How Other Stores Are Tricking You With Dollar Tree Food

Imagine that you’re the owner of a small business, perhaps a gas station or mini-mart. You want to stock up on a selection of snacks and drinks for the front counter, but the regular suppliers charge a ton of money just for some chips and soda. You need to find someplace cheap where you can get a whole order of chips, candy, and soda without breaking the bank. Say, what about the local Dollar Tree down the road?

This is the mindset that some small business owners have when ordering their goods at Dollar Tree, which is confirmed by employees (via Mental Floss). These business owners treat Dollar Tree as a sort of “warehouse,” loading up on cheap snacks and other easy-to-eat products for pennies on the dollar than what they would get from mainstream suppliers. One such example is a man who runs a convenience store and routinely loads on boxes of chocolate bars and soda. Event organizers also use Dollar Tree to supply them with party foods, ordering up to a hundred items at a time.

While some may balk at the idea of buying frozen meats for a dollar, Dollar Tree is well-known for having a pretty decent snack selection for a cheap price, per Spoon University.