Company holds inaugural innovation and supplier diversity summit;
Encourages new vendors to apply to partner with major discount
retailer
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Suppliers, companies and manufacturers with exciting new products who
want to reach millions of consumers and partner with one of America’s
fastest-growing retailers that is currently listed #128 on the Fortune
500 list and posted $22 billion in FY 2016 sales, listen up!
Dollar General (NYSE: DG) is encouraging new suppliers and those who
have not sold products to the Company within the past 18 months to apply
to attend its inaugural Innovation and Supplier Diversity Summit in
April 2018. The event aims to pair potential new vendors with respective
Dollar General buyers and category managers. Suppliers must sell items
in at least one of the following categories to be eligible to attend:
Beauty, Personal Care and Over-the-Counter/Wellness
General Merchandise/All Non-Food
Grocery.
“As part of Dollar General’s continual commitment to provide quality
products at everyday low prices to our diverse consumer base, we are
thrilled to announce our first Innovation and Supplier Diversity Summit
scheduled for this spring,” said Jason Reiser, Dollar General’s
executive vice president and chief merchandising officer. “Having the
right products to best meet our customers’ needs is a foundational
cornerstone at Dollar General. As such, we look forward to meeting with
potential new vendors, learning about relevant products for our
customers and expanding the number of unique and specialized offerings
available in our stores.”
To apply, interested suppliers, companies and manufacturers may submit
their product information at www.rangeme.com/dollargeneral
from Tuesday, January 30 through end of day on Tuesday, February 20,
2018. Selected companies will be subject to a $500 participation fee and
notified via email by Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM) of
the time, date and location of their meeting with a member of the Dollar
General merchandising team.
For additional information, photographs or items to supplement a story,
please contact the Media Relations Department at 1-877-944-DGPR (3477)
or via email at dgpr@dollargeneral.com.
About Dollar General Corporation
Dollar 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, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low
prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Dollar General operated
14,321 stores in 44 states as of November 3, 2017. 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. For more information on Dollar General,
please visit www.dollargeneral.com.
