Shoppers Upset with Dollar Tree Raising Prices: ‘I Don’t Think It’s Right’

EXCERPT:

MATARESE: "At a time when drugstore greeting cards can cost $6, here, they're still a dollar. As are wrapping paper and gift bags, food, home décor, even Halloween and Christmas items."

UNKNOWN: "I don’t think it's right for them to raise the prices. You go in there to get for a dollar, then they tell you it's $1.50, are they going to change all the signs?" 

MATARESE: "The good news is that not everything in the store is heading up. Dollar Tree says it plans to raise prices on some items to $1.25 to $1.50. It will also convert parts of many stores to Dollar Tree Plus formats with prices as high as $5. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise if you've been to the hardware store, grocery store, clothing store lately. Prices are up everywhere because of higher raw material and shipping costs."