Dollar General opens first Arkansas distribution center
Dollar General Corp. is expanding its distribution infrastructure into a new state.
The discount giant has opened an approximately 1 million-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art hub in North Little Rock, Ark. The facility supports the distribution of the company’s traditional supply chain, its DG Fresh network that provides perishable products to stores, and its DG Private Fleet in-house trucking network.
The building represents an approximate $160 million investment in Pulaski County and is expected to create approximately 300 new jobs at full capacity. Available positions in general warehouse, human resources, inventory control, maintenance, training and administrative areas to support the distribution center and DG Private Fleet operations are currently being offered online.
The retailer opened a distribution facility supporting its DG Private Fleet network of tractors and drivers in Denver in November 2024, and that time announced it would be opening a facility in Arkansas in 2025.
Dollar General opened its first "dual use" supply chain hub for both traditional and DG Fresh perishable goods in Nebraska in 2023.
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Dollar General opened its first store in Arkansas in 1975 and currently employs more than 5,700 employees in the state through its and store and distribution center presence.
As part of the opening celebration, the company also provided a $20,000 donation to the Arkansas Food Bank. In total, Dollar General says its stores and the North Little Rock distribution center have donated the equivalent of more than 300,000 meals, or approximately 400,000 pounds of food, to the Arkansas Food Bank.
"We are excited to celebrate the grand opening of our first Arkansas distribution center in North Little Rock, together with our team and their families," said Rod West, Dollar General executive VP of global supply chain. "This facility looks to better support our store teams and customers by combining the functionalities of our traditional, DG Fresh and Private Fleet distribution channels."
Founded in 1939, Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based Dollar General operated 20,523 Dollar General, DG Market, DGX and Popshelf stores across the United States and Mi Súper Dollar General stores in Mexico as of Nov. 1, 2024.
