Quit honestly you come across as snooty. Chef's secret: How to use tomato paste the right way - TODAY.com True! I buy their picture frames, cards, stocking stuffers, coloring books for the grandkids, sometimes they have a $1 DVD bin, books, red kitchen items and more. Theyre cheaply made and they dont work very well. My grand kids play with them all the time. Thanks Rebecca! Im not sure if youre including all dollar stores or just specifically the Dollar Tree, but we have a Dollar General close to our house. Dollar Tree sells some name-brand cookies such as Keebler and Oreos that have been repacked in smaller sizes for the dollar store market, but they also offer a wide variety of generic cookies. Not worth $1. The discount retailer plans to transform more of its locations into Dollar Tree Plus stores with products also priced at $3 and $5. Holy smokes! Thanks for article. Thank you for the info. I bought a tape dispenser there, too. Agree on the batteries. But I was talking about buying for everyday use. No worries! You can always read the back to see if there are warnings. Think of any Italian dish, and tomato sauce and tomato puree are certain to be among the main ingredients. You do need to check ingredients but name brand small sizes are the same. Thats easy to figure out if you simply use some elementary level mathematics. steak for a dollar. Thank you for your reply, Gina. Double-deal! Glad you liked the post! Another Dollar Tree shopper posted to the Lipstick Alley blog about the shredded, er, product, saying they could not melt it in the oven, on the stovetop, or in the microwave OP was promptly roasted by an 18-page comment thread by readers incredulous that they'd even purchased such a cheap cheese imposter in the first place. Thanks for sharing! A great find at the dollar tree or 99cents stores is the sweetened condensed milk which can be up to 2 or more bucks at the grocery store. Like it had never been there! Thanks for listening. Overall Satisfaction Rating. I dont have a problem with most things. ? This is a sign of degrading ingredients. I use blue dawn too, for stained cloths, just put a drop on the stain, rub it in and throw it in the laundry with the rest of the cloths. When I was shampooing the carpet I went over that spot again and again. Totally agree!!