The Dollar Tree Is Raising Prices From $1 To $1.25

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 23: The Dollar Tree sign hangs outside a Dollar Tree store on November 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The company announced it will permanently increase prices from $1.00 to $1.25 on most of its items in a move it said was ‘not a reaction to short-term or transitory market conditions’. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Wait what? The Dollar Tree is raising its prices from $1 to $1.25. The change will impact most items in the store and go into place in early 2022. Does this mean they need to change their name to the Dollar Twenty-Five Tree? I mean the price is in the name. According to a news release this change will be permanent instead of just a temporary reaction to the ongoing supply chain and labor issues.

The news that Dollar Tree is raising prices is prompting a variety of responses from people. Take a peak at some of the best reactions:

But the company probably should have seen that coming...

Inflation Ruins Everything

The End of An Era

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People Are Not Happy

Take Me Or Leave Me

Make It Make Sense

A Campaign I Can Get Behind

Is It Coming?

Dolla Quarta Gets My Vote

I Guess This Means Its Real

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