Dollar General Plans to Create Approximately 10,000 New Jobs in 2017
Fri, 03 Feb 2017
Job Growth Fueled by Planned New Store Openings and Distribution
Centers
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) intends to create approximately 10,000
new jobs in 2017 as the result of 1,000 planned new store openings and
two new state-of-the-art distribution centers. The creation of these
approximate 10,000 new jobs will be a roughly nine percent overall
increase to its workforce and mark the largest one-year employee
increase through organic store and distribution center growth in the
company’s 78-year history.
“Dollar General looks forward to welcoming new employees who want to
grow with us as we expand throughout the states we serve,” said Todd
Vasos, Dollar General’s chief executive officer. “These new jobs reflect
the organization’s commitment to seize growth opportunities and further
deliver Dollar General’s value proposition of everyday low prices on
quality merchandise to customers in 1,000 new locations in 2017. Since
joining Dollar General in 2008, I’ve had the privilege to see the
company grow from approximately 72,000 employees to more than 130,000
anticipated employees by end of the 2017 fiscal year. It really is an
exciting time to be a Dollar General employee.”
As all hiring functions are managed online, candidates looking to join
Dollar General must apply for all new positions online at www.dollargeneral.com/careers.
“This year’s continued growth presents numerous opportunities for
candidates looking to begin and develop their careers at one of
America’s fastest-growing retailers,” said Bob Ravener, Dollar General’s
executive vice president and chief people officer. “Candidates should
look to Dollar General as a great career choice for numerous factors
including our variety of training and development programs, focus on
internal advancement within the company and mission of Serving
Others.”
Dollar General plans to use its robust and best-in-class training
programs to support the company’s commitment to one of its operating
priorities of investing in employees as a competitive advantage. The
company is expected to invest more than 1.5 million training hours in
employees in 2017 to promote education and development throughout the
year. Training magazine recently recognized the company among its
Training Top 125 for the sixth consecutive year, ranking #8 on the list.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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of the federal securities laws throughout this release. A reader can
identify forward-looking statements because they are not limited to
historical fact or they use words such as “will,” “should,” “expected,”
“anticipated,” “plan,” “looks forward,” “intend,” and similar
expressions that concern Dollar General’s strategy, plans, intentions or
beliefs about future occurrences or results, including without
limitation statements regarding Dollar General’s planned job creation,
employee training, and store and distribution center openings.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may change at any time and may cause actual results to
differ materially from those that Dollar General expected. Many of these
statements are derived from Dollar General’s operating budgets and
forecasts, which are based on many detailed assumptions that Dollar
General believes are reasonable, or are based on various assumptions
about certain plans, activities or events which we expect will or may
occur in the future. However, it is very difficult to predict the effect
of known factors, and Dollar General cannot anticipate all factors that
could affect actual results that may be important to an investor. All
forward-looking information should be evaluated in the context of these
risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those factors
disclosed under “Risk Factors” in Dollar General’s Annual Report on Form
10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2016
and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 1, 2016.
All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the
cautionary statements that Dollar General makes from time to time in its
SEC filings and public communications. Dollar General cannot assure the
reader that it will realize the results or developments Dollar General
anticipates, or, even if substantially realized, that they will result
in the consequences or affect Dollar General or its operations in the
way Dollar General expects. Forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date made. Dollar General undertakes no obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
arising after the date on which they were made, except as otherwise
required by law. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statements included herein or that may be made elsewhere from time to
time by, or on behalf of, Dollar General.
About Dollar General Corporation
Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for
over 75 years through its mission of Serving Others.
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 13,205 stores
in 43 states as of October 28, 2016. In addition to high quality private
brands, Dollar General sells products from America's most-trusted
manufacturers 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.
