Margie Ackerson’s shopping cart at Family Dollar, filled at least two feet above the top, had enough diapers in it to keep half the babies in Penacook clean and dry.

“I was told there would be 50 percent off and that they had great deals,” said Ackerson, who lives in Concord. “They have diapers for little ones and I have two granddaughters. I figured I’d buy all these diapers for their parents so it would make things easier for them.”

Other shoppers had carts and baskets that were stuffed like turkeys, grabbing what they could once word spread that the store was closing its doors.

They bought Christmas trees and wrapping paper, dog treats and shampoo, toys and dish towels, candles and soap.

Deep discounts were even deeper. Many of the shelves were already plucked clean. The line to the checkout counter featured a half-hour wait, but no one seemed to mind.

An employee there said Monday that no closing date had been announced. Workers declined to comment on the reason for the closing, referring all questions to the store’s corporate headquarters in Virginia.

A pair of emails to HQ were not answered. None of the other businesses in the plaza are closing.

Meanwhile, customers just kept coming. They had heard from a friend, read it on Facebook, or just happened to be shopping that day and saw the sign announcing the sale.

That’s how Lexi Courtemanche found out. She lives in the apartment complex next door. She’s a teacher at a daycare center and loves buying toys for the children.

But only when her boyfriend got sick recently did she stumble on these bargains.

“I had to come here to grab medicine,” Courtemanche said. “It was on the sign and I said, ‘No way.’ ”

Jennifer Geddes lives in Penacook. Her daughter is a student at Merrimack Valley High School. The chocolate energy drinks she likes never had a chance.

“She’s 16,” Geddes said. “She runs cross country at Merrimack Valley. I make her drink protein shakes.”

Geddes said she was sad that Family Dollar is closing. “When I’d run out of things and if I didn’t want to go to Market Basket, I’d come here,” Geddes said.

Courtney Briley of Lebanon lost all sense of discipline once she saw the half-off sign.

“I came in for paper towels and now I’m buying everything,” Briley said. “Right now, I can’t stop looking around.”

Linda DeSantis of Concord bought everything except the kitchen sink. She had a game of Twister in her cart. Remember Twister?

“Well, I think with the prices the way they are, even if you don’t need something, you might just buy it,” DeSantis said.

She lives in Concord and shared a unique story. She’s disappointed that the store is closing because she shops there every day.

Every day?

“Every day,” she said.

She was in line for a friend who had to leave and couldn’t finish her shopping. Asked if she might come back to shop for herself, DeSantis said, “I was already here twice yesterday and once today.”

Ackerson was surprised she was able to find so many boxes of diapers for her grandchildren. She’d need a plan to transfer all that was in her cart out of the store.

“I don’t know how I’m going to do it,” she said. “I might have to make a couple of trips to my car.”

Then she paused.

“But then I might come back later,” she said. “I might come back with my daughter.”