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May 20, 2013
Dollar General announces literacy award winners

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $6 million in grants to more than 725 schools, nonprofits and literacy organizations to support adult, family and summer literacy programs.

March 28, 2013
Survey names Kohl's, Dollar General, Lowe's among top brands

Harris Interactive has revealed the brands that Americans rank highest in brand equity.

December 19, 2012
New items fuels 2Q success at General Mills

Greek yogurt is all the rage in the dairy aisle and General Mill’s Yoplait brand of the popular product and other new items made meaningful contribution to the company’s second quarter sales.

June 5, 2012
America’s “General” store maintains momentum

Surging profits and a 6.7% first quarter same-store sales increase prompted Dollar General to raise its full-year profit forecast by three cents.

March 2, 2012
Shopko expands with completed merger

GREEN BAY, Wis. — General merchandise retailers Shopko Stores and Pamida has completed their merger that will create a $3 billion company that serves largely rural communities in 22 states.

The combined entity will retain the Shopko name. Shopko will be headquartered in Green Bay and Pamida’s corporate headquarters in Omaha, Neb., will be consolidated into the Green Bay office over the next several months.

January 27, 2012
Lowe's board looks to Dollar General leadership

Lowe’s has announced that Richard Dreiling has joined its board of directors.

August 30, 2011
Expectations elevated at Dollar General

It’s been one extreme or another the past few weeks in the retail world. First, luxury retailers Tiffany and Saks reported strong sales and profits and then on Tuesday Dollar General results showed the low-end consumers have some spending power and a taste for its brand of discount retail.

June 1, 2011
Earnings miss doesn’t derail Dollar General’s growth

Sales and profits continued to pile up at the nation’s largest dollar store operator during the first quarter as shoppers sought value at the retailer’s 9,500 stores.

April 1, 2011
Nutrition for sale

General Nutrition Centers Thursday evening announced its initial public offering of 22.5 million shares of its Class A common stock at an opening price of $16 per share.

March 22, 2011
Dollar General remains top stock pick on 4Q sales growth

Though Dollar General's fourth-quarter sales growth came in at slightly below analysts' expectations, the company is still considered a good investment.

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