Dollar General Corporation

Dollar General Corporation a discount retailer provides various merchandise products in the southern southwestern midwestern and eastern United States. It offers consumable products including paper and cleaning products such as paper towels bath tissues paper dinnerware trash and storage bags disinfectants and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals pasta canned soups fruits and vegetables condiments spices sugar and flour; and perishables that include milk eggs bread refrigerated and frozen food beer and wine. The company's consumable products also comprise snacks such as candies cookies crackers salty snacks and carbonated beverages; health and beauty products including over-the-counter medicines and personal care products such as soaps body washes shampoos cosmetics and dental hygiene and foot care products; pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products. In addition it offers seasonal products comprising holiday items toys batteries small electronics greeting cards stationery prepaid phones and accessories gardening supplies hardware and automotive and home office supplies; and home products that include kitchen supplies cookware small appliances light bulbs storage containers frames candles craft supplies and kitchen and bed and bath soft goods. Further the company provides apparel which comprise casual everyday apparel for infants toddlers girls boys women and men as well as socks underwear disposable diapers shoes and accessories. The company was formerly known as J.L. Turner & Son Inc. and changed its name to Dollar General Corporation in 1968. Dollar General Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Goodlettsville Tennessee.