Dollar General Makes Final Appointments to Strenghten Merchandising Team

In recent weeks, the company added the following leaders to itsmerchandising team: Denny Zimmerman, a 25-year veteran merchantpreviously with 7-Eleven and American Stores; Keith Reynolds, an18-year veteran merchant previously with Bon Ton Stores; BryanWheeler, a 21-year veteran merchant previously with Sears and Kmart;and Victoria Kopyar formerly with Target.

Zimmerman is the new vice president/divisional merchandise managerof non-food consumables. He and John Cosma, VP/DMM of food andperishables report to Rita Branham, senior vice president and generalmerchandise manager of consumables.

Reynolds joins Dollar General as the new VP/DMM of apparel andWheeler as the new VP/DMM of home. Along with Rick McNeely, VP/DMM ofseasonal, Reynolds and Wheeler report to Jim Thorpe, SVP/GMM ofapparel, home and seasonal.

Kopyar is Dollar General's senior director of product and branddevelopment, a new position. Previously, she oversaw the candle andaccessories category at Target. Prior to that, Kopyar was an assistantvice president/audit manager at U.S. Bank in Minneapolis.

Branham, Thorpe and Kopyar report to Beryl J. Buley, divisionpresident of merchandising, marketing and global supply chain.

"Our team represents the best of both worlds - talented merchantswith long, successful careers at Dollar General and skilled merchantswith successful track records from a diversity of other retailers,"said Buley. "These new additions reinforce our commitment to providecustomers with the products they want and need at a great valueeveryday."

DMM of Non-food Consumables Zimmerman was the national categorymanager for 7-Eleven for the health and beauty care and non-foodscategories. Prior to that, he was the director of merchandising forthe Fleming Companies. He had also previously served as a seniorcategory manager for Pepsi-Cola Company and was the vice president ofnational procurement for American Stores, Inc., which operated AcmeMarkets, Lucky, Jewel, Jewel/Osco, Osco Drug and Sav-on Drug stores.

DMM of Apparel Reynolds was previously division merchandisemanager of children's apparel, accessories toys and gifts at Bon TonStores. Prior to that, he served as the division manager ofProffitt's/McRae's (Sak's Inc.).

DMM of Home Wheeler was previously vice president and generalmerchandise manager of hardware for Sears Home Group. Prior to that,he held a number of positions of growing responsibility in themerchandising function at Kmart, most recently as the divisional vicepresident of hard home.

About Dollar General

Dollar General is a Fortune 500(R) discount retailer with 8,133neighborhood stores as of June 30, 2006. Dollar General offersconvenience and value to customers by offering consumable basic itemsthat are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, healthand beauty aids and cleaning supplies, as well as a selection of basicapparel, house wares and seasonal items at everyday low prices. TheCompany store support center is located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.Dollar General's Web site can be reached at www.dollargeneral.com.