Dollar General Celebrates Walton, Kentucky Distribution Center Grand Opening
July 20 2021 - 9:43PM
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Today, Dollar General celebrated the grand opening of its
Walton, Kentucky distribution center alongside employees, Company
executives, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and other officials.
Representing an approximate $65 million investment in Boone County,
Kentucky, the Walton facility is expected to create 300 new
distribution and private fleet career opportunities and support
more than 800 Dollar General stores at full capacity.
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear joins
Dollar General for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the grand
opening of the Company's new Walton, Kentucky Distribution Center.
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“We are excited to celebrate our Walton distribution center
grand opening and to continue supporting Kentucky communities,”
said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s CEO. “Dollar General’s roots run
deep in the Commonwealth, and we are grateful for the partnership
from state and local teams including Governor Andy Beshear, the
Northern Kentucky Economic Development, Boone County Judge
Executive Gary Moore, the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce,
the City of Walton and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic
Development that helped us further invest in the state. We look
forward to welcoming new employees into the Dollar General family
and being a longstanding business partner in the Boone County
community.”
“Joining with Dollar General’s leadership team, new employees
and local leaders to help open this facility today makes a clear
statement about the direction of the company and Kentucky,”
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said. “Dollar General’s decision to add
new operations in our state highlights Kentucky’s key location for
the distribution and logistics industry, a sector seeing
supercharged demand as we sprint out of this pandemic. My
congratulations to Dollar General and the many people who worked to
make today’s announcement possible. As our economy accelerates, we
look forward to seeing this facility at full scale and the
company’s eight-decade partnership with Kentucky continue to
flourish.”
To demonstrate Dollar General’s commitment to the Walton
community and its mission of Serving Others, Dollar General
presented a $10,000 donation to Walton-Verona Independent Schools
to support local literacy and education initiatives.
“Dollar General is an outstanding corporate citizen and we join
the City of Walton in celebrating their investment in Northern
Kentucky,” shared Lee Crume, President and CEO of Northern Kentucky
Tri-ED. “We appreciate Dollar General expanding its supply chain
network and creating hundreds of jobs in the Cincinnati
region.”
“We are very excited to welcome Dollar General to the City of
Walton,” said City of Walton Mayor Gabe Brown. “They have a
reputation for providing quality, well-paying jobs, satisfied
employees and for being great community partners. Dollar General is
as American as apple pie. Their continued growth and stability
ensure that they will be a part of our community for decades to
come. I wish them continued success and look forward to them being
a great addition to our wonderful town.”
Dollar General’s presence in the Bluegrass State now includes
two distribution centers, nearly 640 stores and a growing private
fleet in Walton that collectively employ approximately 6,000
Kentuckians. The Company is also in the final construction phases
on a 160,000 square foot DG Fresh facility in Bowling Green,
Kentucky.
Dollar General’s additional traditional distribution centers are
located in Alachua, Florida; Amsterdam, New York; Ardmore,
Oklahoma; Bessemer, Alabama; Bethel, Pennsylvania; Fulton,
Missouri; Indianola, Mississippi; Jackson, Georgia; Janesville,
Wisconsin; Jonesville, South Carolina; Lebec, California; Longview,
Texas; Marion, Indiana; San Antonio, Texas; Scottsville, Kentucky;
South Boston, Virginia; and Zanesville, Ohio.
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About Dollar General Corporation
Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers
for more than 80 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, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at
everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar
General operated 17,426 stores in 46 states as of April 30, 2021.
In addition to high-quality private brands, Dollar General sells
products from America's most-trusted manufacturers such as Clorox,
Energizer, Procter & Gamble, Hanes, Coca-Cola, Mars, Unilever,
Nestle, Kimberly-Clark, Kellogg's, General Mills, and PepsiCo.
Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com.
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