New facility expected to create 300 new jobs, company now hiring local for several warehouse, administrative positions

By The Arkansas Black Vitality Staff

Feb. 24, 2025—Dollar General, the nation’s largest discount retailer, celebrated the grand opening of its new North Little Rock distribution center on Feb. 22, which had been nearly two years in the making.

“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’s executive vice president 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. We are honored and humbled by our partnership among federal, state and local officials, as well as local nonprofit organizations that continue to support our investment and continued service in the Natural State.”

The state-of-the-art facility supports the distribution of the company’s traditional supply chain, its DG Fresh network, which provides perishable products to stores, and the DG Private Fleet. Nationwide, the Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based dollar store chain has over 193,000 employees working at over 20,000 stores across 48 states.

The North Little Rock warehouse is approximately one million square feet, representing an approximate $160 million investment in Pulaski County. At full capacity, it is expected to create approximately 300 new jobs.

“Fifty years after the first Dollar General opened in Arkansas, we are proud to welcome their first-ever distribution center in the Natural State,” said Gov. Sarah Sanders. “Central Arkansas is where America’s road, river, and rail come together, and with my administration’s investments in education and workforce training, companies from across the country and world are deciding to put down roots.”

In the local ceremony, which included Dollar General employees, their families, and local and state elected officials, the company also provided a $20,000 donation to the Arkansas Food Bank as part of the festivities to help address food insecurity and nourish neighbors in need. Dollar General stores and the North Little Rock distribution center have donated more than 300,000 meals to the Arkansas Food Bank, amounting to approximately 400,000 pounds of food, officials said.

Dollar General opened its first store in Arkansas in 1975 and currently employs more than 5,700 Arkansans through at its local outlets and distribution centers. The company, which reported annual revenues of $38.7 billion in fiscal 2023, is expected to release its fourth quarter and year-end 2024 results on March 4.

The company is hiring for available positions in general warehouse, human resources, inventory control, maintenance, training, and administrative areas to support the NLR distribution center and DG Private Fleet operations. Interested job seekers can apply online at www.dollargeneral.com/careers. Dollar General provides employees with competitive wages, award-winning training and development programs, and benefits including day-one telemedicine eligibility, health insurance coverage options, 401K savings and retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance to eligible employees.