Dollar Tree and Dollar General are not the same. In Dollar Tree there are no price tags. Everything is a dollar. My wife refers to it as the 20 dollar store because she rarely comes out of there with less than 20 items. Dollar General is somewhat like a mini Walmart. They usually stock some version of almost anything you might need in your home: food, clothing, paper products, cleaning products, motor oil, etc. I greatly prefer Dollar General to Walmart. I think Dollar General is probably the main reason Fred's went out of business. They have also made some inroads into Walmart's sales. When I need something that would be sold at that type of store my first stop is Dollar General. The only time I darken the doors of our local Walmart is when I can't find what I need at any other store in town. Currently, we have two within the city limits, one on the east side and one on the west. There is another about a mile south of town and one about 4 miles north. There's at least 6 others within 20 miles of my house.