Family Dollar (FD) is a good discount chain store for household items (except for frozen groceries,…read morewhich are pricey everywhere but chain supermarkets and Walmart), as well the latest-opened (until 10:00 p.m. seven days per week) store in this immediate neighborhood for those who are pedestrians.
My only other complaints are these--my local FD store is not open 24/7, and it does not provide cash back with credit/debit card purchases.
Also, for whatever reason, my local FD store does not sell plain ice cream cones, the product into which one scoops one's own choice of ice cream. Joy Ice Cream Cones are a staple brand at supermarkets. So why does FD not sell that or any other line of plain ice cream cones? My guess is the store is trying to push customers to purchase their frozen foods line of ice cream novelties--Drumstick, Good Humor, etc.
In general, I think of FD having become the replacement for the old Woolworth's/five and dime discount stores, the most economical place to buy that replacement kitchen utensils holder as well the utensils (forks, knives, spoons, etc.) such an item would hold.
Need a bottle of drain cleaner? FD is the best place to shop for it at affordable prices.
Have you just moved and not yet found into which box you packed your kitchen drinking glasses or coffee mugs? FD has you covered there too.
And FD also seems to have the lowest prices (but we're talking merely cents) for cigarettes in this community, which are so overtaxed it is obscene. It is long since past time for a militant smokers' rights campaign to combat unjust taxation and regulations--especially since the United States Congress, hypocritically, still pays price supports to farmers to grow tobacco. Also, private establishments (such as bars and restaurants), and not governments, ought be allowed to decide who may smoke on their own "private" properties. The only problem with any smokers' rights campaign is many smokers become too winded to protest for very long, so would require substitute pickets after an hour or so of marching/protest time. But I digress (sorry, it's my only genuine "cause"). "My name is Jim, and I didn't pay for this message." Now back to the Family Dollar review.
FD also has a surprisingly ample selection of clothing that is good for all but very large sizes. For that one would still need to visit Walmart or a big & tall store.I have even been able to buy a men's belt, necktie and a wallet at my local FD store. And they also sell some bath and bed products, such as bath towels and queen-size bed sheets.
And FD has a very economical selection of health and beauty stock, truly a discount compared to chain pharmacies. The FD house brand--called "Family Wellness"--of over-the-counter (OTC) meds is the best bargain. For a bottle of anti-allergy tablets (loratadine, quantity 45) which one would pay $35 for the brand name Claritin, about $25 at a chain pharmacy (CVS, Walgreen's, etc.) for one of their house brand items and $8 (Equate line of OTC meds) at Walmart, one will pay about only $4 for the equivalent amount in the Family Wellness line. This makes FD's line of Family Wellness OTC meds the best value for the money.
Please also continue to patronize brick-and-mortar retail establishments. You may be reading my review online, but some shopping still needs to be done offline. If human beings continue this pattern of isolation and interacting only electronically, the world becomes an even more narrow-minded and hostile place which has forgotten customs of polite socialization. Plus, you may be putting your neighbor out of her/his job. Remember too, "Facebook does not equal face-time."
I wholeheartedly recommend my local Family Dollar store, but do not understand why it has not posted its hours on Yelp. I will resolve that issue now, at least until FD takes its own initiative to post its business hours--
Monday 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Thursday 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday 08:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.