Family Dollar

This location needs to go out of business already. A store that sold mud would be more useful. Come stand in line for a ½ hr. in this hot, sweaty store while people yell and scream about only one register being open (this happens every visit) only to be NOT greeted by the rude check out clerks once you finally arrive there. IF there is a manager at this location they need to be fired pronto.

They’ve got some good deals on some items, others can be had cheaper elsewhere. The store is a bit of a mess and there’s always a line at the register, but it saves me money on cereal, soap, and other basics. Also consider checking out the sale items at the nearby C-​Town, and Home Depot, and maybe Target if you don’t mind the travel. Between all those, plus this Family Dollar, you can keep your home stocked for pretty cheap.

A mess. But nice attendants.

I had a very unpleasant experience with a rude and obnoxious cashier who when I asked for her name refused to give it to me even after a very nice coworker asked her repeatedly to give to me, she also ignored him she turned her name tag around so I couldn’t see it, I asked her for her name she glared at me and wouldn’t. Even after I threatened her with speaking to the manager still to no avail. I found out her name was Daysia, very rude young lady

This store has some good deals on certain items. Toilet paper, rubbing alcohol, sponges, dish soap, cleaning supplies, plastic platters for an event, cat food. Much cheaper than area grocery stores.
But there are some downsides – it’s dirty, the customer service is hit or miss – typically apathetic at its worst. The stock is unreliable sometimes. The quality is not always so good. You have to be careful to check quality of anything you are buying if it’s not a commonly known brand. But it’s a great place to go for a few staples at a decent price.
A bonus star for fulfilling a need and being a store that sells home products in the area. We are sorely lacking!

Some customers and some workers were arrrmmm how do I say this politely? Arrrmmm not at their best behavior.
The store is overcrowded and lacks any order. I disagree that because a store sells cheap or reasonably priced products it should be unkempt and dreary looking (which may be okay for NOW it being Halloween weekend and all).
Come on, I was here about 18 months or so ago and this wasn’t the case. What happened to you guys? Husband left?
The End.

Very hard to use. Often times there is a line backed up and only one cashier. They do have an (informal?) greeter, though. I’ve had bad luck with their store line and their prices on brands is about the same as anywhere else. However, their cigarette prices are 75 cents cheaper than the bodegas.

I was happy to find this store. Glad that this one is clean and organized. Prices are good. Staff was busy and not just standing around ignoring people. Happy to have one close to work and the train stop.

I love this FD location! It’s very well organized and stocked, and I found a trash can for $ 10 (I didn’t like the ones at IKEA)… It’s set up quite similarly to a Walgreens, where they actually have quite a lot of useful things. They have good toiletries and miscellaneous items such as kitchen gadgets, shower curtains, normal curtains, curtain rods, towels, cleaning products, toilet paper, etc. It’s a good place to stock up on random things. I got nail polish remover for $ 1 (their store brand is pretty good), eye contact solution, toothpaste, etc… Also, I’m not sure if it’s always the case, but there was a very nice man greeting people as they came in and out. It made me feel appreciated! I’m so glad I live just a few blocks away from here…

Don’t hold out for the Target, or the Bed Bath and Beyonce, or the Walgreen’s. This is a totally functional store with a wide variety of products and reasonable prices as compared with the three previously mentioned retailers, and even Fairway. (Laundry detergent looked a touch high, though.) I even bought the GF from Manhattan’s spiffy UWS, and she was happy to get some basics at decent prices.
BONUS: Courteous and attentive staff
TIP: This is contradictory, but some things are better bought at the Target or the Bed Bath and Beyonce. However, I have never left empty-​handed.

This place is always kind of a disaster. Mainly due to the constant reorganizing and poor layout. I’m always kicking myself when I’m standing in a long line clutching at my 12 pack of toilet paper, my eyes nystagmusing between the sole open register and the door as I’m gripped by the strong desire to drop the TP and get the heck out of there.
The store was renovated recently but it’s the most awkward layout for a register queue I’ve seen anywhere. You have to snake back around into the toiletry aisle and then decide if you want to play line leader as people unknowingly cut the hidden line.
There is a big selection in the store, and for a lack of any major chain drug stores in the are it’s hard not to wind up here. However, while their family dollar brand items are cheap (I personally like the cocoa oil gel), the name brand stuff is often more expensive than you’d find at a normal drugstore.

Never visited a Family Dollar store until the other night. I stopped by here on my way back home from dance class, in need of some nail polish remover. Kind of impressed how big the store was and its tidiness.
They carry a wide variety of merchandise, some are of national brand name, some I have never heard before. Family Dollar is like a drugstore but without the pharmacy and carries minimal supply of OTC medicine. Some products might be or seem to be slightly dubious. With that said I picked up 20 large bobby pins and 2 large claw hairclips for under 5 bucks. That’s a win. (FYI, the brand name large claw hairclip which has better finish and looks prettier ranges from $ 3 – 6 a piece). Medium sized nail polish remover, $ 1.99. Damn!
It was kind of sketchy how when I walked in and the cashier wanted me to check in my small gym bag… but he decided not to. Makes me wonder…
Nothing exciting but if you are in need of something and pass by here, you might be able get it for cheap.
2.5 stars but all in all the staff were very friendly, a rare behavior at discount stores.

The Family Dollar here on Franklin is great since most of the bigger general store-​esque businesses are all on Myrtle. Cheap prices all around, and a great place to stock up on household items. However, it is kind of sketchy, the cashiers are pretty slow, and it always seems kind of desolate. It is well stocked, and relatively clean, so it does have that going for it.