Press Release from Dollar General Media Relations

Dollar General (DG) is excited to announce that its new DG Market is now open at 125 Westbrook Road in Essex. The new DG Market store format features an expanded selection of fresh meats, fruits, and vegetables, as well as the same categories, brands, and products that customers trust Dollar General to carry.

“We are excited to provide Essex residents with our new DG Market format and look forward to welcoming customers to our new location,” said Matthew Simonsen, Dollar General’s senior vice president of real estate and store development. “At Dollar General, we are committed to serving our customers with a pleasant shopping experience and strive to be a good corporate citizen. The new DG Market format aims to provide the Essex community with closer access to fresh and healthier foods and a convenient location to purchase the items they want and need at everyday low prices. We hope our customers will enjoy the new store.”

DG stores are proud to provide area residents with an affordable and convenient store location at which to purchase household essentials, including food, cleaning supplies, paper products, over-the-counter medicines, hygiene products, baby items, and more through its mission of serving others. In addition to the national and private branded products that customers trust Dollar General to carry, the new Essex location includes the company’s new, stylish, on-trend home décor, along with an expanded party preparation selection.

Dollar General plans to create new jobs in the Essex community, as the store is expected to employ approximately 10 to 15 people, depending on the individual needs of the store. Individuals interested in joining the DG team may review available positions and apply online at www.dollargeneral.com/careers. The company provides employees with competitive wages, world-class and award-winning training, and development programs and benefits, including day-one telemedicine eligibility, as well as health insurance coverage options, 401K savings and retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance to eligible employees.

Furthermore, DG strives to be a good neighbor and is committed to the communities that it proudly calls home, as evidenced by its unwavering support of literacy and education initiatives through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The addition of the Essex store opens the opportunity for schools, nonprofit organizations, and libraries within a 15-mile radius of the store to apply for Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants. Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $238 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 19.6 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.