The Dollar Giant that opened at Pender St. near Main in Chinatown last year boasted, "HONEST! NOTHING OVER A... $1"
No more.
They've added ".25" to all the dollar signs in the windows. Everything in the store is now $1.25, other than food items which will continue to be $1.
I asked a security guard when the prices had gone up. "About a month ago," he said.
A clerk told me that the prices have not gone up at all Dollar Giants. "Not at the one on Kingsway & Clark or the one on Commercial Dr." The clerk speculated that the price increase at the Chinatown location was due to the number of shoplifters.
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The prices are still good though. I dropped in a few days ago and got file folders, a package of five, for $1.25.
I hope they stay in business.
