Dollar General

[squeezebox]

What do you buy from dollar general on the trail? About the only thing I've ever bought there is laundry soap.

[kayak karl]

food, snacks, TP, first aid, office supplies, postcards, batteries, zip-locks, etc. i've never bought laundry soap.

[FarmerChef]

Dollar general is my go to resupply spot when available. They have hiker friendly supplies like cheeses, crackers, tortillas, pasta/rice sides, mac and cheese, peanut butter, sometimes pouch tuna or chicken, etc. I've done almost complete resupplies there (except that I dehydrate my own proteins and add them in).

[bigcranky]

I could do a complete week-long resupply at the DG's I've been in. Easy.

[RED-DOG]

Their CHEAP, and they are loaded with the types of food hikers eat on the trail, you can spend like 20 bucks at Dollar general or family dollar and get a FULL 5 day resupply or more, you would spend DOUBLE that at a regular grocery store, plus Dollar general or family dollar is more Convient, regular grocery stores are useally farther from the trail.

[twilight]

I shop at Dollar General for my section hikes for many of the things already mentioned. Found a 2.00 cooling rack there that I was able to cut up for a light weight grill for over the fire pit. Good also for hand sanitizer, travel toothpaste, Vitamin I, Glucosamine/chondroitin.

Twilight

[RED-DOG]

Bro next time you are close to one go in and Check them out, it's well worth the look.

[moocow]

Pasta sides, and cosmic brownies, tp, jerky, cheese, water flavor packets off the top of my head.

[Old Hiker]

I was leery about the "off-brand" or "store-brand" names, but I found out they were just as good as any other. I just made sure the food wasn't a product of China. My paranoia, my quirk.

[ChinMusic]

Any place with "Dollar" in the name is a great resupply point.

[johnnybgood]

Dollar Tree ---everything is a buck.

[Rain Man]

I got a really cheap ($5), brand-name (Hanes?), blaze orange t-shirt at Dollar General. It was 50/50 polyester/cotton. Great for hunting season.

Also, they carry Glad brand zip-lock bags, which are hard/impossible to find in the regular grocery stores I shop at.

RainMan

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[ryanwflynn]

If you are thru hiking, you will definitely resupply at Dollar General stores. You will actually miss them in New England!

[JansportD2]

Dollar General is great for resupply. Some small towns like Glasgow, VA don't have traditional supermarkets but usually have a Dollar General or Family Dollar.

[ryanwflynn]

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[ryanwflynn]

Oh Glasgow! I was there for the Derecho! Nice town and shelter!

[coheterojo]

Sometimes they're the best option. Hot Springs for example. Glascow for sure. Damascus for sheer convenience. I used to look down upon Dollar General but the cast has been lifted from my eyes.

[takethisbread]

-the individual 12 pack drink mixes for like $1 orange crush, grape crush, ect that spice up the water situation esp if u use bleach.
-pbj and tortillas since I'm stove less pretty key
-usually have deals on snickers
-hot dogs
- cokes
-duct tape.
-pop tarts
dollar General is as good as it gets in the southern Appalachians




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[ChinMusic]

It took me a few weeks to realize that I got more from one of those "Dollar" stores than I did from a grocercy store. The sizes of the items were perfect with the grocery store's being too large.

[Dogwood]

ziplocs, salmon/tuna packets, sardines/clams/mussels(sometimes in pouches), Lipton/Knorrs rice/noodle sides, Annie Chungs seaweed snacks, French Onion SUN CHIPS(corn chips), nuts(pistachios, almonds, walnuts, Spanish peanuts, cashews, etc), sunflower/pumpkin seeds, blocks of cheese, tortillas, single serving size frozen bags of shrimp(used for the same night's trail dinner), spices, 4 oz bottles of Pompei Olive Oil (EVOO, usually transferred to a plastic screw cap bottle which can also often be bought at the same store), the rare piece of better dark chocolate that may be there