Dollar General is supporting its aggressive store growth strategy with the addition of its 17th distribution center in Longview, Texas. Construction of the new facility, which will span nearly one million square feet, is expected to begin in early 2018.
The new DC will serve more than 1,000 stores operating in Texas and the Southeast and will employ approximately 400 people when it reaches full capacity.
To help support the 1,400+ stores it operates in Texas, Dollar General opened a DC in San Antonio, Texas only 18 months ago. “Dollar General is excited to expand our supply chain and distribution operations in the Lone Star state,” said Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos in a statement. “This facility is expected to support Dollar General’s growing store count in Texas.”
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Dollar General is growing beyond Texas, too. During the first three quarters of its current fiscal year, the retailer opened 1,044 stores, including 263 acquired locations, and remodeled or located 719 stores. The chain’s 16th distribution center, a 750,000-square-foot facility located in Amsterdam, N.Y., is still under construction and is expected to open in fall 2018.
For fiscal 2018 (ending February 1, 2019), Dollar General plans to open approximately 900 new stores, remodel approximately 1,000 mature store locations and relocate approximatelyl 100 stores. As of Nov. 3, 2017, Dollar General operated 14,321 stores in 44 states.
