Dollar stores have become one of the fastest-growing retail formats in America, with their numbers more than doubling over the past decade. Bulkland tracks the forces behind that expansion, following the economics that make a five-dollar price ceiling profitable at scale and the communities where these stores have replaced supermarkets and small shops entirely. The film looks at what gets sold, who shops there out of necessity rather than choice, and what the spread of bulk, low-cost goods says about wages, food access, and the retail landscape in small towns and cities alike. Interviews and on-location footage inside stores and warehouses trace the supply chain from manufacturer to shelf, showing how convenience and cheapness reshape a neighborhood's options. The result is a portrait of American consumerism built one dollar-store aisle at a time, and a question about what disappears when discount retail becomes the default.