If you've driven through any city within the United States, you may have spotted a large yellow sign with the phrase "Dollar General" written across its surface. In simple terms, Dollar General is an all-encompassing convenience store that offers customers goods at discounted prices. Rather than breaking the bank for discretionary purchases and products, Dollar General gave visitors a budget-conscious selection to choose from. With that said, what do we know about Dollar General and its origins within America?
Humble Beginnings
Although Dollar General's multi-billion-dollar operation would make onlookers believe that success was handed to its owners on a silver platter, the opposite is true. Dollar General first came into existence in 1955 in Springfield, Kentucky, when father-and-son duo -- James Luther Turner and Cal Turner Sr. -- opened a store where the motto was simple: no item shall cost more than one dollar. Although an ambitious goal to attain, within a two-year span of business, Dollar General garnered over 5-million dollars in sales and expanded its operation to nearly 30 locations.
Inside Dollar General's humble beginnings lies a core element that exists within every human psyche: the ability to persevere in the face of adversity. Whether we aim to be the next retail store chain with millions of customers worldwide or want to tackle a project at work, our ability to see opportunities where others see failure is essential
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
2144 SW Birley Ave Lake City, FL 32024They need to learn how to do weekly stock counts as it is part of a automatic ordering system. So that they can adjust the inventory and be able to get the product ordere ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
17021 Charlee Rd Punta Gorda, FL 33955Customer service is excellent, newly remodeled with fresh vegetables now!
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Discount Store
3520 E 3rd St Panama City, FL 32401First time shopping at this store. Had difficult time finding what I was looking for.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
2181 Co Rd 252B Lake City, FL 32024Wonderful store !!!! Very clean and stocked shelves !! I am super impressed with the new assistant manager Daniel he was amazing very friendly and helped me find everythi ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Candy Store
12915 Northside Rd Northport, AL 35475Great turn around !
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
6780 Houston Rd Macon, GA 31216I went there for after Christmas shopping and I got so much nice stuff. I was very pleased.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
2357 AR-95 Hattieville, AR 72063Cashier was very friendly.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
3401 Fresno Ave Denair, CA 95316Customer is great! But could you please carry Cetaphil Bar Soap?
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
2526 AR-31 Beebe, AR 72012The Dollar General is a store with cheap things in it, so yes.
Dollar General
Dollar Store
2553 CA-119 Bakersfield, CA 93313Love my dollar stores great products and prices thank god for these stores cause theres times like these when moneys so tight i wouldnt be able to provide gifts for holid ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
6820 AR-35 Benton, AR 72015It seems like I live there I'm there so often love my dollar general!!
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
4152 AR-36 W Searcy, AR 72143Col
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
3455 Co Rd 1435 Vinemont, AL 35179This is the best Dollar General Store in the State of Alabama. The short blonde cashier (Tammy) is the nicest and best cashier I have ever dealt with.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
63 Winding Creek Rd Dover, DE 19904The Dollar General is located on Forrest Avenue, traveling on Forrest Avenue towards Pearson's Corner is amazing. The store is clean and well organized. I give the man ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
4748 Springer Blvd Little Rock, AR 72206I go here daily great store. The employees are really nice and helpful. Even when they are super busy they are happy to help.
