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A dollar store is a store that sells inexpensive items for one dollar or less each. A popular concept throughout the world, the stores usually sell everything from cleaning supplies to children's toys to food. In the United States, most, if not all, of these stores contain almost exclusively merchandise that is imported from overseas. There are many dollar stores that sell nothing but goods made in China.

Often the term "dollar store", used by the store, can be misleading. Foodservicedirectcom Restaurant Supplies. Some stores with the word "dollar" in the name, and even some claiming to be "dollar stores", have items that technically cost more (or less) than a dollar. The problem with the name is also compounded by sales taxes, which leads to taxable items costing the customer more than a dollar.

Separate from "everything costs $1 (or less)" stores, there are also stores featuring the word "Dollar" in their names, where the prices are in easy multiples of a dollar or 50 cents (for example, $2. 50, $2 etc).

This concept is not new, and likely originated with the five and ten or five and dime, a store where everything cost either five or ten cents. Good day, and welcome to Kati's Kitchen Us" link on the left. The originator of the concept may be Woolworths, which began in 1878 in Utica, New York. Other five and tens that existed in the USA included W. T. Grant, J. J. Instawares Restaurant Supply & Restaurant Equipment. Newberry's, McCrory's, Kresge, McClellan's, and Ben Franklin Stores.