Dollar General CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF A NEW Store in NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – November 3, 2016 – Dollar General will celebrate the opening
of its new location at 1931 Smith St. in North Providence on Saturday, November 12
at 8 a.m. with free prizes and special deals. Dollar General will offer North
Providence residents a convenient new place to shop for everyday essentials at low
prices.

Additionally, the first 50 adult shoppers at the store will receive a $10 Dollar
General gift card and the first 200 shoppers will receive a Dollar General tote bag,
among other giveaways.

«Dollar General is committed to delivering a pleasant shopping experience that
includes a convenient location, a wide assortment of merchandise and great prices on
quality products,» said Dan Nieser, Dollar General’s senior vice president of real
estate and store development. «We hope our North Providence customers will enjoy
shopping at Dollar General’s new location.»

Dollar General stores offer convenience and value to customers by providing a
focused selection of national name brands and private brands of food, housewares,
seasonal items, cleaning supplies, basic apparel and health/beauty products. The
store’s fresh layout is designed to make shopping simple for customers. Seasonal
products are displayed in the center of the store, departments are easily
recognizable with visible signage and coolers are conveniently located at the front
of the store.

Traditional Dollar General stores employ approximately six to 10 people, depending
on the need. Anyone interested in joining the Dollar General team may visit the
Career section at www.dollargeneral.com.

Dollar General gives its customers more than everyday low prices on basic
merchandise. Dollar General is deeply involved in the communities it serves and is
an ardent supporter of literacy and education. At the cash register of every Dollar
General store, customers interested in learning how to read, speak English or get
their General Education Diploma (GED) can pick up a brochure with a postage-paid
reply card that can be mailed in for a referral to a local organization that offers
free literacy services. Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy
Foundation has awarded more than $127 million in grants to nonprofit organizations,
helping nearly more than 7.9 million individuals take their first steps toward
literacy or continued education. For more information about the Dollar General
Literacy Foundation and its grant programs, visit
www.dgliteracy.com.

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!(r) 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 low everyday prices in convenient neighborhood
locations. Dollar General operated 13,000 stores in 43 states as of August 13, 2016.
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.