Dollar General
Dollar Store
6700 MacArthur Dr North Little Rock, AR 72118Great place to shop. clean nice people my god bless this store.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
4394 AR-141 N Jonesboro, AR 72401Nice and convenient store in an area that does not have many options. It is cleaner and more organized than a lot of other DG stores I have visited and they have implemen ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Discount Store
11610 AR-253 Fort Smith, AR 72916Similar to every other DG, except this one is more organized, has more merch for sale, and they have wider aisles than other DGs in the area.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Seasonal Goods Store, Beauty Supply Store
7415 AR-351 Jonesboro, AR 72401Good Store
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
3619 Stadium Blvd Jonesboro, AR 72404Good dollar store
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store
2030 Old Railroad Bed Rd Harvest, AL 35749I waited 10 minutes for a cashier to come to the front, the self checkout being closed. I didn't mind, and it wasn't a big deal. However, the cashier was very aggressive ... more
Dollar General
Convenience Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
3691 E Laurel Rd London, KY 40741Night shift employees are very disrespectful and unprofessional. They accused a young man of shoplifting while he was trying to check out. He was clearly embarrassed and ... more
Dollar General
Convenience Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
240 Keller Rd London, KY 40741All in all it was good nice people
Dollar General
Dollar Store
4845 Madisonville Rd Hopkinsville, KY 42240This is the cleanest store in the county ..employees are super nice & very helpful
Dollar General
Convenience Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
2320 S Beltline Hwy Paducah, KY 42003Aisles are always full of unstocked merchandise, you can't get through 80% of the aisles and I don't understand how this isn't an OSHA violation?! I'm handicapped and can ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
435 Krebs Station Rd Paducah, KY 42001Great store. Appears to be closed(remodeling it would seem). Should be recognized as one of the best managed, cleanest and friendliest DOLLAR GENERAL period.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
6730 Old, Cairo Rd Paducah, KY 42001Good prices
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
121 Co Rd 1435 Cullman, AL 35058Easy to find the things you want at affordable prices and it's pretty much a smaller version of wal mart where you can find almost whatever it is you need
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
4860 Old Mayfield Rd Paducah, KY 42003Nice
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
4500 SE California Ave Topeka, KS 66609The employee are nice and make a comfortable environment to shop. One employee help find the items I was looking for.penny was great and was very knowledgeable!
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Dollar Store, General Store
2620 NE Sardou Ave Topeka, KS 66616This is my local store. We sure miss our Mike's IGA though.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, General Store, Drug Store
209 W US Hwy 30 Wheatland, IA 52777This Dollar General was loaded w everything we needed! The bathroom was clean and the employees where very helpful!
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
9728 US-60 Spottsville, KY 42458Nice people
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
26555 US-20 South Bend, IN 46628The store manager believes that Im obligated to turn my car stereo off when at her location. Ill be shopping elsewhere from now on.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
1054 IN-2 Valparaiso, IN 46383Wow sorry to be an inconvenience to the store manager!!!! Will never be back to this location
Dollar General
Convenience Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
1455 Martin Luther King Dr Prattville, AL 36067Excellent store. everyone is friendly and helpful.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
6542 KY-56 Owensboro, KY 42301I am a truck driver I deliver to this store and the manager Lynn was very rude and kept me sitting and waiting on my paperwork had to keep calling my supervisor over and ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
1100 Spring Bay Rd East Peoria, IL 61611Apparently this store is allowed to close whenever they want and not post a sign or anything....
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
38921 N Green Bay Rd Waukegan, IL 60087If I can give them a 0 I would unfortunately they do not honor the additional 50% off sale that goes on at every dollar general the weekend of March 1st -3rd. It clearly ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
1736 S Taylorville Rd Decatur, IL 62521Nice store
Dollar General
Convenience Store, Grocery Store, Drug Store
1814 Benton Rd Mount Vernon, IL 62864Employees are very rude
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Discount Store
307 N Lincoln St Philo, IL 61864The store itself is nice and okay. But This one employee thought that we were messing around with the balloons even though we were just looking at them she thought we wer ... more
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
507 N Long St Tolono, IL 61880Several of these stores in the area, this one stands out.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
5851 Johns Rd Hueytown, AL 35023My favorite DG yet. Its clean, the employees are nice. I no longer live in the area, but find myself wanting to stop by just to see the clutter-free, clean store.
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Grocery Store, Discount Store
67640 AL-77 Talladega, AL 35160
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
50 Plemons Rd Attalla, AL 35954Great deals! Great store
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
549 6th St Madison, AL 35756Radio is obnoxiously loud, nobody was attending the counter. I walked out without seeing an employee and could not make a purchase.
Dollar General
Convenience Store, Candy Store, Beauty Supply Store
117 KY-716 Ashland, KY 41102Great
Dollar General
Convenience Store, Convenience Store, Discount Store
550 W Laurel Rd London, KY 40741This one guy is so rude an hateful. HOW THE DONT U HAVE CHANGE
Dollar General
Dollar Store, Beauty Supply Store, Candy Store
2485 Us Hwy 84, West St Valdosta, GA 31601Closed before 10 pm and the sign on the door says open until 10pm.