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Dollar General plans 1,000 store openings in 2017
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General will break its own record for store expansion in 2017. And that’s saying a lot.The discounter is already in high gear, with plans to open a record 900 stores and remodel or relocate about 875 existing locations in 2016. But it’s upping the total for 2017, forecasting some 1,000 new stores and 900 remodels or relocations, which is in line with its model of 6% to 8% square footage growth.