Spotting Winners: Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) And Non-Discretionary Retail Stocks In Q2

Spotting Winners: Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) And Non-Discretionary Retail Stocks In Q2 Wrapping up Q2 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the non-discretionary retail stocks, including Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) and its peers. Food is non-discretionary because it's essential for life (maybe not those Oreos?), so consumers naturally need a place to buy it. Selling food is a notoriously tough business, however, as the costs of procuring and transporting oftentimes perishable products and operating stores fit to sell those products can be high. Competition is also fierce because the alternatives are numerous. While online competition threatens all of retail, grocery is one of the least penetrated because of the nature of the product.