
Almost every time I have been in this store the staff is on the floor weather its lining the product on the shelves or just BS’ing with other employee’s they will see you standing there and take their time and not even acknowledge the fact that you are waiting. A simple «I’ll be right there» would be nice.
Today I had the pleasure of walking up to the register, the girl behind the counter is pulling the drawer out of the register while another male employee walks across the floor talking about how he «needs to leave», the girl pulling the register out lets another employee know there is a customer waiting (all while have a big’ol sucker in her mouth), the employee that is supposed to ring me up looks at the cashier while I’m standing right in front of her and says «where’s the customer»?. She then laughs and I finally get to pay for my items all while hearing about how she needs to leave to.
It gets to the point were I will gladly go across the street to the Solano Market and pay a little bit more cause at least they are nice/​friendly. Which I have done on several occasions.
I’m not saying I will never go there I just have to convince my self to go in there because I know the staff isn’t great. The manager or owner of the location should really look into staffing the store with people that actually give their customers the impression that they care or want to be there and can also provide better customer service.

Dollar General is a combination dollar tree and walgreens/​rite-​aid. they sell almost everything with $ 1 items sprinkled amongst everyday products costing a bit more.
buys:
–hand lotion (1)
–shoestring potatoes (1)
a steal for 4 ounces
-«Herr’s hot sauce cheddar flavored popcorn»
— sprinked with cheddar cheese pete’s hot sauce (1)
slight msg, spiciness, cheddar tastes
slightly ok
–both snacks didn’t seem «fresh».
notes:
–snacks within months of sell by date.
–cordial, friendly checkout
3.5 stars.

I scored several toy items that were originally $ 2-​$ 5 each for 10cents and 20cents the most I paid was 50cents for a couple of toy items. I also scored girly slippers that were originally $ 5 each or 50cents each! They have a lot of $ 1 items like the Dollar Tree in generic cleaning and handyman home supplies.
No great sales in name brand Beauty and Cosmetics and home cleaning supplies in general. With coupons I also scored 50cent Clairol Hair Dye which was the primary reason I hunted this place down. Originally planned to spend roughly $ 20-​$ 25 bucks on hair dye they only accepted 4 like coupons and spent roughly 6bucks and change. Overall spent $ 75 on crap I really don’t need but it was damn good retail therapy! Husband came out shaking his head but i was cheesn from cheek to cheek… SCORE!!!

Dollar General is not a dollar store. (A little confusing with the name and all, I know.) Dollar General is a discount, general store. They have a little of everything.
A few weeks ago, we noticed an alcohol license application notice in a window of the larger corner spot in our local shopping center. This obviously prompted a closer look. I then consulted google to find more information on the company.
Fast forward a few weeks, and the store is now open! Having never been to one, I was pleasantly surprised. It is a nice sized store and clean and bright. I perused the aisles and took note of things that I will definitely return to purchase, including cleaning products, cards (2/​$ 1), medicine, etc. Dollar General has a nice balance of name brand and generic products, all at competitive prices to Target and Walmart. They have a decent selection of frozen and canned/​dry goods but no fresh meat or produce. (You can go across the street to Solano Market for those items.
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I picked up a few items that I needed and chatted with one of the staff. She was incredibly nice and filled me in on some of the stores polices… such as no minimum on check card purchases but no cash back.
I am hoping that this new addition to the shopping center helps bring in other new businesses. Fingers crossed.