/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.15816230]

What are some foods/beverages/snacks worth getting from dollar stores?

[Anonymous No.15816605]

Watch the Wolfe Pit, he'll give you a few ideas.

I personally think the jamaican patties are pretty good

[Anonymous No.15816616]

>>15816230
I always snag a salty nut roll

[Anonymous No.15816619]

>>15816230
None because it requires being around and near stinky brown people so I just don't go.

[Anonymous No.15816633]

Tomato juice if they have it. Also chopped dried chives are the cheapest there.

[Anonymous No.15816759]

Top Ramen 5 pack for $1

[Anonymous No.15816768]

Dollar stores are the only place I can find cheddar whales

[Anonymous No.15816769]

>>15816619
I fucking hate racists like you. Die.

[Anonymous No.15816788]

>>15816759
aldi has a 12 pack for like $1.69

[Anonymous No.15816797]

>>15816616
>he likes licking salty nuts until the cream comes out
the jokes write themselves

[Anonymous No.15816802]

>>15816788
I don't shop at Aldi. I avoid them on principle.

[Anonymous No.15816810]

>>15816769
cringe

[Anonymous No.15816813]

>>15816802
why? they're tolerant of faggots like yourself.

[Anonymous No.15816820]

>>15816769
>I fucking hate people with good taste and common sense
Well that explains why you're here

[Anonymous No.15816823]

>>15816813
Are ramen noodles a gay thing where you live?

[Anonymous No.15816838]

>>15816823
i live in the hood with niggers, so i couldn't answer.

[Anonymous No.15816903]

>>15816616
The first time my group of friends found these we laughed like the dumb teenagers we were.

The candy lane is usually pretty good. Along with slim jims and dried fruit. The frozen section usually has ice cream bars and pizza pockets

[Anonymous No.15816939]

>>15816230

[Anonymous No.15816982]

They usually have a pretty huge selection of cookies.
Not the best for eating on their own, but fine enough for coffee or tea time.

[Anonymous No.15817053]

>>15816230
I used to buy coconut water, a frozen pizza, and one of these for lunch when I worked next door to a dollar store.

[Anonymous No.15817060]

>>15816619
I'm lucky to live in a town that's mostly white/asian so my dollar tree is usually pretty safe and smells fine but I see your point

[Anonymous No.15817062]

>>15816982
I wanna fuck the lil Dutch maid

[Anonymous No.15817123]

>>15816619
why do they love the dollar store so much? it's not seriously any cheaper than a normal store for practically anything. walmart or kroger or whatever carries basically the same shit for basically the same price.

[Anonymous No.15817133]

>>15816838
The suburbs in wisconsin is not hood

[Anonymous No.15817152]

>>15817123
Because there's usually some type of dollar store right there in your neighborhood.
You don't need to get in your car and drive 10 miles to the nearest walmart

[Anonymous No.15817173]

Sahdeens

[Anonymous No.15817187]

>>15816230
Snapps brand frozen jalapeno poppers, cheddar and cream cheese varieties. They make other appetizers too but I'm not a fan of them. The potato sticks are decent if you have some extra cheese and or hot sauce to throw on top.

[Anonymous No.15819006]

Only the best hot fries

[Anonymous No.15819123]

>>15816230
Candy aisle is usually decent. Theater box candies and funsize bar multipacks; pricing may or may not be better than a discount retailer, depending on if Dollar Tree has the "bonus pack" with 2 extra bars and if the other store is running a sale.
Cracker Jack. I prefer boxed Cracker Jack; DT generally has it; other retailers have largely switched to bagged. Weigh your boxes; don't get stuck with an empty.
If they have Kipper Snacks, they're generally a good deal. They rarely have them; only as a special purchase, not a standard stock item.
Toast 'Em Pop-Up toaster pastries, but only if they have the 8 pastry bonus pack. The 6 pack is OK pricing; you're probably not losing much. (PopTarts are the knockoff; Pop-Ups are the original and are superior. PopTarts charge more to cover their advertising bill.)
Faygo 2.5L is usually a good deal.
Coke/Pepsi 1.25L is usually a good deal.

In general, everything at DT is overpriced by 18%, when compared to an actual discount retailer. If you're going for convenience, fine. If you're trying to save money, you need to be an expert comparison shopper to cherrypick the bargains.
Most things are NOT an apples to apples package size comparison with "regular" stores.

Non-Food: the muffin pans fit your toaster oven (but the paper muffin cups are overpriced); some cleaning supplies are a good deal (scouring powder; scrubby sponges); if your toddler dumps out a whole bottle of shampoo every bath, get some sacrificial $1 bottles to protect Mom's $20 salon brand bottles. If people steal your inkpens, a 10 pack of sacrificial pens. Deodorant sticks, but know your package sizes - a 1.8 oz for $1 is a better deal than a 3 oz for $3.79. Plastic spoons and forks from DT are generally higher quality than from WalMart for similar price, but it's wasteful to get them if you can wash spoons (a drop of dish soap is absurdly cheap, wherever you get it).

[Anonymous No.15819753]

>>15819006
B A S E D

[Anonymous No.15819919]

>>15816769
Fucking cringe. Kys

[Anonymous No.15819921]

>>15816230
I once grabbed a 2lb pack of thin spaghetti for 1$. Shit was my lunch for a few days and it wasn't super shit pasta at all.

[Anonymous No.15820079]

>>15816769
Based

[Anonymous No.15820083]

>>15819919
>>15816810
Keep seething, bitch.

[Anonymous No.15820084]

>>15816230
Sunny d and TGIFridays potato skins are god tier shit food

[Anonymous No.15820088]

>>15816619
You will never have sex

[Anonymous No.15820100]

>>15820088
You will have sex, you just won't give consent for it

[Anonymous No.15820283]

>>15819123
The thing is, no other store besides DT around me sells single person size stuff. I don't need a box of trash bags at 50 count. Also, DT has the biggest selection of Haribo gummies and some other items no other store bothers selling.

[Anonymous No.15820719]

>>15820083
You're the one seething, fag

[Anonymous No.15820729]

>>15816769

[Anonymous No.15820748]

>>15816769
I love myself so I don't care what you think anyway Natalie Mars.

[Anonymous No.15820779]

>>15817152
How poor is the town you live in that this is true?

[Anonymous No.15820840]

>>15816230
Beach Cliff hot sauce deens
That's about it.

[Anonymous No.15820995]

>>15820283
>I don't need a box of trash bags at 50 count
Do they go bad?
Are there storage constraints?
Is the 8 pack of trash bags appreciably more compact?
Is there ever a time you want to have run out of trash bags or toilet paper?

Spending more for negligible convenience is foolishness. It may seem convenient to walk across the street to get an 8 pack of trash bags every 3 weeks, but I assure you it's less time to get the 50 pack every 5 months.

[Anonymous No.15821093]

the DT by me always has these in stock.

[Anonymous No.15821310]

>>15816230
i like whales

[Anonymous No.15821321]

>>15816619
Its like you dont watch them and learn how to steal properly

[Anonymous No.15821328]

You're all fucking wrong, these are the only things worth buying at the dollar store.

[Anonymous No.15821965]

>>15816230
unironically, planters honey roasted peanuts

[Anonymous No.15823002]

>>15817123
By unit price, it's not cheaper, but you can usually walk away with more individual items. That's more appealing to people who only have like $20 to spend.

[Anonymous No.15823054]

better than any candy
but as far as the pineapple goes im pretty sure its actually cheaper at walmart

[Anonymous No.15823060]

>>15816230
Bleach