Dollar General Celebrates 14,000th Store Grand Opening
August 19 2017 - 12:24PM
Business Wire
Dollar General (NYSE: DG) reached a new milestone this morning
as it hosted hundreds of excited customers in Dauphin, Pennsylvania
to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s 14,000th store
location.
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“Dollar General is excited to celebrate our company’s continued
growth by celebrating our 14,000th store grand opening today,” said
Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s CEO. “For nearly 80 years, Dollar
General has continually been focused on delivering everyday low
prices, convenience and value to the communities we serve. I am
especially grateful to the more than 127,000 Dollar General
employees who support the company every day through our mission of
Serving Others, our customers and our communities in helping
us reach this milestone.”
Celebrations began at 8 a.m. this morning with remarks from
Dollar General representatives and a $14,000 check presentation to
Middle Paxton Elementary School from the Dollar General Literacy
Foundation. After store manager Mark Cortina officially cut the
ribbon to open the store, the first 200 customers received $10 gift
cards and tote bags with complimentary samples. Customers were also
treated to coffee and donuts in the morning, a hotdog lunch
featuring chips and drinks and Clover Valley® private brand samples
in the afternoon.
Dollar General sells quality name-brand and private brand
merchandise such as health and beauty products, home cleaning
supplies, housewares, stationery, seasonal items and basic
clothing. The company also sells an assortment of packaged foods,
as well as some refrigerated foods and frozen foods. In
addition to high quality private brands, all of which carry a 100%
satisfaction guarantee, Dollar General sells products from
America’s most-trusted brands such as Procter & Gamble,
Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, Kellogg’s, General Mills, Nabisco, Hanes,
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola.
Dollar General proudly employs approximately 5,700 employees in
Pennsylvania through approximately 625 stores and its distribution
center in Bethel (Berks County).
Through its mission of Serving Others, Dollar General is
deeply involved in the communities it serves as an ardent supporter
of literacy and education through the Dollar General Literacy
Foundation, which awards grants each year to nonprofit
organizations, schools and libraries within a 20-mile radius of a
Dollar General store or distribution center to support adult,
family, summer and youth literacy programs. Since its inception in
1993, the DGLF has awarded more than $135 million in grants to
nonprofit organizations, helping more than 8.6 million individuals
take their first steps toward literacy or continued education. For
more information about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and
its grant programs, visit www.dgliteracy.com.
For additional information, photographs or items to supplement a
story, please visit the DG Newsroom, contact the Media Relations
Department at 1-877-944-DGPR (3477) or via email at
dgpr@dg.com.
About Dollar General
CorporationDollar General Corporation has been
delivering value to shoppers for over 75 years. Dollar General
helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day!® by offering
products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food,
snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, clothing for the
family, housewares and seasonal items at low everyday prices in
convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar General operated 14,000
stores in 44 states as of August 19, 2017. In addition to high
quality private brands, Dollar General sells products from
America’s most-trusted brands such as Procter & Gamble,
Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, Kellogg’s, General Mills, Nabisco, Hanes,
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola. Learn more about Dollar General at
www.dollargeneral.com.
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