I remember that at one point this place in Barnegat, just over the border from Waretown, was a pharmacy. If memory serves, it was a CVS, but can I correct myself?

Regardless of the past, there is now a new “tree” in Barnegat, a Dollar tree. The new location on Route 9 is now open and has this beautiful corner unit.

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Regardless of which business has moved in, the good thing is that this place has reopened and is providing service to the community and providing local jobs. Nothing worse than seeing all the empty businesses in the state, so seeing new businesses bring life and opportunity to the Ocean County area is a good thing no matter what the actual activity is.

Some interesting statistics on Dollar Tree. There are over 160 Dollar Tree locations in New Jersey. The largest Dollar Tree store is located in Plainfield … nearly 13,000 square feet. According to Google, Dollar Tree is the largest and most successful single-price retailer in North America. Dollar Tree is estimated to be worth almost $ 26 billion … that’s a lot of balloons!

I think we all buy certain things from Dollar Tree, what are your favorites from Dollar Tree? I think most often I go looking for trash bags, sandwich bags and paper napkins. I would also say their vacation items are cute and profitable so we’re taking more and more little vacation items from Dollar Tree.

Have you shopped at the new Barnegat store? what is your opinion….

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