Bay Area shoppers are balancing budgets against shopping lists and Black Friday deals this year.
Some folks even found them with in-person shopping on Thanksgiving in the East Bay.
Shoppers were on the hunt inside a Concord Dollar Tree store on Thanksgiving Day.
“This is the best place to come if you’re on a tight budget,” said Kyla Rinon, a Concord resident.
Whether it’s wrapping paper, greeting cards or little stocking stuffers, bargain hunters say this is a “go to” store for holiday shopping.
One recent National Deloitte Survey shows shoppers plan to “pull back on spending” this year. Some families as much as 18% compared to last year.
A University of Michigan poll suggests consumer confidence is near a record low for November and that Americans believe prices will continue to climb.
Best Buy and a few other traditional Thanksgiving retailers who offered door buster deals have been closed since the start of the pandemic on the holiday but open early Black Friday morning.
Thom Jensen has the full report in the video above.
Source: NBC Bay Area