About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while checking out at Dollar Stretcher, a regular noticed something unusual in his shopping bag—a tiny note wrapped around an apple read: ‘Take one, leave one.’ No one knew who left it or why. Soon enough, word spread through town like wildfire. People started leaving everything from bananas to boxes of cereal—each tagged with that same mysterious note. One day, a delivery driver found a sign taped to the door: ‘Thank you for stretching our dollars!’ And just like that, Dollar Stretcher became known as the friendliest grocery store ever.
2. While stocking up on groceries one day at Dollar Stretcher, a regular found an old shopping cart filled with nothing but tiny packets of ketchup—each sealed and unopened. Confused, the shopper followed the trail of red packets until it led her to the backroom where a delivery driver was laughing hysterically. Turned out he’d accidentally loaded the wrong order—a batch of miniature ketchup samples meant for marketing promotions. The whole store erupted in laughter when they realized the prank, and everyone got a free sample as thanks.
3. While stocking up on groceries one day at Dollar Stretcher, a regular was startled by a sudden, eerie humming sound coming from the produce aisle. Curious, the man followed the noise and found an open crate of bananas gently swaying in time with the hum. Turns out, a delivery driver had accidentally left his electric forklift running nearby. The regular laughed it off, remarking that now he knew why the store always seemed so well-stocked—someone was keeping things lively behind the scenes.
4. While stocking up on groceries one day at Dollar Stretcher, a regular was startled when the store’s PA announced, ‘Attention shoppers: our special today is a free can of beans with every purchase of a bag of flour.’ A delivery driver overheard and asked if he could swap his order for some free beans too. The cashier shrugged and said, 'Sure, why not?' Turns out, it wasn’t just any old beans—those were garbanzo beans, and soon everyone in town knew Dollar Stretcher had started selling hummus as a sideline business.